Born : February 22, 1892 Rockland , Maine , US – Died October 19 , 1950 : :Pen Name : Nancy Boyd( for her prose work) : : Won Pulitzer prize for Poetry (1923)& Robert Frost Medal 🏅(1943) : : Alma Mater : Vassar College , where she continued to write poetry and became involved in the theater. In 1917, the year of her graduation, Millay published her first book, Renascence and Other Poems (Harper, 1917). At the request of Vassar’s drama department, she also wrote her first verse play, The Lamp and the Bell (1921), a work about love between women.: : renowned social figure and noted feminist in New York City during the Roaring Twenties and beyond. Millay married Eugen Boissevain in 1923, and the two were together for twenty-six years. Boissevain gave up his own pursuits to manage Millay’s literary career, setting up the readings and public appearances for which Millay grew famous. : : A road accident in 1936 left her a partial invalid. She became both morphine and alcohol-dependent and died 14 years later in Austerlitz, N.Y., at her home called Steepletop. : : “Renascence” and “The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver”are often considered her finest poems.On her death, The New York Times described her as “an idol of the younger generation during the glorious early days of Greenwich Village.Thomas Hardy said that America had two great attractions: the skyscraper and the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay. The poet Richard Wilbur asserted, “She wrote some of the best sonnets of the century.”Singer songwriter Liz Queler set several of her poems to music, which were released as the CD Discovering Edna in 2010 and later developed into the play Still Will be Heard, which debuted in 2021. Although highly regarded during much of her lifetime,” she is often seen by both her detractors and defenders as anachronistic, unreconstructedly Victorian, sentimental, recycled” and “a mediocrity.” ( As observed by , McClatchy, J. D. (September 16, 2001). “Like a Moth to the Flame”in The New York Times. : : In 1931 Millay told Elizabeth Breuer in Pictorial Review that readers liked her work because it was on age-old themes such as love, death, and nature. : : When Winfield Townley Scott reviewed Collected Sonnets and Collected Lyrics in Poetry, he said the “literati” had rejected Millay for “glibness and popularity.” : : By the 1960s the Modernism espoused by T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, and W. H. Auden had assumed great importance, and the romantic poetry of Millay and the other women poets of her generation was largely ignored. : : With the feminism emerging, her writings, and she regained recognition as a highly gifted writer—one who created many fine poems and spoke her mind freely in the best American tradition, upholding freedom and individualism; championing radical, idealistic humanist tenets; and holding broad sympathies and a deep reverence for life.Edna St. Vincent Millay in Mamaroneck, New York, 1914, by Arnold Genthe.Illustration Of”Night at the Rhone” by Vincent Van Gogh “Small chance, however, in a storm so black”“Night is my sister, and how deep in love” And who ” For a drowned woman’s sake and, bring her back”?
Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892 (Rockland) – 1950 (Austerlitz) : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :: Night is my sister, and how deep in love, How drowned in love and weedily washed ashore, There to be fretted by the drag and shove At the tide’s edge, I lie—these things and more: Whose arm alone between me and the sand, Whose voice alone, whose pitiful breath brought near, Could thaw these nostrils and unlock this hand, She could advise you, should you care to hear. Small chance, however, in a storm so black, A man will leave his friendly fire and snug For a drowned woman’s sake, and bring her back To drip and scatter shells upon the rug. No one but Night, with tears on her dark face, Watches beside me in this windy place.
Edna Vincent Millay ‘s : Night is my sister is “a metaphorical take on sisterhood: Millay views the night-time as her kindred spirit, female like her – her sister: “Night is my sister, and how deep in love, / How drowned in love and weedily washed ashore …”: :
Edna Vincent Millay “Night is my sister” : Sister Poem : : information Appreciation and poem Analysis Presented by V Jayaraj Pune India August 16 , 2022 : : નાગ પાંચમ : : : ::
Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, Patna, India On February 15th, 2013, the world’s tallest statue of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled in Patna, India. The Father of the Nation is seen standing with two children on either side and the statue is 70 feet tall. The bronze statue was erected here at the iconic Gandhi Maidan and depicts world peace and asks people to bridge the gap between rich and poor. Mahatma Gandhi Statue, Spain The statue was unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Sofia of Spain in 2013 on 02nd October, Gandhi’s birthday. The sculpture is a bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Dandi pose. Gandhi’s sculpture by Ram Sutar was a gift to the Madrid city in Spain from the Indian government. Ram Sutar is a master sculptor and many of his works stand gracefully at the most iconic locations in India. : : : : : The date March 21 , 2022 was chosen to mark the 91st anniversary of the Dandi March, led by Gandhi.Statue De Gandhi, Geneva, Switzerland Mahatma Gandhi’s statue where he can be seen sitting and reading a book is located in Geneva, Switzerland’s Ariana Park. The unveiling of the statue was done on 14th November 2007 celebrating the 60th anniversary of Indo-Swiss friendship. In appreciation of the City of Geneva’s efforts to further world peace, harmony, and goodwill, the Indian Government gifted this statue. Mahatma Gandhi Memorial, Washington DC, USA The Indian Council for Cultural Relations gifted America this beautiful Bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi on September 16, 2000. During the visit of the then-prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, this stunning statue of Gandhi holding a walking stick was given. In front of the Indian Embassy in Washington, DC, on Massachusetts Avenue, you can find this statue.Mahatma Gandhi’s Ice Sculpture Installed By Canadian Hotel For 75th Independence Day.: Mahatma Gandhi was an international figure. He not only won hearts in India with his noble work and ideologies but he has quite a fan following in South Africa. And now, an iconic Canadian hotel played tribute to Mahatma Gandhi with an ice statue leading up to the 75th anniversary of India’s independence. Hotel de Glace, installed a spectacular, life-size ice sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi to honour his humanitarian work.: : : : : The Seven-Foot Tall Sculpture Is Installed Near Quebec City The seven-foot-tall sculpture was sculpted by Canadian ice artist Marc Lepire near Quebec City, the capital of the province of Quebec. The Indian consulate in Toronto announced the inauguration on Saturday with a tweet, writing, “Launching #AzadiKaAmritMahotsav, to mark 75 years of India’s Independence, with an ice sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi in the iconic ice hotel.”દેશભક્તિ નું હિન્દી ગીત : ગીતકાર ; પ્રેમ ધવન
