Appreciation of all Poems
Poets / Poetess at a glance
| Sr. No. | Name of the poem | Poet / Poetess | Known as | Page No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Song of the Open Road | Walt Whitman | Father of Free Verse | 1 to 2 |
| 2 | Indian Weavers | Sarojini Naidu | Nightingale of India | 3 to 4 |
| 3 | The Inchcape Rock | Robert Southey | Poet Laureate of England | 5 to 6 |
| 4 | Have You Earned Your Tomorrow | Edgar Guest | People’s poet | 7 to 8 |
| 5 | Father Returning Home | Dilip Chitre | Indian English poet and translator | 9 to 10 |
| 6 | Money | William H. Davies | Welsh poet and writer, spend life in UK and US | 11 to 12 |
| 7 | She Walks in Beauty | George Gordon Byron | Lord Byron, Romantic poet | 13 to 14 |
| 8 | Small Towns and Rivers | Mamang Dai | Indian poetess, active Radio and TV journalist | 15 to 16 |
The poem 'Song of the Open Road' is written by an American poet Walt Whitman (1819 to 1892). He was a poet, an essayist and a journalist. He is called "The Father of Free Verse. He is known for his major literary works…..
The poem ‘Song of the Open Road’ is taken from 'Leaves of Grass'. It is a beautiful blend of self-awareness, free will and tenderness of heart.
The title of the poem is suggestive. The words "Song" and "Open Road” suggest happiness and freedom. The word road has multiple meaning. It signifies -
Freedom, joy of free life and optimism are the major themes of this poem. The poet encourages the readers to be true to themselves, to live a life freely and enjoy the freedom of life. He also advocates to be aware about our responsibilities.
As the poet is the master of "Free Verse", the poem "Song of the Open Road" is the fine example of it.
Irregular stanza, varied length of lines, use of parenthesis at the end, are its remarkable features.
The poem is full of various figures of speech like Alliteration, Metaphor, Repetition, Paradox; imageries like ‘constellations’, ‘long brown path’ etc. add the beauty.
The poem is written in a simple and effective language which is easy to understand. It is written in a Free Verse so there is no rhyme scheme and metre. The poem consists of beautiful and vivid imageries, like 'long brown path'. It is also full of various figures of speech like Metaphor, Personification, Repetition, Alliteration etc.
The poem is remarkable for….
The poem teaches us to be optimistic and to be happy. It encourages us to enjoy the life in healthy and free world. Also it motivates us to fill our heart with immense pleasure.
I really appreciate the poem because the poem carries the theme of freedom and joy of life. The poem is full of optimism and teaches us to enjoy the immense pleasure of life.
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The poem "Indian Weavers" focuses over Indian artisan - the weavers. The adjective Indian, in the title is used with a definite purpose appreciating the work of Indian weavers. It is apt and suitable.
Sarojini Naidu, the poetess of this poem was…..
The poem consists / depicts the picture of weavers weaving the clothes at three particular times of a day. These three particular times- namely the morning, the evening and the night symbolizes three particular stages of human life - childhood, adulthood, and the end / death of life respectively.
The poem consists of a three regular stanzas, and it is short and compact in the form. It is full of symbolism. Each stanza of the poem represents the three important events of life: birth (childhood), adulthood (youth) and death (old age). Regular rhyme and structures of the poem is its remarkable feature.
The poem has a conversational tone. Poet, in every stanza, asks the weaver what he was doing, and the weaver replies.
The poem has regular rhyme - aabb.
Imageries like ‘break of day’, ‘fall of night’, ‘chill moonlight’ make the poem rich.
It also consists of various figures of speech like Alliteration, simile, Metaphor, Symbol, Interrogation etc.
I really appreciate the symbolism in the poem.
The times of a day symbolizing the stages of life, is noteworthy.
The various colours also symbolise the various stages of life.
The poem itself is a fabric / cloth intertwined perfectly.
Title of the poem is directly related to the theme of the poem.
‘The Inchcape Rock' is a sandstone, a reef at the East coast of Angus, Scotland. It is the same rock on which the story of the ballad took place.
The poem is written by the British poet Robert Southey. He was a ‘Poet Laureate of England’ from 1813 to 1843. Some of his popular poems among the school children are …..
It is basically a story of an Abbot of Aberbrothok, and a villainous character Sir Ralph the Rover.
