World : : By A R Ammons ( 1926-2001 ) : : : : Breakers at high tide shoot spray over the jetty boulders that collects in shallow chips, depressions, evening the surface to run-off level: of these possible worlds of held water, most can’t outlast the interim tideless drought, so are clear, sterile, encased with salt: one in particular, though, a hole, providing depth with little surface, keeps water through the hottest day: a slime of green algae extends into that tiny sea, and animals tiny enough to be in a world there breed and dart and breathe and die: so we are here in this plant-created oxygen, drinking this sweet rain, consuming this green. — A.R.Ammons World ( 1964 Poem )
“World”, 1964 Poem By American Poet A R Ammons ( 126 – 2001 ) is About Our Place In The Nature’s Landscape Of Mother Earth wherein the algae and tiny creatures in the Sea create for the creatures from tiny one to Humans , the Oxygen for breathing; the green food for consuming and the Sweet Rain Water for drinking, thus providing thelifesustaining essentials so that the World here so to say in broader sense breed and dart andbreathe and die. : : : :
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Judith Wright ( May 31, 1915 – June 25, 2000 ) Australian Environmentalist , Activist for Conservation , Anti War Movements, Of Sixties in 20 Th Century, and for plights of Aborigines, The rational World of Modern Economies , and disregard for environment and Aborigin people are talked about in her writings including her Poem here, ” Eve To Her Daughters”
Eve to her Daughters : : Judith Wright : : : : : : : :
It was not I who began it. Turned out into draughty caves, hungry so often, having to work for our bread, hearing the children whining, I was nevertheless not unhappy. Where Adam went I was fairly contented to go. I adapted myself to the punishment: it was my life.
But Adam, you know ….. ! He kept on brooding over the insult, over the trick They had played on us, over the scolding. He had discovered a flaw in himself and he had to make up for it.
Outside Eden the earth was imperfect, the seasons changed, the game was fleet-footed, he had to work for our living, and he didn’t like it. He even complained of my cooking (it was hard to compete with Heaven).
So he set to work. The earth must be made a new Eden with central heating, domesticated animals, mechanical harvesters, combustion engines, escalators, refrigerators, and modern means of communication and multiplied opportunities for safe investment and higher education for Abel and Cain and the rest of the family. You can see how his pride had been hurt.
In the process he had to unravel everything, because he believed that mechanism was the whole secret – he was always mechanical-minded. He got to the very inside of the whole machine exclaiming as he went, So that is how it works! And now that I know how it works, why, I must have invented it. As for God and the Other, they cannot be demonstrated, And what cannot be demonstrated doesn’t exist. You see, he had always been jealous.
Yes, he got to the centre where nothing at all can be demonstrated. And clearly he doesn’t exist; but he refuses to accept the conclusion. You see, he was always an egotist.
It was warmer than this in the cave; There was none of this fall-out. I would suggest, for the sake of the children, that it’s time you took over.
But you are my daughters, you inherit my own faults of character; you are submissive, following Adam even beyond existence. Faults of character have their own logic and it always works out. I observed this with Abel and Cain.
Perhaps the whole elaborate fable right from the beginning is meant to demonstrate this; perhaps it’s the whole secret. Perhaps nothing exists but our faults? At least they can be demonstrated.
But it’s useless to make such a suggestion to Adam. He has turned himself into God, who is faultless, and doesn’t exist.
“Eve To Her Daughters”, First published in The Other Half : Poems By Environmentalist Judith Wright , Sydney : Angus and Robertson, 1966 AnApocalypse Poem that is also an ‘Anti-War Poem’ and An ‘Earth Poem’, Also A ‘Feminist Poem’, is About Adam’s quest to become God-like, outlining his arrogance & About The Eve who is staying submissive and loyal despite his flaws. She is A Speaker of the poem who talks to her daughters , Of her and Adam’s Fall from Eden. : Whose fault in arogant pug head behaviour of Adam and in Submissiveness of Eve !? She has questioned. : : : :
“Eve to Her Daughters”,is a dramatic monologue which sees the Biblical Eve transported to a post-nuclear landscape where man has succeeded in destroying the Edenic paradise of the world as we know it. The word “fallout”: both the quarrel between husband and wife : Adam and Eve , and nuclear fallout fromthe war. : : : :
CAVE of TREASURE from the Book of Adam and Eve , ( brought here from Chat GPT ) : Windsor Mill Publishing : Copyright ( 2013 ) respected, Sir with a request to please allow it Here For Educational Purposes; It will be deleted if not allowed. : There are countless traditional paintings of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, depictions of them specifically living in a cave are less common in Western fine art. This concept stems from extra- canonical texts rather than the canonical Book ofGenesis. The idea of Adam and Eve residing in a cave comes from non-biblical works such as the Syriac Cave of Treasures and the Ethiopic Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan. These texts describe God commanding the expelled first couple to live in a specific “Cave of Treasures” after leaving Eden, where they face struggles and temptations. Because this narrative is outside of the traditional biblical canon that inspired most prominent Renaissance and Old Master painters, fine art on the subject is rare. Life , 20,000 Years ago : How Humans slept in the Ice Age.