The first front page of Newspaper the Hindu , dated Friday the 15 Th August , 1947 reported India’s Independence with the Headings that included: : “FREE INDIA IS BORN : UNION CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ASSUMED POWER. MEMBER’S PLEDGE OF SERVICE TI COUNTRY. RAJENDRA BABU’S ASSURANCE TO MINORITIES : : : : AND THEN REPORT : : : : DR. Rajendra prasad , president paida tribute to the memory of those who sacrificed themselves for the attainment of independence, ” Let us also pay our tribute of love and reverence to Mahatma Gandhi who has been our” ‘BEACON LIGHT’ : Our ‘GUIDE’ and ‘PHILOSOPHER’ during the last 30 years or more.” Dr. Rajendra prasad added. : : : : : : ; Dr. Rajendra prasad assured the Minorities of India that they would receive fair and just treatment. ” .. . They will enjoy all the rights and privileges of Citizenship” , he said , ” .. and will be expected in their turn to render loyalty to the country in which they live and to its Constitution.” : : : : : : : : “.. . We are embarking on a great task and we shall do our best to serve it.” Dr. Rajendra prasad concluded. : : : : Moving resolution that the members of the Assembly do dedicate themselves to the service of India and her people. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in an inspiring address declared : ” The services of India means the service of the millions that suffer. The ambition of the greatest man of our generation has been to wipe out every tear from every eyee. That may be beyond us , but so long as there are tears and sufferings, our work will not be over. The resolution was passed unanimously. The members took pledge at the stroke of 12:00 (midnight of 14/15 August, 1947) after accepting the National Flag presented by Mrs. Hansa Mehta on behalf of the women of India. The Assembly adjourned to meet again on Friday Morning ( the 15 Th August, 1947 : Free India’s First IndependenceDay.: : : : : : Thus, Mahatma Gandhi was ” A Beacon light, our Guide and Philosopher ” of Independent India and her poor , tears-loaded , suffering People.: : : : And Statue of Liberty has been “A Beacon light” For the United States : America : Which we will learn from an insightful Poem ” The New Colossus”By Emma Lazarus. : : : : : : : : :
Emma Lazarus – 1849-1887 : : Posthumously famous for her sonnet, “The New Colossus,” which is engraved on the base of the Statue of Liberty, Emma Lazarus is considered America’s first important Jewish poet.: : The New Colossus” is a sonnet by American poet Emma Lazarus. She wrote the poem in 1883 to raise money for the construction of a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World). In 1903, the poem was cast onto a bronze plaque and mounted inside the pedestal’s lower level.Statue of Liberty in New York City. The New Colossus: : માણસ ( મહાનુભાવ ) ના વાસ્તવિક કદ કરતા વધારે, મોટું: ખૂબ ઊંચું પૂતળું: શક્તિ નું મૂર્ત સ્વરૂપ .Bronze plaque inside the Statue of Liberty with the text of the poem.The poem references the Colossus of Rhodes in the lines: …the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land.New York Harbor with the Hudson River (far left), the East River (right) and the Statue of Liberty (foreground).
The New Colossus Emma Lazarus – 1849-1887
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. “Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
” The New Colossus” By Emma Lazarus is a Poem written in1883 .The Statue of Liberty as a woman who is welcoming all of those who need a home, and Emma names her the Mother of Exiles. She holds her torch in order to light the way of all of those who are seeking shelter in a new land. Lady Liberty will not turn anyone away: she will accept the tired and poor and anyone else who needs to be free. The “sea-washed, sunset gates” are the mouths of the Hudson and East Rivers, to the west of Brooklyn. The “imprisoned lightning” refers to the electric light in the torch, then a novelty.
The “air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame” refers to New York Harbor between New York City and Brooklyn, which were separate cities at the time the poem was written, before being consolidated as boroughs of the City of Greater New York in 1898.
The “huddled masses” refers to the large numbers of immigrants arriving in the United States in the 1880s, particularly through the port of New York. Lazarus was an activist and advocate for Jewish refugees fleeing persecution in Tsarist Russia. : : : : Colossus નો અર્થ થાય : માણસ ( કોઈ મહાન કે મહાનુભાવ ) નું , કદ હોય તેના કરતા વધારે મોટું ખૂબ જ ઊંચું પૂતળું: શક્તિ નું મૂર્ત સ્વરૂપ : A verybig and/ or the taller/tallest Statue. : : : :
The arrival of the Statue of Liberty in the United States from France in 1886 was a huge national occasion: it is thought to have inspired the very first ticker-tape parade. France intended for the Statue of Liberty to be propaganda, with the light-bearing female personification of Liberty – that French Revolutionary watchword – symbolising a beacon of enlightenment for Emma Lazarus those European countries still living under tyranny.
But Lazarus twisted this propagandistic intention, and her poem ensured that the Statue of Liberty would instead be viewed as a beacon of welcome for immigrants leaving their European mother countries, for the new ‘Mother of Exiles’.
The poem is a Petrarchan sonnet.
The title of the poem and the first Lines (1-2) reference the Greek Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World , was a statue of the Sun god Helios, a symbol of freedom which is a famously gigantic sculpture that stood beside or said to be 100 feet high and straddled at the entrance to the harbor of the island of Rhodes in the 3rd century BC. In the poem, Lazarus contrasts that ancient symbol of grandeur and empire (“the brazen giant of Greek fame”) with a “New” Colossus – the Statue of Liberty, a female embodiment of commanding “maternal strength” (“Mother of Exiles”). —Note the imagery here of waves washing the gates as sunset bathes in a golden light in Line (3). : : In the Line (4) – and the statue will be that of a great woman holding a beacon of light And in the Line (5) – such a powerful, natural energy source—enough to light up the sky. : : Line ( 6-8 ) — she will protect and nurture, her inviting warmth will spread across the world and she will look after all who arrive. The air-bridge is likely to be the Brooklyn Bridge, the two cities New York and Jersey. : : : : Lines (1 – 8) are introductory lines followed by Sestet of next 6 Lines ( 9- 14 ) which take over the pretentious personifications and acclamations acclaimed in Lines (1-8) also with it—the statue of Liberty that comes alive and starts to speak with an artful alterations developing the main THEME of the poem. She blazons out on listening the proudy ancientness of these land-mapped countries and their pompous stories and offers home with new start and freedom for their homeless and tired , poor and mislaid , (huddled) /crowded masses which is implied with her tacit and implicit gestures of lifting of her (electrified) lamp and golden door of welcome. Golden door is suggestive of blessed happiness and prosperity. : : : :
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” In Line ( 9-14 )- she wants the old countries to be proud of their history but those desperate immigrants fleeing upheaval and poverty she will look after, give them a home and shelter; their futures will be assured. Wretched refuse is a term that reflects the sense of waste of human life. Note the spelling of tost in tempest-tost (occurs in MacBeth, Act1, scene3) but it can also be spelled tossed—tempest-tossed—hit by storms. :: : :
This is a sonnet of fire and water, and paramountly that of light, symbolised in the lamp and flame, which brings golden opportunities and the possibility of a new start in life. From 1883 America opened her doors to those who were eschewed by their home countries, to those who wanted a better life. One small piece of a Poem could influence so much on nation’s Progressive Policy of Future Development in all realms of life and Cultured Ways Of Living.