The Abbot of Aberbrothok installed the bell on Inchcape Rock for the help of mariners. On the contrary, Sir Ralph the Rover was envious about the Abbot of Aberbrothok for having blessed by the people. In the anger, he cuts down the bell on the Inchcape Rock; but ultimately caught in danger and could not save himself as a result of the cutting the bell down.
The poem is a ballad to be sung and enjoyed. It is a story and has a flow of events which creates an excitement in the reader's mind while reading. Along with it ….
Language in the ballad is typically folkloric and lucid. Prosaic (गद्यलेखनाकडे झुकणारी) use of language, archaic diction, regular use of rhyme i.e. a-a, b-b and the dialogue of the Ralph throughout the poem make the poem an exciting. Ample use of figures of speech makes the poem a masterpiece.
Very few poets like S.T. Coleridge tried the form of ballad.
Robert Southey's 'The Inchcape Rock' is one of masterpieces among his arts - widely popular among the readers. The story in the poem is legendary which appeals to the adults as well as children.
'The Inchcape Rock' is a poem which gives us a message that those who do wrong things, will meet with due punishment.
It also teaches us to appreciate good things of others and do good deeds in all the possible ways.
I always like to listen the ballads as inspiring stories in our history and the historical events. This is one of them which I enjoyed so much.
I also appreciate the message in the poem that people, who do something with bad intension, themselves fall into the trap laid by them. It is rightly said, 'Evil digs a pit for other's but falls into the same'.
"Have You Earned Your Tomorrow" is an inspirational poem. In this poem, the speaker is asking the readers whether they have done anything to improve the life of another human being or not. The poet wants to say that it is up to you whether you will have a better future or not.
Therefore, one should consider one's actions and deeds carefully and plan accordingly for a better future.
The poet Edgar Albert Guest was British born American poet. He is known as ‘people's poet’. His poems often have an inspirational and optimistic view of life.
The title of the poems is a verbal question. Here "to earn" means to make better / to do something good, and “tomorrow” means future. Poet ask readers do to something good to others so that you will also receive something good.
In short, it tells us, 'as you sow, so shall you reap'.
The poem carries the theme that 'as you sow, so shall you reap'.
If you do good to others, you shall receive the good too. Also, the poet presents a number of probing questions to the readers about how they spend their days.
The major theme of the poem is "one should consider one's actions and deeds carefully and plan accordingly for a better future”.
This is an inspirational poem. Repetition of question to emphasize the saying makes the poem appealing.
It attracts the reader by its simple style of language and the optimistic tone of writing.
Four stanzas in the poem consist of four lines each (quatrains).
Interrogation and Alliteration figure of speech are dominantly used in the poem. The rhyme scheme is a,a,b,b.
The poem teaches us multiple moral lessons...
I am really got inspired by the poem.
I understood that it is always necessary to keep in mind that our today’s acts and deeds decide our better tomorrow. Every student, rather every person must read this poem.
The Title 'Father Returning Home' is apt, directly related to the theme of the poem. It is also suggestive, which suggest how a father returns home tired and wearied.
Poet Dilip Chitre is well known Indian English poet and a translator.
He also contributed in painting, film-making and worked as a columnist. He received Sahitya Akadami Award for his well known translation work "Says Tuka"...
This poem 'Father Returning Home' draws a portrait of a suburban commuters. The father in this poem is a typical middle class person who has dull, monotonous, exhausting and pitiable daily routine.
Poem also describes the forced alienation of a father at home.
The poem is reflective in style. Poet Dilip Chitre portrayed the plight of a middle-class suburban commuter who has dull, monotonous and pitiable daily routine. The loneliness of a father is also depicted through the symbolic words like ‘yellow light’, ‘gray platform’ etc.
The language in the poem is a typical instance of Indian English. Prosaic and simple structure of lines aptly reflects the simple and middle-class lifestyle of a father in the poem.
Written in 'Free Verse' , the poem is full of various figures of speech like….
Like a word dropped from a long sentence.'
It is a typical poem depicting the Indian middle-class lifestyle.
Imageries like ‘gray platform’, ‘father drinking a weak tea’, ‘father eating a stale chapati’, in the poem are striking.
Children’s refusal to share their joys and sorrows with hardworking father, the painful loneliness of the father, neglected basic needs of him, make the poem more melancholic.
The poem 'Father Returning Home' depicts the picture of typical suburban middle class people.