First Stanza : : “It was not I who began it. Turned out into draughty caves, hungry so often, having to work for our bread, hearing the children whining, I was nevertheless not unhappy. Where Adam went I was fairly contented to go. I adapted myself to the punishment: it was my life.”
Eve declares abut her life that it was not her “who began it.”: A remark of mulling over ( ચિંતન મનન ) the lifetime she lived with Adam when Adam was responsible for the origin of ills and evilness in the World. An end-result happened in their ill-fitting life was a living in to “draughty caves”( પવનનાં સપાટા મારતી ગૂફા ) which were not ‘airtight’,and hollowed out underground that received cold air leaked from outside where they experienced hunger and had to work for their bread. She whined about the unfair life hearing the children’s screeching noise ( તીણા / કર્કશ અવાજ / ચીસો પાડતા ઘોંઘાટ ) with tearful ( રોતલ ) face. However, Eve was “fairly content” tofollowAdam and adjusted to their punishment. Thus Eve poses in the beginning her, fairly happy and questionable submissive તાબે થયેલ / આજ્ઞાંકિત ) અભિગમ ) attitude.
Second Stanza : : “But Adam, you know ….. ! He kept on brooding over the insult, over the trick They had played on us, over the scolding. He had discovered a flaw in himself and he had to make up for it.”
About dividing line( વિભાજક રેખા ) between Adam and Eve ! A juxtaposition ( સમીપ ) that can lead to a contrast between Humans and God as well as Angels / demons. : Adam first started and continued to play a Godly figure in the Humanity ‘s insane quest ( ઉન્મત / અવિચારી ખોજ ) of changing the World in to A ‘New Eden’ but would have wandered from the correct path in which a “flaw ( અપૂર્ણતા / ખામી ) could be discovered and he had to make up for it.” : An undependable imperfections ( ન્યૂનતા ) in the object as well as in plans and activities adopted however the same should be great nonetheless. He had to be broody( ખિન્નતા ભર્યા વિચાર ) or seriously thoughtful to put everything in order or neaten up ( ઠાવકાઈથી સરસ રીતે વ્યવસ્થિત કરવા નું ) ( instead of continuously remaining resentful ( રીસ ચડાવવા ના બદલે / રોષે ભરાયાં વગર ) over the insult , trick or scolding .
Third Stanza : : ” Outside Eden the earth was imperfect, the seasons changed, the game was fleet-footed, he had to work for our living, and he didn’t like it. He even complained of my cooking (it was hard to compete with Heaven).”
About comparison of the Adam’s Earth and God’s Eden . Eden was perfect; Earth , imperfect because of change of seasons, Adam’s aversive feeling of hard working for living and his admonition about cooking by Eve found dissatisfactory by complaintive Adam. : “( It was hard to compete with Heaven).” said Eve.
Fourth Stanza : : ” So he set to work. The earth must be made a new Eden with central heating, domesticated animals, mechanical harvesters, combustion engines, escalators, refrigerators, and modern means of communication and multiplied opportunities for safe investment and higher education for Abel and Cain and the rest of the family. You can see how his pride had been hurt.”
About Adam’s Efforts in making New Eden.: ” So he ( Adam ) set to work , With cental heating, domesticated animals, mechanical harvesters, combustion engines, escalators, refrigerators, and modern means of communication and multiplied opportunities for safe investment and higher education for Abel and Cain and the rest of the family.” : Since then Humanity has never stopped for working without any rest and has brought All Kinds Of Comforts in All realms of life with praiseworthy glory. The Long Story of Mankind ‘s Success. : : : : : : The Third and Fourth Stanzas are About connecting Genesis / Biblical Past to the Modern -day Worldand explains how Adam’s pride was hurt because of constant vexationચીડ / ખીજવાટ / સંતાપ ) at their expelling from the Garden of Eden and the hardships to face everyday since their living in a Cave of Treasure.
Fifth Stanza : : In the process he had to unravel everything, because he believed that mechanism was the whole secret – he was always mechanical-minded. He got to the very inside of the whole machine exclaiming as he went, So that is how it works! And now that I know how it works, why, I must have invented it. As for God and the Other, they cannot be demonstrated, And what cannot be demonstrated doesn’t exist. You see, he had always been jealous.
