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ONCE UPON A TIME (poem)
August 14, 2018
ONCE UPON A TIME (poem)
Do you think the poem
is merely nostalgic? Give reasons? (or)
Explain the line “but now they only laugh with their teeth
,while their ice block cold –search behind my shadow”. What do you think they
are searching for ? (or)
Do you think the poet
is optimistic? elaborate? (or)
How do you the people
in the poem use language to hide their emptiness and hypocrisy?
answer:-
the poem “once upon a
time “ was written by “ garbriel okara”. He was born in april 21, 1921 in
bumodi , Nigeria. He was a Nigerian poet and novelist whose verse had been
translated into several languages by the early 1960’s.
Once upon a time is a fine
poem where the poet expresses his strong desire to go back to once upon a time . this poem is in the form
of an address by the speaker to his son. In good olden days, people used to
laugh heartily. It expressed their real happiness . there was warmth in their
greetings. There eyes joined their mouths in conveying their real feelings.
but these days people laugh with their teeth. It is neither
natural nor heartfelt. It is just for the sake of others. The artificially exposed teeth look
like a snake’s bare fangs. They say one thing and mean differently. the speaker
also learnt artificial ways of
behaviour. But he finds it difficult to pretend . he wants to behave as
naturally as he used to do when he was a child . he asks his son to show how to
laugh heartily.
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DIGGING (poetry)
August 14, 2018
DIGGING (poetry)
1.
Write a note on how the three men hold their
respective tools, is it a sensual experiences ?elaborate ?
Answer:-
The present poem “ digging “ was written by “seamus Heaney (13th
april 1939- 30th august 2013). He was an irish poet, play right ,
translator and lecturer & the recipient of the 1995 nobel prize in literature.
He was awarded a life time recognition award.
The poem
begins with the speaker at his desk. He begins his writing . he gets distracted
by the sound of his father outside. He is
working in the garden and this sends our speaker into a spiral of memories
about his father working in the potato fields,
when the speaker was a young boy. the memory stretches even further back
to his grand father and the hard work
.he did as a peat harvester.
They fed their family with their sweat and labour. Thus two generations lived on agriculture and the occupation
changed in the third generation as Heaney became a poet.but he compared his pen
with the spades of his father and grandfather .there is a change of instrument—spade
became a pen.
After the speaker’s memories ,we find speaker at his desk ,ready to get
to work on his writing . he has respect towards the work done by his father and
grandfather . he doesn’t wish to carry a spade like his father and grandfather.
For him, the pen represents what he will pass on that is he will dig with his
pen. The poet creates an imaginative link between his profession as a poet and
what his father and grand father did.
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the beloved charioteer
August 08, 2018
the beloved charioteer
- what feeling does the child have towards her mother? (or)
- why do the narrator and the child go through the routine every day? why is it important for them. (or)
- we realize that preethi is central to the story would you say she is the real heroine?give reasons for for your answer.....more questions...etc
answer:
the present short story "the beloved charioteer" was written by "sishidesh pande.she was born in 1938 in dharawad, karnataka india .she has degrees in economics& law. she published her first collection of short stories in 1978, and her first novel ,"the dark holds no terror" in 1980. she won the sahitya academy award for the novel "that long silence" in 1990.
and the padhma shri award in 2009.
the beloved charioteer depicts the life of mother's nature and behavior not as generosity,but as a normal human being full of negatives as well as positive, full of emotions,as well as frustrations & not as a perfect being . the story is based on the three generations. they are three woman i.e, grand mother[ ajji],mother [aarthi], daughter [preethi].grandmother being the oldest one,and the one who takes care of each and every one in the house.
ajji, the narrator lived with her husband for 25 years. he liked his tea bolining hot and hie bath water like warm.he hated tears . she wept alone in secreate when her baby son's died, ajji was like a puppet in the hands of her husband.
mother named aathi , the daughter of ajji , a depressed as for whom she cared and loved have died. she love two persons i.e, her father and her husband . she spends her most of the time in smoking . she doesn't talk to anyone neither to her daughter preethi and nor to her mother . she even scolds preethi for no reason.
the daughter name preethi .the youngest is the most energetic character. her care take & her best friend in the house is her grandmother. at lost , mother is successful to bring back her daughter (aarthi) to this leaving world again. mother feels that the daughter is with her now, giving her new strength for new battle.
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