Since the engraving of “The New Colossus” on the Statue of Liberty, America has absorbed millions of immigrants and is still attracting many who seek the dream. The message in this well-constructed sonnet is positive and welcoming, but what does the future hold for the mother of Exiles? ( For Deportees ) ! !
1950s Brother And Sister : Arguing!?Big brother grabbing the arm of his little sister on Stairs.Elder sister and younger brother:back to back: નહીં બોલું , નહીં બોલું , નહીં બોલું રે ! ! Why is she refusing to play my game And trying to be a computer wizard!?Teenage fighting between Brother And Sister.Father covering his face feeling helpless on his Children’s fighting behind his back.Big brother has hung his Sister on wall of the house. Whose strength is it ? Ofcourse the new generation rugged sinewy toughened Brawny: Tap.
SISTER, sister, go to bed! Go and rest your weary head.” Thus the prudent brother said.
“Do you want a battered hide, Or scratches to your face applied?” Thus his sister calm replied.
“Sister, do not raise my wrath. I’d make you into mutton broth As easily as kill a moth”
The sister raised her beaming eye And looked on him indignantly And sternly answered, “Only try!”
Off to the cook he quickly ran. “Dear Cook, please lend a frying-pan To me as quickly as you can.”
And wherefore should I lend it you?” “The reason, Cook, is plain to view. I wish to make an Irish stew.”
“What meat is in that stew to go?” “My sister’ll be the contents!” “Oh” “You’ll lend the pan to me, Cook?” “No!”
Moral: Never stew your sister.
Lewis Carroll
This comic poem by the master of nonsense verse for children sees a brother advising – nay, threatening – his sister to go to bed, otherwise he’ll turn her into mutton stew. The moral of this silly light- minded little poem? The Moral is revealed in the last line : ” Never stew your sister.” : : One blogger Susan Williams conveys this in poem hunter : On 06 December 2015 : “Faithful to the truth. Siblings fight and fight and fight. I guess it is how they get prepared for real life.” : :
First the brother tells the sister to go to bed. Then the sister threatens the brother and the brother threatens the sister in return. The brother then goes and tries to get a pan to make his sister into stew. The Cook refuses.
In any quarrelsome conflicts between Brother (s) And Sister(s) ,an unwritten chargesheet of trivial complaint for the wrong doingsand blaming for his or her fault is common affair. When it is aggravated for some reason , the agitating children may become threatening and wrathful. No judge will find any deeper meaning in their childish behaviours. Brother and sister should be nice to one another as their living and growing together is ineluctable. Lewis Caroll , too had brothers and sisters. Whatever , the poet is staging a nonsense conflict of brother and sister. The picturesque figure of foiling against the background of funny threatening on the issues during the goodnight sleep hours might not harm the sisterhood or brotherhood, let us hope : : Brother And Sister By Lewis Caroll : : Information Appreciation and poem Analysis Presented by V Jayaraj Pune India August 14 , 2022 : : : : : :
Emily Dickinson – circa age 17 – the daguerreotype thought to hold the only true image of the poet : : Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830, in Amherst, Massachusetts. While she was extremely prolific as a poet and regularly enclosed poems in letters to friends, Emily Dickinson’s Poems dramatize the human spirit via deep attention to life’s detailsshe was not publicly recognized during her lifetime. She died in Amherst in May 15, 1886, and the first volume of her work was published posthumously in 1890 : Emily Dickinson wrote 1775 Poems and. never provided a Title to any of her poem; therefore Poems’ First Line becomes a title of her poem(s).Lavinia Dickinson – Emily’s biological sister
Emily Dickinson MuseumSue : Susan Gilbert Dickinson became Emily Dickinson’s sister-in-law, but she also served Emily’s poetic talent by advising Emily about books to read and ideas to consider. Susan thus played an important rôle in Emily’s pursuit of empirical knowledge. Susan Gilbert Dickinson, no doubt, helped Emily broaden her knowledge of world history and science. Susan had traveled extensively and had lived outside of Emily’s New England bubble; thus she was able to help Emily. She got married with Austin in 1856 and remained Emily ‘s lifelong companion. The Two Sisters maintained great relationship with adorable sisterhood , friendship and respect.: The poem given here : “One Sister have I in our house” was written in 1858 and comes from a letter to sister in law and beloved friend , Sue On her28 thBirthday.Three Sisters growing together Three Sisters : Intertwined more mature and longer Relationships.Two Sisters : An Enlightening Relationship : : “Still in her eye Violets lie”
One Sister have I in our house : : Emily Dickinson – 1830-1886
One Sister have I in our house – And one a hedge away. There’s only one recorded, But both belong to me. One came the way that I came – And wore my past year’s gown – The other as a bird her nest, Builded our hearts among. She did not sing as we did – It was a different tune – Herself to her a Music As Bumble-bee of June. Today is far from Childhood – But up and down the hills I held her hand the tighter – Which shortened all the miles – And still her hum The years among, Deceives the Butterfly; Still in her Eye The Violets lie Mouldered this many May. I spilt the dew – But took the morn, – I chose this single star From out the wide night’s numbers – Sue – forevermore!