About unraveling / ઉકેલલાવનારી ગૂંચ કાઢનાર( removing everything possibly from their tangled state of living a life with hardships ) , the unique crucial and demonstrable technical mechanism for inventing the machines that would aid in the Human Development and Comforts. : : : : : : : : “he was always mechanical-minded.” ( line 30 ) “He got to the very inside of the whole machine.” … “He started understanding how the machine works and then made more and more machines.” “As for God and the Other, they cannot be demonstrated, ( line 35 ) And “what cannot be demonstrated doesn’t exist.”: : The chase and an effort to overtakeGodlyProvidencein the aforesaid competition in making New Eden on the earth and searching for required knowledge to establish an uplifted Human Societywere the History of the Patriarchal society wherein Adam -like figure or a Grandfather -like figure always commanded as they were older or higher in rank. : : ” You see, he had always been jealous.” : Said Eve. Adam was self centred and always thought of himself. He didn’t bother of Eve and didn’t consider the needs of others. He was always watchful of creating Eden on the Earthand therefore was always in competition with Godly Providence in the Eden which posed him looked jealous. This was explained in the Sixth Stanza as Herein below. : : : :
Sixth Stanza : : Yes, he got to the centre where nothing at all can be demonstrated. And clearly he doesn’t exist; but he refuses to accept the conclusion. You see, he was always an egotist.” : : : :
Seventh Stanza : : “It was warmer than this in the cave; There was none of this fall-out. I would suggest, for the sake of the children, that it’s time you took over.”
Eighth Stanza : : “But you are my daughters, you inherit my own faults of character; you are submissive, following Adam even beyond existence. Faults of character have their own logic and it always works out. I observed this with Abel and Cain.” : : : : : : About Eves conversation now started from here. Eve said that in the cave, they had none of these fallouts that they now have, and life was simpler. Her daughters would inherit her flaws because they too tend to follow in the footsteps of their respective Adams they would meet and would be expected with submissive behaviour. Through Eve’s daughters Abel and Cain the generational inheritance of gender role , inherited traits, and the cycles in society could be explored. It should be for women to take over the world since the men might be failing due to their egotistical characteristics of having an inflated ideas of superiority over women and their own importance and and limitations of such manly behaviour.
Ninth Stanza : : ” Perhaps the whole elaborate fable right from the beginning is meant to demonstrate this; perhaps it’s the whole secret. Perhaps nothing exists but our faults? At least they can be demonstrated.”
Tenth Stanza : : “But it’s useless to make such a suggestion to Adam. He has turned himself into God, who is faultless, and doesn’t exist.”
AboutEve’s long thoughtful observations and calm intent consideration. The thinking that the entire fable has been presented to prove their faults and only their faults can be proven. Are the human faults could be an essence of existence or the core secret of life? Such suggestion and finding would perhaps be inevitably futile to Adam -like figures who have already proclaimed Godlike and posed himself beyond flaws. Adam would deny the existence of his own imperfections and the limitations of patriarchate nature of societal norms and tracing through the male line.
Judith Wright’sEarth Poem, ” Eve’s Daughters” depictsman’s destructive nature and the Earth in pursuit of God-like perfection in Eden. In his arrogance, man has yet not proved himself as the creator, What he strives to create for Earth to be a paradise ultimately not desirable. Wright’s poem is Eve’s manifesto to Feminists Not To be “Submissive” to Adam. The Scientific Advancements and the Mechanisation of Society would be far from The Human Faith and A Wider Target Requiring Caution !
A post-apocalyptic Eve warns her daughters about the dangers of male arrogance, scientific hubris, and submission. The poem critiques modern society by reinterpreting the biblical story, portraying Eve as a figure of wisdom who blames Adam for their fall and encourages her daughters to seek balance beyond male-driven scientific and materialist advancement.
White bearded God created the first humans : Adam and Eve , in the Garden of Eden filled with beautiful flowers, tall trees, and friendly animals.. God gave them one rule: not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. They would obey God’s rule. : A sly serpent tempted Eve to eat the forbidden fruit, telling her that if she ate the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge, she would become wise, just like God. Eve ate the fruit and gave it to Adam, who also ate it, leading to their disobedience. Suddenly, Adam and Eve felt very different. They realized that they were both naked and felt ashamed. God saw that they were hiding and asked why they were afraid. : This act, known as the “fall of man,” resulted in them being expelled from the Garden of Eden and brought consequences like hardship, pain, and death to humanity. God banished them from Eden, introducing hardship and mortality to the world, but also promising a future Redeemer, forming the basis for the Christian doctrine of Original Sin. Before Adam and Eve left paradise, God placed a special angel with a flaming sword at the entrance to the Garden of Eden. This angel was left to guard the Tree of Life, which had the power to grant eternal life. : Even though Adam and Eve could never return to the Garden of Eden, God’s love and protection would always be with them. Their story teaches us that breaking the rules has consequences .Yet it reminds us that even when we make mistakes, we know that God’s love will always be there to help and guide us. : Their children, the first of whom were Cain and Abel whose story is presented as the origin of humanity and the source of sin and death. Adam and Eve realising their nakedness after they ate the fruit forbidden by God.
