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Mother’s Day Page 33,34 and 35 … Mrs. Pearson’s well-appointed house has a living room having furniture, doors and a fireplace –all in the right places. At the centre there is a table with four chairs, two on either side. Mrs. Fitzgerald has dropped … Read more
Of Travel by Francis Bacon Complete explanation of the essay alongside the original text Original TRAVEL, in the younger sort, is a part of education, in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country, before he hath some entrance into the … Read more
Hunger by Nasira Sharma Introduction …. The story is set in Afghanistan. This cursed country has been embroiled in coups, big power rivalry, internecine warfare, internal strife, and religious chauvinism for a very long time. The unending conflict has plagued the country for nearly 50 … Read more
The Comedy of Errors (Page 217 –237) There was a lot of bad blood between two city-states – Syracuse & Ephesus. The duke of Ephesus passed a law that virtually closed the gates of his dukedom to the traders from the rival Syracuse. The law … Read more
Precis (Summary) Writing – 8 Creative Writing – 39 Write a precis of the following write-up. You should reduce its word count to one third without omitting important points. Write-up [171 words] One of our most difficult problems is what we call discipline and it … Read more
Notice Writing – 2 Creative Writing – 38 Writing a notice for the school notice board Date: The much-awaited inter-school science exhibition for the year 2015 is going to be held in the 1st week of November in the R.K. College premises. There will be … Read more
The Lotus-Toru Dutt (1856-1877) Love came to Flora asking for a flower That would of flowers be undisputed queen, The lily and the rose, long, long had been Rivals for that high honour. Bards of power Had sung their claims. “The rose can never tower … Read more
Her Head by Joan Murray Near Ekuvukeni, in Natal, South Africa, a woman carries water on her head. After a year of drought, when one child in three is at risk of death, she returns from a distant well, carrying water on her head. Explanation … Read more
Tears, Idle Tears By Alfred Tennyson Stanza by stanza explanation and question – answers of the poem ‘Tears, Idle Tears’ Stanza – 1 Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and … Read more
The Tree by Phillip Larkin The trees are coming into leaf Like something almost being said; The recent buds relax and spread, Their greenness is a kind of grief. Meaning … It is spring time. New tender leaves appear on the branches as the tree … Read more