Emily Dickinson’s “One Sister have I in our house” : : Emily claims Sue as her other ‘true’ sister. As Dickinson sums up and declares theatrically : “Sue – forevermore!”The lovely Sue is still nesting in their hearts.Emily Dickinson’s sister Vinnie came from the same mother as Emily. Sue Dickinson : Sister in law is her full sister: Both of them wrote many letters to each other during their teens and maintained even literary relationship influencing one another. Sue was also a good poetess herself. Sue was said to be near to Emily preparing for her burial , choosing flowers in hair andhands. Sue’s composition of an Obituary wasbeaming , piercing and insightful. In this poem , Emily writes, ” both belong to me. The First And the Second Stanzas are about Two Sisters of the third one , Emily; the 2 nd Stanza is contrasting two sisters. One came the road that I came — And wore my last year’s gown — The other, as a bird her nest, Builded our hearts among.” : : For Vinnie and Sue. : : Emily praises Sue , the sister who puts up just a ” hedge away”to the father’s house wherein Emily , Vinnie and the brother, Austin live. She lost Sue to Austin as to become her Sister in law. : : : : TheThird Stanza is about Seeing the things ‘New Englandly’ : Emilyenjoys the speaking, singing of the newly added sister, as she compares that new sister’s accent to the June bumble 🐝 bee : : a welcome sound because it means that summer is here. While Susan Gilbert was born in Massachusetts, she was raised from age 5 in New York, thus she would not have acquired the same Massachusetts (New England) accent that the Dickinson’s would have employed. The Fourth Stanza is about a ‘ Pleasant Trek ‘ through the landscape with her new sister and “held her hand” even tighter as the years have flown by has made Emily’s life more Pleasant with the Sister , Sue’s ‘Companionship’ : : : : : Holding an eye for beauty In The Fifth Stanza , Emily writes, ” Still in her Eye The Violets lie Mouldered this many May.” : Meaning a praise for the beauty of Sue : The Violets last only a season , but in the Sister , Sue’s eyes the violets are still there. Earlier in the same 5 th Stanza : ” And still her hum The years among, Deceives the Butterfly; Still in her Eye The Violets lie Mouldered this many May.” : Meaning , Ear and Eye for detecting the beauty of her Sister Sue who is very well adjusted to the way of living in the locales where they live. Many months of Mays of the years they live here have come and gone , but the beauty that we see in Butterfly and little Violet flowers have remained intact as seen in the Sister Sue. : : Sue’s hum among all the years deceive butterfly 🦋 : : That’s to say Sue’s busyness is still leading the ways of Butterfly which actively engage in the constant work of nectar gathering.: : Accomplishing balanceIn the last : 6 th Stanza : ” I spilt the dew – But took the morn – I chose this single star From out the wide night’s numbers – Sue – forevermore!” : : Meaning , Emily allows the pour out of the dew drops let it be through her fingers and “took the morn-” that’s a time period between dawn and noon : She leaves something , the dew but chooses and takes what she admires — The morning time ( balanced this way ) : :: Sue , the Sister is like a calm , fresh and soft ‘morning . Further , wide through the great many 🔯 Stars in the night, Sue is One 🌟 Star in a million for the light of the extensive knowledge and right direction which she will provide through a more mature, longer‘Relationship’ Emily keeps with her : becoming ” Sue — forevermore !” : : : : Emily once praised Susan : Sue : saying, ” With the exception of Shakespeare , you have told me of more knowledge than anyone living.” : : : : Emily Dickinson’s “One Sister have I in our house” : : Information Appreciation and poem Analysis Presented by V Jayaraj Pune India August 13 , 2022 : :::
An 1803 sketch of Wordsworth and Coleridge in the Wordsworth Trust collection, which includes what may be an image of Dorothy.
William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909. To My Sister By William Wordsworth (1770–1850) IT is the first mild day of March: Each minute sweeter than before, The Redbreast sings from the tall larch That stands beside our door. There is a blessing in the air, 5 Which seems a sense of joy to yield To the bare trees, and mountains bare, And grass in the green field. My Sister! (’tis a wish of mine) Now that our morning meal is done, 10 Make haste, your morning task resign; Come forth and feel the sun. Edward will come with you;—and pray, Put on with speed your woodland dress; And bring no book: for this one day 15 We’ll give to idleness. No joyless forms shall regulate Our living Calendar: We from to-day, my friend, will date The opening of the year. 20 Love, now a universal birth, From heart to heart is stealing, From earth to man, from man to earth, —It is the hour of feeling. One moment now may give us more 25 Than years of toiling reason: Our minds shall drink at every pore The spirit of the season. Some silent laws our hearts will make, Which they shall long obey: 30 We for the year to come may take Our temper from to-day. And from the blessed power that rolls About, below, above, We’ll frame the measure of our souls: 35 They shall be tuned to love. Then come, my Sister! come I pray, With speed put on your woodland dress; —And bring no book: for this one day We’ll give to idleness. 40
“To My Sister” by William Wordsworth describes the poet’s higher intentions for a walk into the woods alongside his sister. Wordsworth wrote this piece in 1798 while living in Somerset. It is thought that the poem is part of a group of four, all of which were written with Wordsworth’s home Alfoxden Park in mind. It was a large house, well-loved by Wordsworth’s sister, Dorothy. They were both comfortable there, with Wordsworth recovering from a drawn-out depression. The poems from Wordsworth’s best-known collection, Lyrical Ballads, also had their start in Alfoxden.
The poem begins with the speaker stating that it is a March day. The weather is “mild” and nature is calling to him. There are birds singing and a sense of joy in the air. It is with the betterment of himself and his sister in mind that he calls to her to get her coat and join him outside. They plan to take along their young charge, who in this poem is named Edward, and spend the morning outside.
Wordsworth hopes that his sister will put aside her chores and journey with him into an environment that is filled with love. Together they will enter into the woods and fill their souls with good, well “tuned” intentions. They will fuel themselves for the coming year with love.
They will find love in every nook and corner of nature. Nature with steal their hearts. The poet’s sister will certainly fall in love with nature. There will be love all over the earth. There will be love among human beings. The sister will feel the presence of love everywhere. A few moments spent in the lap of nature can bring more benefit than years of thinking and reasoning within the four walls of the house. They will enjoy the beauty and sweetness of the season and their hearts will be filled with pleasure. Their hearts will quietly learn to obey the laws and a discipline of nature. A day spent in the lap of nature will lay the foundation of the whole year. It will set the trend of their habit and nature. If the sister loves nature for a day, she will love it for the whole year.
The sister will feel the presence of the divine power in the nature. She will feel it above, below and around her. That the divine power will shape and mold their souls. As a result, Their souls love everyone and everything.
In the final stanza, Wordsworth once more repeats his request that they can spend the day in ‘idleness’. No serious work will be done. Thus the poet invites his sister to the open lap of nature. We, like Dorothy, fully understand just what Wordsworth is suggesting. We know exactly what ‘idleness’ means, so we can join Wordsworth and his sister in smiling at his gentle joke.
The poem is about how children or impressionable young people spend their time imitating adults and the poet’s sister is the central focus of a child’s precocious development. The poet uses high Page 2 heeled shoes and feet as a metaphor for life. The child is experimenting with her growing life.
To My Sister’ by William Wordsworth is a ten-stanza poem that is separated into sets of four lines, or quatrains. Each of these quatrains follows a consistent rhyme scheme that conforms to the pattern of ABAB CDCD, and so on.