Eve is traditionally blamed for the “fall”. But Judith Wright’s Eve is not to blame, but rather a victim of Adam’s desire to “unravel everything” and become God-like. This shifts the responsibility for the world’s destruction away from Eve and onto male ego and scientific hubris( overbearing pride and presumption ) that might lead him to take risky decisions which ultimately harm the people of all nationality of the World.
The poem uses the biblical “fall” and the resulting “fallout” as a metaphor for modern environmental and social destruction caused by scientific advancement. Eve’s conversation is a warning to her daughters to not be submissive to men who have become so engrossed in mechanical, rational thought that they believe they have invented everything and that anything that cannot be “demonstrated” doesn’t exist.
Eve encourages her daughters to take over and help men see that God can still exist in a world driven by science. The poem suggests that while women may have inherited their own “faults” from Eve, they must be the ones to lead the way in finding a more balanced and spiritual (!?) existence, one that doesn’t disregard the intangible and the spiritual in favor of tangible, demonstrable facts.
The poem uses Adam as a metonym for modern Western society ( પશ્વિમ નો વિપર્યય ) especially Australia, which Wright suggests has become prideful in its belief that its ideals and methods are superior. By extending the story of the fall to a modern, post-nuclear landscape, Wright directly criticizes the “Western foundations” that have led to destruction and environmental disregard. One may lead the same thoughtful observations in view of India.
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A submissive woman being spanked on her bare buttocks by a dominant man. Illustration by N. Carman (1931)
Female submission or femsub is an activity or relationship in which a woman submits to the direction of a partner or has her body used for the ( sexual pleasure ) of her partner. Submissiveness in healthy relationships is mutual with empowering choice. ( Both partners respect, uplift, and serve each other; A woman uses strength and wisdom for influence. : it’s not about one person being superior whereas in unhealthy ones, it’s a symptom of control and imbalance. ) An Unhealthy submissiveness means forced compliance, silencing needs, and vulnerability, often rooted in fear or coercion, leading to one-sided sacrifice and potential exploitation where a partner’s happiness is prioritised by both. Healthy Submissiveness means Empowerment : It is strength under control, a wise choice to yield, not weakness, allowing influence through gentleness and peace. Both partners respect, uplift, and serve each other. A woman trusts her partner to lead, finding security in his strength, allowing her to explore vulnerability. An importance is recognised in communicating needs, and willing compromise, not just silence or suffering.An Unhealthy Submissivenessof Forced Compliance ( lacking genuine choice ) leads to decision-making dominance by one partner And it Involves sacrificing personal needs, values, and thoughts due to fear or pressure. All these lead a woman to more vulnerable to exploitation, as she may ignore discomfort or danger. Key Distinctions & Perspectives . submissiveness is a learned behavior from societal norms ( like Victorian ideals ) or In some religious views, it’s seen as a spiritual choice to honor a husband, requiring trust in God and yielding authority. At times, the women find fulfillment in yielding, seeking a strong partner to provide structure, safety, and direction. Biblical submission in marriage is a wife with the strength of character making a choice not to overtly resist her husband’s will. She can disagree with him or she can express her opinion. : A Submissive woman remaining still won’t look at her partner especially when being stared at. The Gestures can go so far as to include kneeling or bowing. In Bible, Sarah , Abraham’s wife has been iconized as the example of a godly, submissive wife, especially in the face of abusive behavior. Abigail’s actions in 1 Samuel 25, we see that her motivation was to show respect and submission to her husband while also fulfilling the role ; more about harmony, compromise, or even a deep sense of care. Many times, She submits for the same reason a man submits: attraction, love, desire.
The poem uses a free verse, storytelling effect to convey its message clearly. It moves fluidly through the narrative, highlighting Adam’s prideful and egoistic character in a way that invites the reader to reflect on their own social and cultural context. Let us know Dear Reader Your Perspectives in this.. . : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Eve to Her Daughters By Judith Wright : : Earth Poems : Poem Analysis and Appreciation Presented By V Jayaraj Pune India February 21 , 2023 : : Updated November 30, 2025 : : On Achieving the Fifth Anniversaryof his Art Blog Madhu Malti.
Fire and Ice BY ROBERT FROST Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice.
