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TEACHING OF
POETRY
PRESENTATION BY
DIVYA.D.S
ENGLISH OPTIONAL
ROLL NO: 10
REG. NO:16514306010
SREE NARAYANA TRAINING
COLLEGE,NEDUNGANDA.

CONTENTS
Introduction
About the poet
poem
Word study
Sentence making
Contrasts used
Tone of the poem
Images of middle aged women
Conclusion
Reference

INTRODUCTION
EVEN PAST FIFTY
- SHANTA SHELKE
Even past fifty portrays a woman who fights
the odds of life in the midst of all troubles and
tribulations. She trifles with and negates all her
acute problems and the horrifying realities of life.

ABOUT THE POET

Shanta shelke
(1922-2002)

Born in pune,
Maharashtra, is a
poet , journalist,
teacher, translator
and composer. Her
poems deal with the
problems that Indian
women face.

EVEN PAST FIFTY

Shes past fifty ;
yet shes still
a little girl at heart,
for whom the house is a dolls
house,
and running the household
a childhood game.

She has travelled a long

road; but her little feet
Are not yet fatigued.
Catastrophes to her
Are still like the evil spirits
In childrens stories
Whom she fights with blades
Of grass; wipes the sweat
From her brow; hits hard;
Sometimes wins, sometimes
loses,
Her sword broken.

Difficult questions
Contd..
She has simplified for
herself;
fitted the tangle
Into a simple frame;
On her face
She has made distaste
smile,
Like moonlight that
makes everything
smooth.
But some times totally
in despair,
A flower crumpled in a
fist, she
Rises again, smiles, or
sings to herself,
Though hers is not a
musical voice.

I saw her the other day

After a long time; she
talked
With her usual,
irrepressible
intensity;
But I, for the first time,
Noted the hair fast
becoming white,
Noted, for the first time,
and with a pang,
The hollowness of the
froth
Rising above the stream
of her life

Word study
word

Meaning

Catastrophe

a terrible event in which there is lot of

destruction, suffering or death.

Fatigued

extremely tired

Crumpled

crushed

Irrepressible

full of energy and confidence that you never

seem unhappy

Froth

mass of small bubbles on the surface of a

liquid

Sentence making
Catastrophe
The black sea is facing an ecological catastrophe as a
result of pollution
Fatigued
Sreeja looked fatigued after a long journey
Crumpled
Tom flattened the crumpled paper against his knee
Irrepressible
You cannot keep her quiet for long; she is
irrepressible
Froth
You can see froth rising above the streams in rainy
days

Contrasts used
Running the household - a
childhood game
Catastrophes in life - evil
spirits in
childrens
stories
Distaste
- smile
Flower
- crumpled flower

TONE OF POEM
Sympathy
Sorrow
Pathos
Wistfulness
fantasy

IMAGES OF MIDDLE AGED

WOMEN
A little girl at heart
Lives in dolls house
Travelled a long road yet not
fatigued
Fight with blades of grass
Wipes the sweat from her brow
Holds a broken sword
Made distaste smile
A flower crumpled in a fist

BRIEF SUMMARY
Even past fifty is a poem about a women
who faces the hardships of life with a smiling
face and a cheerful heart. She can be any
middle/lower class woman in India whose life
is nothing but an incessant toil, ceaseless
struggle and tiresome journey. Yet she is not
ready to admit defeat and she rises again
smiling and singing to herself. Her house
which demands a great deal of service and
scarifies from her part, looks like a dolls
house for her. She continuous her fight with
the catastrophes of life with a broken sword.

REFERENCES
Course book of STD . IX
Source book
www.wikipedia.com