“To My Sister” By William Wordsworth : : Information Appreciation and poem Analysis Presented by V Jayaraj Pune India August 12 , 2022 : : : : : : : : :
૧૪ સપ્ટેમ્બર ૧૯૯૯ તેમના સન્માનમાં સ્ટેમ્પ બહાર પાડી ઝવેરચંદ કાળીદાસ મેઘાણી: જન્મ ઝવેરચંદ કાળીદાસ મેઘાણી 28 August 1896 માતા ધોળીબાઈ. ચોટીલા, તેમનું વતન બગસરા હતું. અને જન્મસ્થળ ચોટીલા હતું.બોમ્બે પ્રેસિડેન્સી, બ્રિટિશ ભારત મૃત્યુ 9 March 1947 (ઉંમર 50) બોટાદ, બોમ્બે પ્રેસિડેન્સી,: : રણજીતરામ સુવર્ણચંદ્રક એનાયત થયો ૧૯૨૮.સ્વીકારતા મેઘાણીએ મહાનતા ન દેખાડતા કહ્યું હતું કે,
“શિષ્ટ સાહિત્ય અને લોકસાહિત્ય વચ્ચે સેતુ બાંધે છે. સાથોસાથ અમો સહુ અનુરાગીઓમાં વિવેક, સમતુલા, શાસ્ત્રીયતા, વિશાલતા જન્માવેછે.”“નીંદર ને દેશ બેની નત્ય નત્ય જાતાં , અંકાશી હિંચકાની હોડી કરી ““નીંદર ભરી રે ગુલાલે ભરી બેનીબાની આંખડી. નીંદર ભરી રે !” નીંદર બેઠી છે નીલ સમદરના બેટમાં, કેસરીયા દૂધના કટોરા ધરી – બેનીબાની૦” દોરી તાણીને વીર મારે હલેસાં , હાલા વાયા ને હોડી વેગે ચઢી” “A sleeping child gives me the impression of a traveller in a far country. : Babies smile in their sleep as they listen to angels whisper. : They eat, crap, sleep, and if they’re crying, they need to do one of the three and they’re having trouble doing it. : A baby makes love stronger, the days shorter, the nights longer, savings smaller, and a home happier. : Having my baby fall asleep in my arms takes away all of my worries and stresses. A sense of complete and total peace comes over me. : Mothers basically prove that sleep is not a crucial part of human life.: Kiss your children goodnight, even if they are already asleep. “છીપોની વેલડીને જોડ્યા જળઘોડલા, બેસીને બેન જાય મુસાફરી ““નીંદર ભરી રે ગુલાલે ભરી બેનીબાની આંખડી નીંદર ભરી રે!”
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“નત્ય નત્ય “જાતાં , એ નૃત્યને પોષે નહીં કારણકે “બેનીબા” હજી તો ઘોડિયામાં ઝોળી ઝૂલે છે, ભલે જાગ માં પગની સાઈકલ ચલાવ્યા કરતા હોય ; માટે , બેનીબા, નીંદરને દેશ નિત્ય નિત્ય જાતાં રહે છે , જાગ ના સમય કરતા સૂઈ રહેવું વધારે વાર , અને નિયમિતપણે અને વારંવાર: હંમેશાથી. : : માનાર્થે “બેનીબા” કહ્યું છે તે કાઠિયાવાડી સ્પેશલ સંબોધન બહુવચનમાં પણ લાડ લડાવે અને સન્માન સાથે તે નોંધપાત્ર વિલક્ષણતા છે.આકાશી / ઘણે ઊંચેનું ના અર્થ નિર્દેશ “અંકાશા” ગ્રામ્ય પરિવેશના શબ્દમાં જેના પરથી : “અંકાશી હિંચકાની” હોડી કરીને નીંદરને દેશ નિત્ય નિત્ય જાતાં રહે છે , બેનીબા. હિંચકા નું રૂપક Metaphor સૂચવે છે આકાશી લોક , ઘણે દૂરનો પ્રદેશ, દિવ્ય- લોક: અવરલોક જેરીયલ માં નથી , વાસ્તવમાં હોવાપણું નથી. હોડી , હલેસાં મારવાં થી પાણીમાં આગળ સરકે. હીંચકો દોરી તાણીને , પછી છોડી દેવાથી ગતિમાન થાય. ઝૂલામાં વચલો ભાગ ખાડાવાળો / નીચે ઝૂલ્યો હોય જેમાં , બેનીબા ના સૂવાની સ્ટાઈલ ફીટ થાય અને ત્યારે ઝોળિયા માં સૂતા , હોડી જેવો આકાર ધારે . નિદ્રાધીન ઝૂલતા ઝૂલતા હંમેશાની જેમ , અંકાશી હિંચકાની હોડી કરીને બેનીબા નીંદરને દેશ જઈ પહોંચે. : :
ત્રીજી કપલેટ : કાવ્ય કણિકા માં સ્પષ્ટ થાય છે કે હીંચકા ની દોરી તાણીને , બેનીબા ને ઝૂલાવનાર “વીર” : એનો માડીજાયો ભાઈ છે. “હાલા” સાથે : “ગાવું”પરથી “ગાયા” મૂકવું જોઈએ એના બદલે, “વાવવું” પરથી “વાયા” ક્રિયાપદ મૂકીને : “હાલા વાયા : ” એટલે કે : ” હાલરડું ગવાયું ” એવો વાચ્યાર્થ ઉભાર્યો છે : પવન વાવાથી હોડી વેગ પકડે ,તેવી જ રીતે હાલા ગાવાથી હીચકાનો ઝોળિયો વેગ પકડે છે : એવો ભાવાર્થ નીપજે છે. બંધુ પ્રેમ પ્રાપ્ત કરીને બેનીબા નીંદરને દેશ નક્કી પહોંચશે હંમેશાની જેમ. સ્વપ્નસૃષ્ટિ માં પહોંચવા માટે , [પહેલેથીજ ભાગીદારણ/ ભાગિયણ.]
