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Small Towns and Rivers

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  Mamang Dai (born 1957)  Is a poet novelist journalist  and former civil servant from Itanagar arunachal pradesh who writes in English as well as adi language she is also an active radio and TV journalist covering news programmers and interviews for all India radio and doordarshan itanagar she was a programme officer  with world wide fund for nature and worked with biodiversity hotspots conservation programme she has received padmashree award in 2011 and sahitya  akademi award in 2017 Mamang Dai is a  strong voice has the fragrance of her land and her people.  The poem small Town and Rivers is taken from the collection of the poems the river poems published in 2004 The poem describes a  landscape and nature where river is a dominant phenomenon Through the concepts like river has a soul and river knows immortality of water the poet makes us aware of  the lively nature around her hometown pasighat and the enter nity of the natural elements she...

She walks in Beauty

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https://amzn.in/d/j2rkr8r George Gordon Byron (1788 to 1824   Known simply as lord Byron was a  English romantic poet and also a satirist He attended a number of schools including of schools including the famous public school Harrow and then went to Trinity and the Orient after which he composed childe Harold' s Pilgrimage which made him immensely popular in England. She walks in Beauty is a short lyrical poem celebrating female beauty The poet  describes an unnamed woman who is exceptionally striking The poet describe not only her external appearance but also her inner goodness which makes her  so captivatingly  attractive.Byron compares her to the night sky describing her serene and perfect beauty. Althought the poem is generally thought to be a love poem the poet never actually declares his love for this lady.               She Walks in Beauty  She walks in Beauty like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies...

Money

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विलियम एच. डेविस(1871 से 1940)  विलियम एच. डेविस वेल्श कवि और लेखक थे, उन्होंने अपने जीवन का एक महत्वपूर्ण हिस्सा यूनाइटेड किंगडम और संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका में एक आवारा या होलो के रूप में बिताया, वे इंग्लैंड में एक फेरीवाला और सड़क गायक बन गए, कई वर्षों के भटकने वाले जीवन के बाद उन्होंने अपनी पहली मात्रा प्रकाशित की। आत्मा का विध्वंसक और अन्य कविताएँ  कविता हमें एक अमीर आदमी के बारे में बताती है जो वास्तविक खुशी पाने के लिए एक गरीब आदमी बनना चाहता है। जब हमारे पास पैसा होता है या हम अपना पैसा खो देते हैं, तब हमें एहसास होता है कि पैसा कितना महत्वपूर्ण है। अंत में कवि कहता है कि अब उसके पास पैसा नहीं है, उसके पास सच्चे दोस्त हैं, हालांकि वे कम हो सकते हैं।                             धन  जब मेरे पास पैसा था, पैसा ओ  जब तक मैं गरीब नहीं हो गया, मुझे कोई खुशी नहीं मिली  कई लोगों के लिए एक झूठा आदमी दोस्त के रूप में  सारा दिन मेरे दरवाजे पर दस्तक देता रहा  फिर मुझे लगा कि मैं एक बच्च...

Father Returning Home

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https://amzn.in/d/6qskWkh   Dilip Chitre (1938 to 2009 )  Was a celebrated bilingual poet and translator with a remarkable  work in marathi  and  English his versatile creativity extends to painting film-making and his notable contribution as a magazine columnist he received the prestigious sahitya akademi award both for poetry as well as for his well known translation work says tuka popular abhangas spiritual poems by sant tukaram he had started. translation of literary work of saints in marathi at the age of 16 Exile alination self disintegration and death are observed to be the major themas of his work  This poem is taken from traveling in a cage it draws a portrait of a suburban commuter it depicts his dull monotonous exhausting and equally pitiable daily routine it describe a forced alination at home which is reflected through the stale food and lacks of sharing his children refuse to share their joys and sorrows with the hardworking father who as a re...

Have you Earned your Tomorrow

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  Edgar Guest (1881 to 1959) was born in ingland and was brought to the United States when he was ten years old he began his writing career in 1895 at the age of fourteen  Edgar Guest  is known  as people' s poet for his simple style and optimistic tone of writing guest is an American writter of newspaper and magazines  This 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 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 .     Have you Earned your Tomorrow   Is anybody happier because you passed his way does anyone remember that you spoke to him today  this day is almost over and it's toiling time is through is their anyone to utter now a kindly word of you  Did you give a cheerful greeting to the friend who...

The Inchcape Rock

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https://amzn.in/d/eRKZxqv   Robert southey (1774 to 1834)  He was born in Bristol England he was the son of a draper educated at Westminster school and balliol collage Oxford  He was a poem laureate of England from 1813 to 1843 some of his  short poems like the scholar the battle  of blenheim bishop hatto the Inchcape Rock etc are very popular with the school children  The Inchcape Rock is a ballad it s the story of the 14th century attempt by the abbot of aberbrothok to install a warning bell on Inchcape a notorious sandstone reef  about  11 miles (18k) of.   The east coast of Angus Scotland near Dundee and Fife occupied by the bell rock lighthouse  Southey was inspired by the the  legendary story of a pirate who removed the bell on the Inchcape Rock placed by the abbot of aberbrothok the poem gives us a message that those who do wrong things will meet with due punishment                ...

Indian Weavers

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Sarojini Naidu (1879 to 1949) was a political activist feminist and the first Indian woman who become the president of the Indian National Congress . She was an  important figure  in India s struggle for Independence Sarojini Naidu s work as a poet  earned  her the  sobriquet  of Nightingale of India later she becoming  the  first woman to hold the office of the governor in independent India. India weaves is a short poem  where the poet talks about three types of garment that the  weavers weave at three  particular  times of a day Each stanza of the poem  represents the three  important events of human life birth childhood adulthood young and death old the colours mentioned in the stanzas are very  significant as they  indicate the moods related to the events                          INDIAN WEAVERS   Weaverse weaving at break of day  ...