“Fire and Ice”, A short 9 Lines Poem By Robert Frost is About the End Of World holding a favouring Fire for one time destruction and in case of twice , by ice in sufficient quantity , great for destruction. fire suggests rage, war, passion; ice suggests cold indifference and passivity. We will try to show how meaningfully these imaginaries could enact to the events of destruction of the world and perhaps of the perishable Earth. : : : : Pending visit this post again later on to enjoy the appreciation of the poem V Jayaraj Pune India February 20 , 2023. : : : : : :
Voices Of Earth : : by Archibald Lampman : : We have not heard the music of the spheres, The song of star to star, but there are sounds More deep than human joy and human tears, That Nature uses in her common rounds; 4 The fall of streams, the cry of winds that strain 5 The oak, the roaring of the sea’s surge, might 6 Of thunder breaking afar off, or rain7 That falls by minutes in the summer night.8 These are the voices of earth’s secret soul, 9 Uttering the mystery from which she came. To him who hears them grief beyond control, 11 Or joy inscrutable without a name, 12 Wakes in his heart thoughts bedded there, impearled, 13 Before the birth and making of the world. 14
— Archibald Lampman
“Voices Of Earth”, A 14 lines Earth Poem By Canada’s Keats ArchibaldLampman( 1861-99 ) is About “The voices of ‘earth’s secret soul, Uttering the mystery from which she came.” ( lines 9 & 10 ) state this observation as seen and deeply thought about , the enumeration of which have been itemized in the lines 1 To 8 of the poem. : : We have not heard the music of the spheres, 1 The song of star to star, but there are sounds 2 More deep than human joy and human tears,3 That Nature uses in her common rounds; 4 The fall of streams, the cry of winds that strain 5 The oak, the roaring of the sea’s surge, might 6 Of thunder breaking afar off, or rain 7 That falls by minutes in the summer night. 8 “The Song Of Star To Star”is the music of the spheres,” which we have not heard” ( lines 1 & 2 ) : : The Speaker admits.
The Physics started with the Scientific studies of celestial bodies and the Universe as Whole from the historic time that predates the last two millennium; and called it Uranology Or Astronomy. Prior to this it was belived thatthe planets and the fixed stars were making music , for which the thinkers thought about deep worshipping; and imagined God’s perfection that was copied by the stars as it appeared to them. What they knew was joy and tears experienced by them . So they imagined that the musical Sound which they did not hear was much more deeper than their possible experiences in joys and tears that “Nature” before them ₹uses in her common rounds.” ( line 4 ) : :
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Mother of all the high-strung poets and singers departed, Mother of all the grass that weaves over their graves the glory of the field, Mother of all the manifold forms of life, deep-bosomed, patient, impassive, Silent brooder and nurse of lyrical joys and sorrows! Out of thee, yea, surely out of the fertile depth below thy breast, Issued in some strange way, thou lying motionless, voiceless, All these songs of nature, rhythmical, passionate, yearning, Coming in music from earth, but not unto earth returning.
Dust are the blood-red hearts that beat in time to these measures, Thou hast taken them back to thyself, secretly, irresistibly Drawing the crimson currents of life down, down, down Deep into thy bosom again, as a river is lost in the sand. But the souls of the singers have entered into the songs that revealed them, – Passionate songs, immortal songs of joy and grief and love and longing: Floating from heart to heart of thy children, they echo above thee: Do they not utter thy heart, the voices of those that love thee?
Long hadst thou lain like a queen transformed by some old enchantment Into an alien shape, mysterious, beautiful, speechless, Knowing not who thou wert, till the touch of thy Lord and Lover Working within thee awakened the man-child to breathe thy secret. All of thy flowers and birds and forests and flowing waters Are but enchanted forms to embody the life of the spirit; Thou thyself, earth-mother, in mountain and meadow and ocean, Holdest the poem of God, eternal thought and emotion.
— Henry Van Dyke
“Mother Earth”, An Earth Poem By Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933) is Abouttribute to the planet Earth given by a clergyman. : : The earth is beautiful creationof God in Natureandgenerous for which the Poet has praised. The earth as a mother of everything and of all humans which sustainseverythingwith itsrichness and fertility. : : : :
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EARTH, MY LIKENESS : : ( 1891 – 1892 ) Leaves Of Grass : : Walt Whitman : : : :
EARTH, my likeness, 1 Though you look so impassive, ample and spheric there, 2 I now suspect that is not all;3 I now suspect there is something fierce in you eligible to burst forth, 4 For an athlete is enamour’d of me, and I of him, 5 But toward him there is something fierce and terrible in me eligi- ble to burst forth, 6 I dare not tell it in words, not evenin thesesongs. 7
” Earth , My Likeness” , An Earth Poem By Walt Whitman ( 1819 – 1892 ) is Aboutthe longing of a heartfelt perception of mystified love marked by “something fierce and terrible which can burst forth” ; and that is commonly shared in between , between the Speaker as well as his athlet admirer who is enamoured of him , in the same way he too is of his admirer. Whitman has found this athlete from his curious observations with qualities like, “impassive” remoteness that is , rarely showing emotions ; beside “spheric”, Meaning, with fullness of a tone of voice in his wordiness ; and”ample”, that is , magnanimous ( big heartedor generous inunderstanding ) toward others. And “he suspects that is not all.” Which is then clarified by him ; that is what he says,” there is something fierce in you eligible to burst forth,” 4: : Only one of the many athletic admirers for whom he feels a similar “fierce and terrible” ‘fascinations’ and would appreciate the similar level of comparison : The poet and earth are so much closely connected that they all together inferr thesame level of noesis and warmth.Whitman writes with his fears,“I dare not tell it in words, not even in these songs.” 7 : : ” Earth, My likeness ” was Published as “Calamus” number 36 in the third (1860) edition of Leaves of Grass, which was then changed to “Earth, My Likeness” : : Thus , Whitman honestly describes his own fascinations for a person whom he likes for ample of similarities and an understanding in betweenthem. Yet, in the end line Whitman becomes suddenly concerned of describing the soft side in their likenessfor each other and in his reflected feelings he has attemptedto admit. : : : :
“Earth, My Likeness”, An Earth Poem By Walt Whitman, Information Appreciation and poem Analysis Presented by V Jayaraj Pune India February 17 , 2023 : : : : : : : :
Move Eastward, Happy Earth : : : : : : : By Alfred Lord Tennyson : : : : : : : Move eastward, happy earth, and leave Yon orange sunset waning slow: From fringes of the faded eve, O, happy planet, eastward go: Till over thy dark shoulder glow Thy silver sister world, and rise To glass herself in dewey eyes That watch me from the glen below.