નીંદર, દૂર દરિયે : નીલા રંગના દરિયે આવેલા ટાપુ 🏝️ પર બેઠી છે એટલે કે અવરલોક માં નીંદર નું પ્રભુત્વ છે. [નીંદર / નિદ્રા બેઠીલું : નિરુધ્યમી અસ્તિત્વ ધારે: એટલે જ તો નિદ્રાવશ થનાર આળસુ તરીકે ઓળખાય : વાસ્તવ લોકમાં : ( મારો ઉમેરો છે.] પરંતુ આ તો વિસ્મય પમાડે તેવી સ્વપ્નસૃષ્ટિમાં વિચરણ કરવા આવ્યા છે , બેનીબા. જેને માટે તૈયારી તોકરી જ હોય ને ! નીંદરને દેશ કાંઈ ભૂખ્યા થોડા રખાય !? કેસરીયા દૂધના કટોરા , નિદ્રાદેવીએ તૈયાર રાખ્યા છે. : : નોંધ લેવી પડે કે કવિએ વિસ્મય લોક નું ફોડ પાડીને વર્ણન કર્યું નથી. વિસ્મય લોક નું આકર્ષણ હોય જે તે ઉમેરાયું વંચાતા મારું પ્રક્ષેપણ સમજવું જેને લીધે મોટા કૌંસમાં લખેલું રાખ્યું છે. : : અહીં રજૂ કરેલ કાવ્યાર્થ જયંત કોઠારીના રસદર્શન ની વિભાવનાને અનુરૂપ વિચાર વિસ્તાર છે.: :
“વેલડી ” એટલે માફાવાળું શણગારેલુંનાનું ગાડું : જે બહુધાં સ્વતંત્રતા પહેલાંના સમયમાં લગ્ન કર્યા પછી સાસરવાસે જતી નવોઢા અને તેના પતિ માટે અને સાસુ સસરા માટે ખાસ સજવા શણગારવામાં આવતાં. મંદિરના સ્થાપત્યમાં વેલડીના જેવો એક ભાગ રહેતો જેને ‘માફાઘાટ’ કહે છે. બેનીબા ની સ્વપ્નસૃષ્ટિમાં , છીપોની વેલડીની મનોહર picturesque કલ્પના છે ; જેને જોડ્યા છે જળઘોડલા : Sea Horshes : [ઘોડા જેવા અગ્રઆકારની માછલીઓ , જેની એકી સમયે આગળ અને પાછળ બંને તરફ જોઈ શકતી આંખો , વેકયુમ ક્લીનર ની જેમ શિકાર ને સૂંઢ જેવા ગળા સહિત નીચે ઝૂકેલા મોં થી ચૂસી લે , હવા/ વાયુ ભરેલી કોથળી હોય, નરના ઉદર પરની કોથળીમાં ૨૦૦૦ ઈંડામાંથી બચ્ચા સેવાય, સર્પિલ પૂંછડી હોય , ને ભાતીગળ રંગ હોય : હિપ્પોકેમ્પસનામે રાક્ષસી દેખાવ ને લીધે ઓળખાય] : : જેમાં બેસીને બેનીબા મુસાફરીએ જાય એ વિસ્મયલોકની ભાતીગળ લાક્ષણિકતા રજૂ કરતી joyful ride ની નિરૂપણ સામગ્રી છે જે દરિયાપરી ની પરિકથા સાથે મળીને આનંદલોક ની મુસાફરી એ લઈ જતું આકર્ષક દશ્ય રચી આપે છે. : : ::
“સાતે સિંધુને તીર સફરો રે કીધી,
સુરજ ઉગ્યો ને બેન આવ્યાં ફરી – બેનીબાની૦”: કપલેટ ૮ :
આમ શણગાર સજી ધજી ને નીંદર ને દેશ પરિકથા ની માફક વિસ્મય લોક ના આનંદદાયક નીદિયાપુરી સ્વપ્નસૃષ્ટિમાં સફરની તૈયારી કરીને મુસાફરીએ જાય છે બેનીબા , સાતેય સિંધુને તીર એટલે કે વિશ્વ સૌંદર્ય સ્થાનો પર ઊણું ન થાય એવા કલ્પનાતિત ખજાનાની અદ્ભૂત મંજિલ ની સફર નીંદરપરી ના અવરલોક માં દેશાટન સાથે સમાપ્ત થાય છે. : :: “દીકરી મારી લાડકવાયી લક્ષ્મીનો નો અવતાર હો ! એ સૂવે તો રાત પડે ને જાગે તો સવાર હો ! ! ” : : જૂના લોકગીતની જેમ , પ્રગાઢ નિદ્રા , રાત વીતાવી પુરી કરી ; ” સૂરજ ઊગ્યો ને બેન આવ્યાં ફરી — બેનીબાની.” : : નિદ્રારાજ પુરું થયું , તેની સાથે હાલરડું બે’નીબા માટેનું સમાપ્ત થયું. જયંત કોઠારીના શબ્દોમાં : : ” કર્ણે વસતું લય ભાષાના અજબ રસાયણ કાવ્યમાં સિદ્ધ થયેલું છે. કવિ ના વિચાર લાગણી નો ક્યાંય પ્રક્ષેપ નથી. એક સ્વયં પર્યાપ્ત સૃષ્ટિ રચી છે. માટે શુધ્ધ કવિતા ( PurePoem ) નો નમૂનો બન્યો છે.” : : : : “નીંદર ભરી રે: બેની ‘બા ને” બાળગીત : કવિ શ્રી ઝવેરચંદ મેઘાણી : : અર્થ નિર્દેશ આસ્વાદ કાવ્યાર્થ વિચાર સંકલન વિ જયરાજ : : In Sweet memories : Dedicating to “સુચતા” ને : : My Beloved Elder Sister Late A. S. Sucheta ( 1948 – 2022 ) , Daughter of Late Dr. C G Vyas and Late A. S. Chandra Kanta ben રક્ષાબંધન પર્વ : : શ્રાવણ સુદ પૂર્ણિમા : : ઓગસ્ટ ૧૧ , ૨૦૨૨ : : પૂણે ઈન્ડિયા : : : : : : : : : : : : : ::
જળઘોડલા ની ભાતીગળ રંગ ભર્યા વિસ્મયલોક ની સફરે seahorse facts : stunning ability to camouflage themselves in their environment. They can protrude and retract their spiny growths and change colors rapidly to match their surroundings.Male Sea Horshe : ready to give away with hatched embryos in brood pouch attached to its abdominal wall.“નીંદર નો બાગ કાંઈ લૂંબે ને ઝૂંબે કળીઓ નીતારીને કચોળી ભરી”બેનીબા-રાજા ભૈયા ની સંગાથે : “સાતે સિંધુને તીર સફરો રે કીધી,”“સુરજ ઉગ્યો ને બેન આવ્યાં ફરી – બેનીબાની૦”
Sulamith Wülfing (January 11, 1901 – 1989) was a German artist and illustrator. The author Michael Folz explains that Wülfing’s art was a “realistic reflection of the world she lives in: she has seen the angels and elfin creatures of her paintings throughout her life.” She wrote : ” I have left the explanations of my drawings completely to the viewers so that they are not bound by my interpretations of what the pictures should be.Sulamith Wülfing (January 11, 1901 – 1989) was a German artist and illustrator : : Let me add inputs of interpolations: Imagine : She is in a fairyland where nothing is like a reality. : She might feel like a fairy on a pink Rosy Cloud ! : It is not there in a literature : especially contemporaries to our time. However ancient that we have to look in to earlier fairy belief. Quinn succinctly discribes it as mind constructed fairy tale. Human mind similarly is capable of constructing God’s Acts and Fables ( બોધકથા , પ્રાણીકથા , દંતકથા ) : If men would steadily observe realities only, and not allow themselves to be deluded ( વંચના ) life, to compare it with such things as we know, would be like a fairy tale and the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments. : : Only a fairyland could have Vegetable People , Eurecca , Magical things , and Fancy Tattoos. : : Like fables, fairy tales, bible stories , fantasy with happy endings and nursery rhymes, most children’s songs are all about learning, the lessons are cleverly hidden. : : Why do the Fairies live below/ behind/ Top of the hills or in the thick Woods !? : :
Robert Frost 1874-1963 • Ranked #5 in the top 500 poets Robert Lee Frost [1874-1963] was born in San Francisco on 26 March 1874. His parents William Prescott Frost and Isabel Moodie met when they were both working as teachers. Robert was the eldest of their two children. Jeanie was his sister. In 1885 following the death of his father, the family moved in with his grandfather in Lawrence Massachusetts. Eleven-year-old Robert, a California boy, grew to become New England’s most famous poet..
