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...