Ah, bear me with thee, lightly borne, Dip forward under starry light, And move me to my marriage-morn, And round again to happy night.
— Alfred Lord Tennysonv
“Move Eastward, Happy Earth” , A Earth Poem By AlfredLord Tennyson is About the Planet Earth as well as Our Orange Sunset , Waning Sun from the fringes of the faded Evening.
Me, the earth You see my beautiful face The beautiful sky and greeneries Lovely flowers and sweet chirping birds
You dig Dig and build Your sky rise
You burn Burn my woods You cut Cut my forest
You stop Stop my flow of rivers
The exhausts of your vehicles The shoots of your industries The toxins Of your weapons Pollute My water and air My children Animals and birds Forest and flowers Die of exhaustion
I cry Cry of pain Cry of anguish Cry out of anger Boil and boil, under My crust
I heave hard Boil anger Shake and shake I want to bring down Your sky rise Crush them to ground I become angry Really angry I shake your prides Crush your vanity Raze them to ground Then I sigh of relief And become normal Once again I engage in my creation.
— Bharati Nayak
“Earthquake” An Earthquake Poem By Bharti Nayak is About an Earth’s reactions to the thoughtlessness shown by exploitations In Nature by the worldwide Population. As in her own words ,” This exploitation of Earth’s resources has been causing irreparable damage to the earth.Though man is aware of the danger heis not taking necessary corrective measure for protection of earth.” ( Bharti Nayak in poemhunter dated 29 August 2016. ) : :
The Mother Earth’s Fury and revenge has been expressed in the powerful lines , : : : : “I heave hard Boil anger Shake and shake I want to bring down Your sky rise Crush them to ground I become angry Really angry I shake your prides Crush your vanity Raze them to ground”
The devastating activities by the population include, digging and building , Stopping the flow of the rivers, cutting of the forests and burning woods ,polluting the water and Air with the exhausts of the vehicles and shooting of the industries and most unnecessarily used weapons. As a result , “children Animals and birds Forest and flowers Die of exhaustion”
Man doesn’t see “the beautiful face of earth ,The beautiful sky and greeneries , Lovely flowers and Sweet chirping birds.” Every life on the earth has its own right to live, flourish, and continue forever on this earth.The same has been jeopardized by the hazardous activities of humans. The selfish human nature put everything on this earth at risk by their ventures , adventures anddesperate menace. The earth crying of pain , anguish and anger , boils under her crust shakes and bring them an earthquake of large scale of intensity and devastating scales of destructions before it sighs of relief and becomes normal again to engage every living being in her ideas for creations. : : : :
Sara Teasdale (1884 – 1933) was a Missouri-born poet afflicted with poor health from birth. She loved one man but married another, divorced, lost her best friend to suicide, and eventually committed suicide herself. : : Teasdale’s work was characterized by its simplicity and clarity and her use of classical forms. : : A majority of her poems are about love and beauty, and she won the first Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1918. There are some similarities to be drawn between Sara and Emily Dickinson; both were reclusive, both wrote intensely personal poetry that frequently focused on nature, both knew unrequited love. “The wind is tossing the Lilacs” : Sara Teasdale , from the Poem ” May” : Apple tree branch with flowers on the background of the wooden wall of the house. Apple Trees Blossoms : In Apple Orchard/ Garden Apples on trees in orchard in fall season“The new leaves laugh in the sun” : Sara Teasdale from her Poem , ” May”: Live cuttings at grafting apple tree in cleft with growing buds, young leaves and flowers. Closeup. growing new leaves in Full Sunlight of Spring & Summer to nourish the tree and its Fruits Apples tillThe Season of Fall.Winter Wonderland – First Snow. Hand drawn vector illustration of first snow covering trees, woodpecker, apples. : “I go a wintry way, For love that smiled in April Is false to me in May.” : Sara Teasdale From her Sad Poem ” May ” Winter Wonderland – First Snow. Hand drawn vector illustration of first snow covering cute painted birdhouse, trees, woodpecker, apples.