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In 1894, Frost sold his first poem “My Butterfly. An Elegy”, to the New York Independent, for $15 ($409 today). Frost’s grandfather purchased a farm for Frost and his wife. Frost worked in it for nine years but failed, then worked as English teacher from 1906 to 1911.
He found it difficult to get his poems published. In 1912, Robert and Elinor moved to England, thinking that publishers there would be more willing to take a chance on a new poet. In 1913, Frost’s first book Of poems, A Boy’s Will, was published by British publisher David Nutt. The following year Nutt also published another poetry collection by Frost titled, North of Boston.
The onset of World War I, brought the Frosts back to America. North of Boston had become a bestseller and Frost was acclaimed by critics the publishing world. Publishers like Atlantic Monthly. who had previously rejected Frost’s work, now came calling. Frost famously sent Atlantic Monthly the same poems that they had turned down before he went to England
Frost won the first of four Pulitzer Prizes in 1924 for his fourth book, New Hampshire, and followed it with West-Running Brook (1928) and A Further Range (1936), which also won a Pulitzer. He remains the only poet and one of only four persons who have won four Pulitzer Prizes. In 1960, Frost was awarded with the highest civilian award, United States Congressional Gold Medal, “In recognition of his poetry which enabled the culture of the United States and the philosophy of the world”.
At the age of 86 Frost was asked to write and recite a poem for President John F. Kennedy’s inauguration. On January 20, 1961, at the inauguration, Frost could not read the words due to the blur of the sun and his failing eyesight. Undaunted, Frost put aside the new poem and instead recited his famous poem “The Gift Outright”, which he had committed to memory. This was the first time a poet had honored a presidential inauguration.
Robert Frost (1874–1963). Mountain Interval. 1920. A Time to Talk WHEN a friend calls to me from the road And slows his horse to a meaning walk, I don’t stand still and look around On all the hills I haven’t hoed, And shout from where I am, What is it? 5 No, not as there is a time to talk. I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground, Blade-end up and five feet tall, And plod: I go up to the stone wall For a friendly visit. 10
Stevie Smith 1902-1971 • Ranked #140 in the top 500 poets Stevie Smith [1902-1971] was born in the North of England but moved to London very early in life. She went on to become one of Britain’s favourite poets, gaining the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1969. Her poem ‘Not Waving But Drowning’ is frequently amongst the top 10 poems in the UK in vox pop polls.
Florence Margaret Smith was born on September 20, 1902 in Hull, England. Her father left the family to join the North Sea Patrol when she was just a young girl. She moved at the age of three to Palmers Green where she attended the North London Collegiate School. While still only a teenager her mother died and she and her sister went to live with their spinster aunt. The aunt became an important figure in her life,affectionately known as ‘The Lion’. After high school she attended North London Collegiate School for Girls. She began as a secretary with the magazine publisher George Newnes and went on to be the private secretary to Sir Nevill Pearson and Sir Frank Newnes. She began writing poetry in her twenties while working at George Newnes. Her first at George Newnes. Her first book, Novel on Yellow Paper, was published in 1936 and drew heavily on her own life experience, examining the unrest in England during World War I. Her first collection of verse, A Good Time Was Had By All (1937), also contained rough sketches or doodles, which became characteristic of her work. These drawings have both a feeling of caprice and doom, and the poetry in the collection is stylistically typical of Smith as it conveys serious themes in a nursery rhyme structure.
While Smith’s volatile attachment to the Church of England is evident in her poetry, death, her “gentle friend,” is perhaps her most popular subject. Much of her inspiration came from theology and the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm. She enjoyed reading Tennyson and Browning and read few contemporary poets in an attempt to keep her voice original and pure. Her style is unique in its combination of seemingly prosaic statements, variety of voices, playful meter, and deep sense of irony. Smith was officially recognized with the Chomondeley Award for Poetry in 1966 and the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1969. Smith died of a brain tumor in 1971. Bibliography source: Academy of American Poets portrait of Stevie Smith by Godfrey Argent / the National Portrait Gallery : :
Stevie Smith ( 1902 – 1971 ) : : : : : : : : : : : : The Pleasures of Friendship The pleasures of friendship are exquisite, How pleasant to go to a friend on a visit! I go to my friend, we walk on the grass, And the hours and moments like minutes pass.
A Time To Talk : Robert Frost ( 1874-1963) : speaks on the importance of friendship and how nothing should get in the way of greeting a friend who has come to visit. Of greater interest to Frost is the speaker’s choice to set aside his “hoe,” disregard the fields he has yet to work and go speak to his friend. One should not “stand still and look around” then resort to shouting down the hill. This is not how one treats someone they care about. It does not matter how tired one is or what work is left to do, a good friend “plod[s]” down and has a “friendly visit.”
we should take time to engage with our friends rather than believe that work is the be-all and end-all of life. In taking such attitude, Frost seems to give an alternative to life driven by blind ambition at the cost of friendship and mellow moments.
” When a friend calls to me from the road
(…)
And shout from where I am, “What is it?” : Stanza ( 1 ) : :
A friend calls to him from the road. He speaks like this is something that has happened more than once. He knows exactly what to do. The man on the horse does not get off to go and talk to the speaker. Perhaps , he is keeping his horse 🐎 out of the field. With the words like “horse” and “hoed” it becomes clear that the speaker is working in a field on the land he owns. His thoughts are not contained to his work, rather than worrying about “all the hills” he hasn’t “hoed” or dug up, he does not “stand still and…shout from where” he is. Is it a correct way to treat a friend ? He then goes on to prove it by moving from his position to the wall.
” No, not as there is a time to talk.
