English Confluence By CL Gautam

Poem-1 A PHOTOGRAPH by Shirley Toulson   Message The poem Photograph is loss of memory and the transience of life . It explores how people may die but in a strange way they continue to live on in the form of memories. These memories are not just restricted to one's head but can also attain a tangible form such as photographs. Central Idea of the Poem Shirley Toulson's poem 'A Photograph' is a loving tribute to her mother . The poem reflects the passage of time and its three stages. In the first stage, the photograph shows his mother enjoying a holiday on a beach along with her two girl cousins. She was 12 at the time. Irony of The poem The happiness of poet's mother on seeing the photo and of poet seeing her mother in happy mood is ironic because her mother is sad on the loss of her youth. On the other hand, poet is sad because her mother is no more. ABOUT THE POEM SUMMARY  'A Photograph'is the theme of temporary life.Decay and death are the integral part of...

Poem-2 The Laburnum Top by Ted Hughes Laburnum  tree Goldfinch bird. https://youtu.be/NBGf4RYZAg4?si=f-DBB0JalDbuM8Si ABOUT THE POEM The American goldfinch is a small North American bird in the finch family. It is migratory, ranging from mid-Alberta to North Carolina during the breeding season, and from just south of the Canada–United States border to Mexico during the winter.   The Laburnum Top  The poem The laburnum top is a beautiful poem by Ted Hughes. In this poem the poet has used the laburnum tree and goldfinch  as a symbol of life and its fluctuations. He describes the visiting of goldfinches on the laburnum tree and how she has made  a nest on it. When goldfinches have chicks it brings alive the tree as the chicks started to rustle and and chirp. Message The Laburnum tree and the goldfinches depict the symbol of life and fluctuations. The poet wants to convey the importance of living with each other . The tree's life was seemingly dull and inanimate, bu...