It is related especially to the Indian families and culture.
That's why, the poem gives us the real picture of our own families or of our near ones.
The poem 'Money' tell us about the rich man who wants to be a poor man to find the real happiness. It is when we do not have money or lost our money, we realize how important the money is. At the end, the poet says that now he doesn't have money, he has true friends though they are few in number.
The poet William H. Davies was born in Newport, Wales. Formerly he was a tramp or hobo - homeless and jobless, and moves from place to place - a braveling worker in the United Kingdom and United States. Later he became a peddler (someone who travels about selling his wares - as on the streets or at carnivals) and street singer in England. He published his first volume 'The Soul's Destroyer and Other Poems'.
The title of the poem is apt and directly related to the theme of the poem. The title 'Money' shows the influence and importance of money in the world.
As shown in the title 'Money' itself is the theme of the poem.
The poem / poet tells us that money is not everything in life. It is just a means to make progress.
As the poet experienced, if we have money with us we have many false friend. If we lost our money, people around us quickly leaves us.
The poem is reflective. The poet tells us that he had an experience in life. The language in the poem is simple and easy to understand.
This poem has rhyming scheme a, b, c, b. It consists of figures of speech like Inversion. Antithesis, Simile etc.
The poem gives us the real picture of the limits of money to which we give unnecessary importance.
It also teaches to identify and differentiate between 'real friend' and 'false friend'.
So, I think, the poem is a lighthouse in the journey of one’s life.
'She Walks In Beauty' is a short lyrical poem celebrating female beauty. The poet describes an unnamed woman who is exceptionally striking. The poem is thought to be a love poem.
Poet George Gordon Byron (1788 to 1824) known simply as Lord Byron was famous English Romantic poet and a satirist. His work 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage' made him immensely popular in England.
The title of the poem is lucid, suitable to a love poem. As the poem describes the beauty of a woman, the title suggest it indirectly.
'She Walks In Beauty' is a famous poem by British Romantic poet Lord Byron. This poem is about Mrs. Wilmot who is exceptionally striking. The poem praises and seeks to capture a sense of beauty of this woman. It comprises the theme of love and its expression.
The speaker compares this woman to a lovely night with a clear starry sky, and goes on to convey her beauty as a harmonious "meeting" between dark and light.
The poem is thought to be the love poem, so the poem seems to be lyrical. The poet uses many figurative instances to praise the beauty of a woman like….
The poem has a regular rhyme a,b,a,b,a,b.
The poem depicts the external beauty of a woman at the beginning, but also her inner goodness in the end.
So the poem is a complete circle of art depicting the human beauty and goodness.
Poem gives the message that beauty and love are the virtues that have been much valued and adored in human life. They are an integral part of human life.
I appreciate the poem as a love poem and its allied aspects. The poem is a perfect blend of beauty and harmony of mind and body.
The poem "Small Towns and Rivers' depicts the landscape and Nature of poetess’ hometown ‘Pasighat’ and the eternity of natural elements. The poem is based on the belief of the tribal people, that the soul of the loved ones always continue to dwell in the natural elements around.
The title of the poem "Small Towns and Rivers' is directly related to the theme of the poem. One can guess and understand the theme of the poem just reading the title.
The poem is written by Mamang Dai, (born 1957). She is….
Her achievements –
The poem 'Small Towns and Rivers' depicts the landscape and nature where river is a dominant phenomenon.
The poet expressed anxiety at the developments in the small towns.
We should conserve nature against the developments of towns.
The poetess expresses herself through free Verse. She goes on describing the lovely nature around her hometown simply in a prosaic way which makes the poem more readable.
The way the poetess describes the landscape and nature through the poem is quite simple and lucid. The language of the poem is prosaic.
Effective use of free Verse to describe the nature, use of vivid figures of speech like Simile, Metaphor, Transferred Epithet, Antithesis etc. makes the poem more beautiful.
The poem is lament over the loss of nature for development.
The poet's love for nature gives us the direct message to love and to protect our mother earth.
Nature intends to give us all the treasure she had with her. It is up to the human being how respectfully he accepts the donation by nature.
Good for its simple and lucid language, the poem depicts the picture of the nature of poetess' hometown and the beliefs of 'Adi' community.
The concern of poetess' over the destruction of nature, the various imageries in the poem, the concepts like 'river has a soul' and 'river knows immortality of water' make the poem a perfect literary piece of work.