* May By Sara Teasdale : : : :
The wind is tossing the lilacs, The new leaves laugh in the sun, And the petals fall on the orchard wall, But for me the spring is done.
Beneath the apple blossoms I go a wintry way, For love that smiled in April Is false to me in May.
* * May Day By Sara Teasdale. : : : : A delicate fabric of bird song Floats in the air, The smell of wet wild earth Is everywhere.
Red small leaves of the maple Are clenched like a hand, Like girls at their first communion The pear trees stand.
Oh I must pass nothing by Without loving it much, The raindrop try with my lips, The grass with my touch;
For how can I be sure I shall see again The world on the first of May Shining after the rain? *** May Day : : By Sara Teasdale : :
The shining line of motors, The swaying motor-bus, The prancing dancing horses Are passing by for us.
The sunlight on the steeple, The toys we stop to see, The smiling passing people Are all for you and me.
“I love you and I love you!”– “And oh, I love you, too!”– “All of the flower girl’s lilies Were only grown for you!”
Fifth Avenue and April And love and lack of care– The world is mad with music Too beautiful to bear.
— Sara Teasdale
“May “, A Love Poem About low pitched Lamentations on meeting with falsehood’ and sad nature of love conveying that it can be dying soon even if , may it be, Born in unrestrained time of merrymaking Month Of May. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : The first 3 lines open up the picturesque Springshowing its emergent signs, before the Worldviews of the Speaker,” The wind is tossing the lilacs, 1 The new leaves laugh in the sun, 2 And the petals fall on the orchard wall,” 3 : : But for the Speaker , she “is done with the Spring” , as she announces in line 4. : : She is walking a “wintery way” owing to the passing of her April love. : ” Beneath the apple blossoms 5 I go a wintry way, 6 For love that smiled in April” 7 : ( lines 5 To 7 ) : : The blossoms of an Apple Tree is pleasurable , but here, it doesn’t amuse her. : May be her experiences for true “love smiling in April”, she has longed to , has played false, on its disclosure as to be found as untrue , incorrect and not genuine nature of love. : : She feels let down by her April Love within the short span of a month only which is in contrastto the merrymaking garlandingpromises, sung aloud in other poems of May. She meets with the sad wintery way instead of new ( promising married ) life and new beginning. : : Her tone of sadness, very serious, nervous, and hurt feel , as she puts this in a gathering talks which vibrates off , of the old time love making terminable in to the sadness.: : : :
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” May Day” is Traditionally A Season of Poles and Ribbons, May can be Merry and Romantic events.
“A delicate fabric of bird song 1 Floats in the air, 2 The smell of wet wild earth 3 Is everywhere.” 4 : : Stanza 1 : lines 1 To 4 : :
“Red small leaves of the maple 5 Are clenched like a hand, 6 Like girls at their first communion 7 The pear trees stand.“8 : : Stanza 2 : : lines 5 To 8 : :
The First Two Stanzas adorn “the May Day” with the beautiful imageries of the Springtime , like : “A delicate fabric of bird song floats in the air” ; while , the wild earth is wet “spreading its wet smell everywhere” in the forest, and in the human habitats too. Teasdale describes small Ruby Red coloured leaves of Red maple tree(s) which look like closed or squeezed tightly together, holding like a hand ✋ : like girls at their first communion , that is celebrating the holy sacrament commemorating( marking ceremony ) the ‘last supper’by consecrating bread and wine( holy rite of pass down ) among the fellow Christians. And here ” The pear trees stand” Meaning uprightly showy White flowers of the pear trees are spreading the whiteness quietly coveringoverthe place of beauty in Nature, alongside the brilliantly Red Maples , clinching with its hand like fists , opened in leaves , symbolic of Vibrancy and sustainability in the Springtime May Day of the summer.: : : :
Lip shape printed on the wet glass with orange drops on black background with moving orange drops | lip care concept“Oh I must pass nothing by Without loving it much, The raindrop try with my lips,”: From”May Day ” Poem by Sara Teasdale.
Close up on lips covered by water dropsBeautiful girl holding grass. : : From “May Day” ” Oh I must pass nothing by Without loving it much, The raindrop try with my lips, The grass with my touch; ” Sara Teasdale.
