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A Photograph by Shirley Toulson .. Explanation This is a poem of remembrance with a rather sad tone. It brings into focus the unstoppable changes ‘time’ forces on the lives of humans and objects. A old, unframed photograph is the cue …… The photograph, old …
The Bishop’s Candlesticks It would be incomplete to read this soul-stirring drama without learning about Victor Hugo who wrote Les Miserables. The novel, written in mid-nineteenth century, portrays the poverty, insensitivity, and the economic disparity of the then French society. The book brought to public …
Springtime by O. Henry …. Story Explanation and Summary … About the author .…. As a short story writer, O. Henry (1862-1910) towers over most other American writers. Some critics compare him with Guy de Maupassant of France. Both were highly prolific writers, immensely popular with …
Letter Writing – 5 Creative Writing – 49 Letter to Collector for library From The villagers of Kumbharapada Kumbharapada Date: To The Collector Khurda District Khurda Subject: Request for financial grant of Rs. 80,000 for starting a library Sir, We are the inhabitants of Srirampur …
The Serpent and the Rope by Raja Rao — Story analysis Reading and enjoying The Serpent and the Rope will be an incomplete effort unless the reader gets to know about the fascinating life of Raja Rao, the author. The footprints of his eventful life …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …