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Chief Seattle’s Speech

ICSE English Literature … Chief Seattle’s Speech Background .. The Americans that inhabit the United States of America today were not there before the early eighteenth century, nor was there a single unified country like the United States we see today. After the intrepid Spaniard …

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If by Rudyard Kipling

If by Rudyard Kipling Poem … If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait …

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Freedom – CBSE Class 12 – Complete Explanation and Answers

Freedom by George Bernard Shaw Complete explanation for the non-fiction ‘Freedom’ included in the CBSE Class 12 English book ‘Kaleidoscope’. [Para by para explanation] Freedom, both as a term and as a trait has often been used perfunctorily by scholars and the general people alike. …

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Lord Ullin’s Daughter by Thomas Campbell -Explanation

Lord Ullin’s Daughter by Thomas Campbell- Analysis The poem, written as a ballad, is about the tragic drowning of a young man and his beloved while trying to escape the wrath of the latter’s father. Lord Ullin is the father of the girl. Being the …

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A Prayer for my Daughter by W. B. Yeats – Explanation

A Prayer for my Daughter by W. B. Yeats A word about Yeats and this poem ‘A Prayer for my daughter’ …. William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an illustrious Irish poet, writer and playwright. He was a staunch Irish nationalist who continued to espouse this …

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Comprehension Exercise – 9

Comprehension Exercise – 9 Creative Writing – 48 Study the passage and answer the questions that follow Passage taken from BBC Cuba has long been renowned for its medical diplomacy – thousands of its doctors work in healthcare missions around the world, earning the country …

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Precis (Summary) Writing – 11

Precis (Summary) Writing – 11 Creative Writing – 47 Passage A drop of water fell out of the cloud into the sea, and finding itself lost in such an immensity of fluid matter, broke out into the following reflection: ‘Alas! What an inconsiderable creature am …

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The Daffodils by William Wordsworth – Summary

The Daffodils by William Wordsworth

Stanza by stanza summary

William Wordsworth was an avid observer of nature. In this poem, he describes the impression a cluster of daffodil flowers created in his mind when he saw them while taking a stroll beside a lake hemmed by some trees.

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The beauty of the daffodils lifted his mind and his spirit. His imagination and his poetic instincts came to the fore. He could see himself as a cloud floating past the golden-coloured daffodils on the ground where some trees stood beside a lake. The flowers were swaying in the breeze. This gentle movement enhanced their attraction.

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Comprehension Exercise – 8

Comprehension Exercise – 8 Creative Writing – 46 Study the passage and answer the questions that follow Excerpt from The Wire, written by Ms. Patasani Cyclone Fani, which wreaked havoc in Odisha on May 3, has created four new mouths in Lake Chilika, one of …

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