“Oh I must pass nothing by 9 Without loving it much, 10 The raindrop try with my lips, 11 The grass with my touch; 12 : : Stanza 3 : : lines 9 To 12 : :
For how can I be sure 13 I shall see again 14 The world on the first of May 15 Shining afterthe rain?” 16 : : Stanza 4 : : lines 13 To 16 : :
The Speaker , herein 3 Rd & 4 Th Stanzas, gives the turn to the outcome of spending a time in Nature that caused to wake up her conscious as relative to her own thought process which is an aftermath of the “May Day”, she has viewedand described with beautiful imageries of Springtime : The waves of her thought process, as she moves forward. As she then has decided to pass by, without loving the beautiful imageries that have started arousing the yearning with the deeper meanings behind what she has viewed in her visit in wilderness of the Springtime Nature. This is so , because nothing she has observed affects her. : : She emphasizes this by further “Touch Modality”: like , ” The raindrops try with my lips”( line 11 ) and ,”The grass with mytouch” ( line 12 ) : : Here , the Heavenly objects of “The Raindrops” & the Earthly Objects of “The grass” are the Natural Forces that have come upon her cutaneous senses which , when she perceives them through a brief contact with her lips, and hands , have attempted but have failed to tinct her emotions and ‘selfwithin’. This is the miserable failure of the Natural Forces of ‘touch’, same way as that of the ‘sight’ on “May Day” of the Springtime which would not enable her locate the emotions for love and beauty. There is a touch of sarcasm herein her expressions. : : : :
She knows that the May Day” is Traditionally A Season of Poles and Ribbons and can be Merry and Romantic pleasure. Yet, she has no desire to look at it intently or feel it with senses of touch. She gives a reasoning for her negation , in Stanza 4 : : She is not convinced that the happy world she is aware of As On 1 St Day of May, that is “May Day” will come for her again as a happy day of garlanding. It is definitely not occuring that for sure her love will come home again as beforefor she is in no way, feels assured of seeing again “Shining after the rain ?” ( line 16 ) : : Meaning , the Rain , an another force of nature will not make her “May Day” clear and obvious to shine , in the aftermath when the Sun ☀️ shines , yet will not ensure a nice smoothening and turningher faceshiny. : : The ” May Day” Poem ends conclusively with this last line ( 16 ) of an emphatic notes of Melancholy which bit her experience miserably in having a feeling of happiness as from an intense emotions. She has no May Day of shining with joy. : : : :
“May” And “May Day” : Three May Poems By Sara Teasdale Information Appreciation and poem Analysis Presented by V Jayaraj Pune India February 14 , 2023 : : : : : : : :
Song lyrics published 1840 in the Forget Me Not Songster : :
Barbara Allen : : By Joan Baez : : ‘Twas in the merry month of May When green buds all were swellin’ Sweet William on his death bed lay For love of Barbara Allen He sent his servant to the town To the place where she was dwellin’ Saying, “You must come to my master, dear If your name be Barbara Allen” So slowly, slowly she got up And slowly she drew nigh him And the only words to him did say “Young man, I think you’re dying” He turned his face unto the wall And death was in him wellin’ “Goodbye, goodbye to my friends all Be good to Barbara Allen” When he was dead and laid in grave She heard the death bells knellin’ And every stroke to her did say “Hard-hearted Barbara Allen” “Oh, mother, oh, mother, go dig my grave Make it both long and narrow Sweet William died of love for me And I will die of sorrow” “And father, oh, father, go dig my grave Make it both long and narrow Sweet William died on yesterday And I will die tomorrow” Barbara Allen was buried in the old churchyard Sweet William was buried beside her Out of sweet William’s heart there grew a rose Out of Barbara Allen’s, a briar They grew and grew in the old churchyard Till they could grow no higher At the end they formed a true lover’s knot And the rose grew ’round the briar Source: Musixmatch Songwriters: Joan Baez As adopted From Traditional Folk song: Various Texts and Versions : : : :
“Barara Allen”(Child 84, Roud 54) , A Traditional Folk song Of Love story Of POP GENRE : : 17 Th Century Unknown writer’s ( Broadside ballad, folksong ) ByJoan Baez ,released in September , 1961 , is About how the eponymous ( relating to or bearing the name of an eponym ( for whom something is named ) character denies a dying man’s love, then dies of grief soon after his untimely death. : : CLICK HERE In BELOW to enjoy the Joan Baez released Song, With Live Video : :
The ballad generally follows a standard plot, although narrative details vary between versions.
A servant asks Barbara to attend on his sick master. She visits the bedside of the heartbroken young man, who then pleads for her love. She refuses, claiming he had slighted her while drinking with friends. He dies soon after and Barbara hears his funeral bells tolling; stricken with grief, she dies as well. They are buried in the same church; a rose grows from his grave, a briar from hers, and the plants form a true lovers’ knot.
Notes on Each of the lines of the poem Pending visit this post again later on to enjoy the appreciation of the poem V Jayaraj Pune India February 13 , 2023 : : : :
