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The Flower School Introduction .. Rabindanath Tagore is the iconic Bengali writer who brought India its first (only, so far) Nobel Prize in Literature. Through the innocent eyes of a school-going child, the poet captures the thrill and excitement of the blossoming of flowers with …
The Drover’s Wife The two-roomed house is built of round timber, slabs, and stringy-bark, and floored with split slabs. A big bark kitchen standing at one end is larger than the house itself, veranda included. Bush all around – bush with no horizon, for the …
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson, at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee, and where they always prudently shortened sail …
Summary.. A Mid Summer Night’s Dream Act 1 Scene 2 In the build-up to the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta, the air in Athens is festive. Citizens are agog in excitement, just the same way the lovers in the palace are. In another corner of …
Of Revenge by Francis Bacon Complete explanation of the essay alongside the original text Original Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. Explanation The urge to avenge the humiliations, injustices …
Of Adversity by Francis Bacon Complete explanation of the essay alongside the original text Original IT WAS an high speech of Seneca (after the manner of the Stoics), that the good things, which belong to prosperity, are to be wished; but the good things, that …
Do not go gentle into that good night Dylan Thomas, 1914 – 1953 Introduction to the poet … Born on October 27, 1914, in Swansea, South Wales to a father who taught English Literature, Dylan Marlais Thomas had his initiation to Shakespeare very early …
Five ways to kill a man by Edwin Brock Introduction…. Edwin Brock is angry at the way humans turn on one another to kill. He feels helpless to witness the perpetuation of mayhem and homicide, as if there is no other recourse left for the …
Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size But when I start to tell them, They think I’m telling lies. I say, It’s in the reach of my arms, The …
Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen Introduction .. At the dawn of the nineteenth century, Europe’s political map looked so much different from what it is today. The attitude of the rulers towards their citizenry, the the economy and war were also starkly different …