All Poems of Text Book (A&B&D Unit)

‘Dreams’ by D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930)

1. The poem ‘Drams’ is written by D. H. Lawrence.
2. D. H. Lawrence was an English novelist, poet, and essayist.
3. ‘All people dream but not equally (adverb)’- D. H. Lawrence (1st line of the poem)
4. Some people who dream at night, their dreams never become true.
5. Some other people dream by day with their eyes keeping open. They are dangerous because
they make their dream materialize with hard work.
6. ‘Recesses of their mind’ means hidden feeling of mind.
7. For they dream (verb) their dreams (noun) with open eyes.
8. The poem has 3 stanzas with equal lines (3 lines in every stanza)
9. The last line of the poem is- And make them (dreams) true (adjective)
10. The word ‘vanity’ is a noun means emptiness
‘Dreams’ by Langston Hughes (1902 – 1967)
1. Hughes was an American poet, novelist, and playwright, also leader of the Harlem
Renaissance, which attempted to bring changes in the lives of Black people in the 1920s
2. It is a single stanza poem
3. Hold fast (adverb) to dreams – the first line of the poem and example of Repetition
4. Life without dream is compared with a broken-winged bird and also with a barren field
frozen with snow
5. Broken, Winged, Barren, Frozen – all are Adjectives
6. Life, Dreams, Snow – all are Nouns
7. Life is broken-winged bird/Life is a barren field – is an example of Metaphor
8. For if dreams die (Alliteration)

‘Blow, blow, though winter wind' by William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

1. William Shakespeare is the national poet of UK who is known as Bard of Avon
2. It is a song sung by Lord Amiens in a pastoral comedy play named 'As You Like It’
3. In the song, human nature/ingratitude is compared with winter wind. Most of human's love
and friendship are fake and human can betray but nature can't
4. In the song, Thou = You, Thy = Your, Unto = To, Dost = Does, Sting = Bite, Feigning = Fake, Folly
= Foolishness, Warp = Freeze
5. Blow, blow, though winter wind ... Thou art not so unkind - First 2 lines of the song
6. ‘Winter' is the only mentioned season of the song
7. The word 'Feigning' and 'Loving' both are Gerund and 'Folly' is Adjective
8. When writers give human characteristics and attributes to objects, it is called personification
9. ‘Thy tooth is not so keen'/ 'Thy sting is not so sharp' is an example of personification
10. 'Thou art not so unkind/ As man's ingratitude' is an example of simile
11. Heigh-ho! Sing heigh-ho! unto (preposition) the green holly - the last line of the song
 She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron (1788-1824)
1. Lord Byron is an English poet of the romantic tradition
2. The poem is about a woman's exceptional beauty which reflects her inner goodness and
grace
3. The three major theme of the poem - beauty, harmony, body, and mind
4. Rhyme scheme of the poem - ABABAB
5. 'Like the night...and starry skies' is the example of simile
6. 'Cloudless climes', 'starry skies', 'so soft' – are the examples of alliteration
7. 'Raven tress' is an example of metaphor
8. 'Dark and bright' is an example of antithesis or oxymoron
9. Gaudy (adjective) day = showy/flashy daytime; Impaired (adjective) = Damaged; Aspect (Noun)
= Facial Expression.
10. The woman's face is harmonious meeting of darkness and light specially in her eyes
11. The poem has three stanzas
12. The word 'dwelling' in the poem is gerund
13. In the poem woman's beauty is compared with a clear night sky full of stars
14. 'Nameless grace' is an example of assonance
15. On the woman's check and forehead - softly and calmly, but noticeably appear winning smiles
and a shining skin tone.
16. Important adjectives of them poem-cloudless, starry, dark, bright, tender, gaudy, impaired,
nameless, sweet, pure, dear, soft, calm, eloquent, innocent
17. She walks in beauty, like the night...Of cloudless climes and starry skies - first 2 lines
18. A mind at peace with all below...A heart whose love is innocent-last 2 lines

I Died for Beauty by Emily Dickson (1830-1886)

