English Confluence By CL Gautam

Poem-1 A Photograph by Shirley Toulson   ANNOTATIONS/ VOCABULARY  1  1- Photograph -  a perboard, or photograph  2-Paddling - walking with bare feet in shallow water  3 - Still - motionless   4- Transient - momentary, temporary  5- Terribly Transient feet - human life is momentary, short lived 6 - Snapshot - Photograph  7- Wry - to feel disappointed due to the Loss of beloved one  8- Of this circumstances - the present situation of poetess without her mother  9-Its Silence silences - the intensity of the loss has left the poetess speechless  10- There is nothing to say at all - The loss is too big to say anything  Poetic devices / Figure Of speech   1- Rhyming Scheme - Free Verse, Blank verse  Stood still, Through their,My mother,Terribly Transient, Silence silences 3- Transferred Epithet -  Expressing the quality of human beings - Terribly Transient feet, her barred face, identity mask...

POEM-1 Flamingo  MY MOTHER AT SIXTY SIX   BY KAMALA DAS Poetic device Theme The theme of the poem is 'ageing' which is the law of nature. It also depicts the helplessness and aspirations of the young generation Rhyme scheme - Free Verse,blank verse Tone -pensive and sorrowful.  Repetition : Repeated use of ‘looked’use of ‘smile Simile : The colour of the mother’s face has been compared to that of a corpse – ashen. use of ‘like’ (her face ashen like that of a corpse) use of ‘as’ (as a late winter’s moon). imagery : when the poet say trees sprinting, merry children spilling Personification- trees sprinting  METAPHOR -Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling out of their homes’ to show the  contrary image of her mother’s age and approaching end. Alliteration : It is the repetition of the consonant sounds in a line of a poem. e.g. “my mother”, “that thought”, “I said was, see you soon”. Poem-1 MY MOTHER AT SIXTY SIX Annotations Vocabulary  https://english...

CL Gautam English Confluence         PGT English  6-OXYMORON- CONTRAST Definition-It is a figure of speech in which two contradictory words or expressions are put together in a statement which are opposite in meaning and yet they are seemingly true and beautiful. 1-She is my sweetest enemy. 2- He is an innocent criminal. 3- Some students are regularly irregulars. 4-This is an open secret. 5-Life is bitter sweet. 6-I have sweet pain in my stomach . 7- APOSTROPHE- Definition- It is a figure of speech by which poet addresses a dead person or a personified idea or object.The absent, the inanimate and the abstract is addressed as if they are present, living and conscious.or *Addressing someone absent,dead or non- human as if that person or thing were present. For example. When the poet says; O death! Where is thy sting'? O graves! Where is thy victory? 1-O World! O Life! O Time! 2- O Solitude! Where are thy charm . 3-' " O Nature thou are my godd...

LITERARY TERMS  FIGURE OF SPEECH.          1- SIMILE - Simile is a figure of speech in which two different objects/things are compared together,at least one quality should be same in both.('just as' 'as','such as',  'as' 'like' 'similarly' ) are used to show the comparison.   For eg. 1-Life is like a box of chocolates. 2- She is like a rose. 3. He is as blind as bat. 4- as brave as a lion 5- wan pale as late winter's moon. 6- Her face ashen like that of a corpse. 7- seems as big as doom. 8- spectacles like bottle bits on stone 2- METAPHOR- Definition-Metaphor is an implied  simile or a hidden comparison.The likeness is embodied in a single word.Here the two dissimilar objects are identified as one.without using as,so, like, For example. 1-Kalidas is the Shakespeare of India. 2- Love is battlefield 3-The camel is the ship of desert. 4- He is the star of the family. 6- The lion is the king of the forest. 7- Squrrel's game 8- rat...