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Confessions of a Misspent Youth by Mara Wolynski Explanation 1. Mara Wolynski was schooled in New York city in a non-conventional school. Her parents were impressed by the relaxed, informal, and happy-go-lucky environment of the school, because they themselves believed that children’s schools must not … Read more
The Unexpected by Luella Adkins Questions and answers .. Q1. What is the news brought by Tom and Alec? How does Mrs. Parker react to it? Ans: Alec and Tom break the news to Mrs. Parker that two convicts had escaped from the prison. The … Read more
Toads by Phillip Lankin Stanza 1.. A ‘toad’ is a small amphibian species with an ugly look. It hibernates for long months, and is known to be not particularly agile. In this poem, ‘toads’ has been used in a metaphoric sense. Explanation .. The author … Read more
The Eyes Have it by Ruskin Bond Q1. Can you visualize the dramatic setting when the story began Ans: The stats in a railway station where the author is seated inside a compartment. The lone girl passenger comes in with her parents who were unusually … Read more
Of A Questionable Conviction by Jayanta Mohapatra Stanza One: This is a man who talks of painas though it belonged to him aloneMaybe he has invented it himselfand made a virtue of it.May be he is a poet. Meaning … Poets and writers almost universally … Read more
Make Me a Child Again Just for Tonight by Milton R. Stern About the Author .. Milton R. Stern (1928-2011) was an American writer. His parents came to the United States from Eastern Europe. Stern had a formal education in English literature. He did his … Read more
Mirror by Sylvia Plath I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions. Whatever I see I swallow immediately Just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike. I am not cruel, only truthful ‚ The eye of a little god, four-cornered. Most of the … Read more
The Goat Paths by James Stephens The poem The crooked paths go every way Upon the hill – they wind about Through the heather in and out Of the quiet sunniness. And there the goats, day after day, Stray in sunny quietness, Cropping here and … Read more
Girl Lithe and Tawny by Pablo Neruda The Poem Girl lithe and tawny, the sun that forms the fruits, that plumps the grains, that curls seaweeds filled your body with joy, and you luminous eyes and your mouth that has the smile of water. A … Read more
The Fog William Henry Davies Text I saw the fog grow thick, Which soon made blind my ken; It made tall men of boys, And giants of tall men. It clutched my throat, I coughed; Nothing was in my head Except two heavy eyes Like … Read more