1. Emily Dickson is an American poet who wrote about the human sin, nature, love, and death
2. It is an allegorical poem and expresses an optimism for the afterlife
3. 3. It is an equal (4 lines) 3 stanzas poem
4. Brethren (noun) = brothers; Fail=die; Lip = edge; Moss (noun) = Lichen; a-night = at night
5. I died for beauty, but was scarce...Adjusted in the tomb - the first 2 lines
6. Until the moss had reached our lips...And covered up our names - the last 2 lines
7. The first person (poet) died for 'beauty' and the second person died for 'truth' and so both
(beauty and truth) are same (the two are one)
8. In the last stanza the two talked for eternity
9. Important adjectives of the poem - scarce, adjusted, adjoining
10. The speaker says-he died for beauty, but he was hardly adjusted to his tomb before a man
who died for truth was laid next to him
11. = 11. When the two softly told each other why they died, the second man declared truth and
beauty are the same and so they are both brothers (brethren)
12. The speaker says that they met at night as kinsmen and talked between their tombs until the
moss reached their lips and covered up the names on their tombstones
 The Schoolboy by William Blake (1757-1827)

1. William Blake is an English poet and painter whose favorite subjects included children
2. The poem has 6 stanzas and rhyme scheme is ABABB
3. In the poem 3 seasons are mentioned - summer, spring, and winter
4. The poem begins by invoking a bright summer morning and ends with a blast of winter'
5. The poem moves between innocence (first stanza) and loss of innocence (the remaining
stanzas)
6. Important metaphors= summer morn, sweet company, learning bower, dreary shower, tender
wing, youthful spring
7. Sweet company = skylark bird; Cruel eye outworn = boring life at school; Sighing (N) = long sad
breathing; Dismay (N) = disappointment.
8. At times = sometimes; Dropping sit = exhausted time; Learning bower = school; Dreary shower
= boring lecture; Tender wing = kid's spirit.
9. Buds are nipped = lost something at the very beginning; Springing day childhood; Mellowing
year = adult age.
10. In the poem, schoolboy is compared with a cage bird.
11. 'Or the summer....? Or how shall....' is an example of Anaphora
12. I love to rise in a summer morn... When the birds sing on every tree-first 2 lines
13. Or bless the mellowing year... When the blasts of winter appear - last 2 lines
14. In the poem the schoolboy pleads/appeals with his parents to rescue him from the
drudgery/toil of school
15. The little ones spend the day ... In sighing (N) and dismay (N)
16. How can a child, when fears (N) annoy (V), But droop his tender (Adi) wing (N)
17. How shall the summer arise in joy, Or the summer fruits appear?
18. Metaphor is a common comparison is one thing to another without the use of 'like' or 'as'
to provide clear description

The traffic Police

1. Amidst (preposition) killer speeds I stand... Facing the traffic, stretching my hand - first 2
lines
2. Important participles = Facing, Stretching, Educating, Asking, Standing
3. Traffic police are seen on kids' books and cartoons
4. Be it noisy (adj) or dusty (adi); Be it sunny (adj) or rainy (adi); I must be on duty (n). I care
for your safety (n)- last 2 lines
5. But my sweat (n), my plight (n - difficulty) on the road sees who?
6. It is equal (6 lines) 3 stanza poem
7. Vigil (adj - wake) and agile (adi - alert), on the middle...Standing erect, as fit as a fiddle
8. Oh! My ear hurts! Oh! My head aches!
9. Oh! Look at the weather...such unpredictable days!
10. But I cannot swerve (v - deviate); I must be on duty

Out, Out by Robert Frost (1874-1963)

1. Robert Frost is an American poet from New England, North Eastern part of USA depicted the
social realities and the philosophical concerns of his time
2. The poem was based on a true story happened to Frost's friend son
3. The poem is set in rural Vermont, a state in North Eastern part of USA
4. In the poem a young boy cutting wood with a buzz saw is called in for 'super' by his sister
5. But he turns to come in, the saw suddenly contacts his hand, causing an outpouring of blood
that immediately proves fatal
6. The buzz-saw snarled (v - roared) and rattled in the yard - the first line of the poem
7. And made dust and dropped stove-length sticks of wood - second line of the poem
8. Five mountain ranges one behind the other... Under the sunset far into Vermont – imagery
9. Call it a day - win or finish the day; Supper - Dinner; leap out - suddenly come out; Spilling -
falling: Puffed-blown; Affairs - activities; Swung - fluctuated
10. In the poem, they mean we, the human beings or the people who were working with the
boy
11. The boy's first outcry (uproar) was a rueful (sorrowful) laugh - is an example of irony
12. No more to build on there. And they, since they - the second last line
13. Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs - last line of the poem
14. The narrator wished to finish the day then and offered the young boy a half hour break
make him happy
15. His sister beside with him in her apron
16. The boy was still a child in nature but old enough to do adult work
17. The boy begged his sister repeatedly not to let the soon to arrive doctor cut his hand off, but
the hand is already lost. When doctor came, he anaesthetized the boy with ether.
18. After a little moment of boy's death, everyone went back to their regular lives as they were
alive!

The Lake Isle of Innisfree by W. B. Yeats

1. W. B. Yeats was an Irish poet whose early poetry showed a yearning for love and peace, and
who found in nature a refuge from the ugliness of city life.
2. This poem gives him the promise of some peace of mind
3. The main theme of the poem is desire for peace
4. 'Innisfree' is a name of an island
5. The poet wishes to build a small cabin with clay and wattles on the island Innisfree.
6. Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honey bee
7. And live alone in the bee loud glade
8. Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings
9. Linnet is a kind of bird
10. Mentioned times in the poem - morning, noon, evening, night, midnight
11. And evening full of linnet's wings
12. I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore
13. While I stand on the roadways, or on the pavements grey - the second last line
14. I hear it in the deep heart's core - the last line
15. According to poem, living close to nature brings peace in mind

From September 1, 1989 by W. H. Auden

1. W. H. Auden was an Anglo-American poet who became famous for his stylistic and technical
achievements and for poems and plays of exceptional depth and feelings
2. He wrote about love, war, religion, politics, and the problems of modern man
3. The poem is an indictment of all wars, particularly one that was looming over the world
in 1939
4. The poem was set in the city of New York, USA
5. The feelings of the poet - uncertain and afraid
6. Fifty-second (52) street - mentioned street in the poem
7. I sit on one of the dives...On fifty-second street - first 2 lines of the poem
8. Waves of anger and fear ...... Circulate over the bright
9. And darkened lands of earth
10. Which is unmentionable - odour of death
11. Offends the September night-last line of the poem
12. The destructive side of War is the main theme of the poem

The Charged of The Light Brigade by Lord Alfred Tennyson

1. The poem is about a real war that took place in 1854

2. The war happened among Russia, Britain, and Franc
3. Half a league, half a league – 1st line of the poem
4. Half a league onward – 2nd line of the poem
5. All in the valley of death, rode the six hundred
6. Jaws of Death, mouth of Hell - examples of metaphor.
7. The positions of canon were- left, right, in front of and behind
8. The soldiers have come through the jaws of death and mouth of hell, who are left of the six
hundred
9. Dismay'd (Dismayed) - Disappointed; Blunder'd (blundered) - staggered; Volley'd (volleyed) –
hit together; Reel'd (reeled) - wounded; thunder'd (thundered) - boomed.
10. Storm'd at with shot and shell, While horse and hero fell
11. All that was left of them, Left of six hundred
12. O the wild charge they made! All the world wondered
13. Honour the charge they made, Honour the Light Brigade
14. Noble six hundred - last line of the poem

I Have Seen Bengal's Face by Jibanannanda Das

1. It is a translation form of 'Banglar Mukh Ami Dekhiyachi' by Fakrul Alam

2. Because I have seen Bengal's face I will seek no more - 1st line
3. In the poem Bengal's beauty is compared with the world
4. The Bangla poem first appeared in Jibanananda Das's collection of poems called Ruposhi
Bangla
5. And discover a leafy dome - Jam, Kanthal, Bat, Hijol and Aswatha tress
6. To a blue Hijal, Bat and Tamal shade near the Champa, he too sighted
7. Bengal's incomparable beauty. One day, alas. In the Ganguri (river)
8. Chand Saudagar and Behula are 2 famous characters of Bengal Manasmangal medieval epic
9. And heard the thrush's soft song. One day, arriving in Amara (place)
10. Bengal's rivers, fields, flowers, wailed like strings of bells on her feet-last line