(…)
For a friendly visit.”: : : : Stanza ( 2 ) : :
One must remember that there is always time to talk and do whatever they can to make this happen. As if to prove this, the speaker depicts himself putting down his “hoe in the mellow ground” and “plod[ding]” over to his friend. No matter how tired he is , or whether he enjoys his labour,he is determined to talk to his friend. His Hoe is then placed “Blade-end up” in the hole he’s digging. With this , the moral of the poem becomes clear : : maintaining friendships no matter the cost. One’s work and livelihood should not ever get in the way. the word “I’m going up” also shows that the poet is trying to climb the “stone wall” that uses visual imagery because the wall is made of stone so that the readers can see the materials. In this line, the “stone wall” can be defined as a wall made of stone or just a symbol of life’s hard temptation.Even while working, take the time to chat with your friend, the work will still be there when you come back. Friends and family are what is very important in life.
Stevie Smith, ‘The Pleasures of Friendship’. A nice short quatrain from one of the twentieth century’s most brilliantly eccentric poets, ‘The Pleasures of Friendship’ celebrates spending time with friends – time which soon flies by. The jaunty and slightly tongue-in-cheek rhyme of ‘exquisite’ with ‘visit’ nicely captures the joyousness of the thing Smith is describing. This short piece describes how beautifully perfect it is when spending the day with a beloved friend. A dainty visitation with a keen and intense togetherness in beautifully spending of time while walking on the grass. Forget about the moonwalks !!
Two Short Friendship Poems : By 1) Robert Frost & 2) By Stevie Smith : Information Appreciation and poem Analysis Presented by V Jayaraj Pune India August 10 , 2022 : : :
Alfred Edward Housman ( (born March 26, 1859, Fockbury, Worcestershire, Eng. —died April 30, 1936, Cambridge), English scholar and celebrated poet whose lyrics express a Romantic pessimism in a spare, simple style.Notable Works: “A Shropshire Lad” “To an Athlete Dying Young” “When I Was One-and-Twenty” “With Rue My Heart Is Laden” : : His father was a solicitor, was one of seven children. He much preferred his mother; and her death on his 12th birthday was a cruel blow, which is surely one source of the pessimism his poetry expresses. In turmoil emotionally, Housman failed to pass his final examination at Oxford, although he had been a brilliant scholar. From 1882 to 1892 he worked as a clerk in the Patent Office in London. In the evenings he studied Latin texts in the British Museum reading room. : : Owing to his mastery of the language and his feeling for the way poets choose their words. Articles he wrote for journals caught the attention of scholars and led to his appointment in 1892 as professor of Latin at University College, London. Housman became increasingly reclusive and for solace turned to his notebooks, in which he had begun to write the poems that eventually made up A Shropshire Lad (1896). For models he claimed the poems of Heinrich Heine, the songs of William Shakespeare, and the Scottish border ballads. Each provided him with a way of expressing emotion clearly.: : He assumed in his lyrics the unlikely role of farm labourer and set them in Shropshire, a county he had not yet visited when he began to write the first poems. The popularity of A Shropshire Lad grew slowly but so surely that Last Poems (1922) had astonishing success for a book of verse. : : In 1911 he became professor of Latin at Cambridge, teaching there almost up to his death. : : He prepared an annotated edition of Manilius (1903–30) for 30 years which gave him ample scope for emendations.The asperity and directness that appears in His lyrics also is found in his scholarship, in which he defended common sense with a sarcastic wit that helped to make him widely feared. : : A lecture, The Name and Nature of Poetry (1933), gives Housman’s considered views of the art. The verses for the posthumous volume “More Poems (1936)”. Housman’s Letters appeared in 1971.A beautiful woman smiling as sitting in the camper van against the pink flowers background.The Painting is ” Death Of Chatterton By Henry Wallis , painted in 1856 , and now hanging in the ‘Tate Britain’
A. E. Housman (1859–1936). A Shropshire Lad. 1896. LVII. You smile upon your friend to-day YOU smile upon your friend to-day, To-day his ills are over; You hearken to the lover’s say, And happy is the lover. ’Tis late to hearken, late to smile, 5 But better late than never: I shall have lived a little while Before I die for ever
In A E Housman’s ” You Smile Upon Your Friend Today” : the poem addresses in the Second Person ( “You” ) with Housman’s “Shropshire Lad” talking to his friend and acknowledging that this friend is now, returning his friendship and listening to him. It is better that this other person’s friendship comes later rather than never, because at least the speaker will have lived a little before death closes over him forever. Lad is addressing his (male?) friend, and thanking him for being friendly to him at last, then is this male addressee also the one who “hearken[s] to the lover’s say” i.e., listens to what the lover has to say? The Speaker is referring to himself as a lover (i.e. of a third person, e.g. a woman – as Housman’s original readers would mostly have assumed), or is he implying that the addressee of the poem is both his friend and his lover ? The final two lines provide acceptance to this reading: “I shall have lived a little while / Before I die for ever.” :: I shall have lived because I shall have loved.
The proverbial line : ” better late than never” : is remarkable. The poem is about “love and friendship” coming late in life to someone who has passed most of his life deprived of both. It’s never too late for friendship or to be there for someone in need.
The poem ” You Smile Upon Your Friend Today” has been put to rendition by many Musicians. CLICK HERE In BELOW to enjoy with the Piano 🎹 Composition : 1975 performance ( by now late ) of Tenor Anthony Rolfe Johnson and Pianist David Willison :: Original John Ireland composed song in 1920 /21 as part of his song cycle ” land of loss content” consisting 6 Poems from A E Housman’s A Shropshire Lad ( 1896 ) : This Song LVII in Housman’s collection , and was titled as “Epilogue” in Ireland’s cycle. : : HAPPY FRIENDSHIP DAY : 1 St Sunday Of August : : Poem Information Appreciation and poem Analysis Presented by V Jayaraj Pune India August 8 , 2022 : : : : : : : :
Dickinson has so far written several poems Emily Dickinson ( 1830- 1886 ) has so far written several poems about deathbed watches and several about having just missed the final hours of a dying person. In one, “Delayed till she had ceased to know,” the poet mourns that she was not there to help ease the dying woman by being a “crier of the joy” of Heaven and so helped transform her “surrendered face” into an expression of bliss. In another, “I bring an unaccustomed wine,” she is there just before the end but goes away for an hour, missing the actual death and so unable to provide “the tardy glass” that might have slaked her “pilgrim thirst.” : : “Because I could not stop for death” Emily Dickinson first published posthumously in Poems: Series 1 in 1890 is an exploration of both the inevitability of death and the uncertainties that surround what happens when people actually die. In the poem, a woman takes a ride with a personified “Death” in his carriage, by all likelihood heading towards her place in the afterlife.Death and Immortality are concepts, not people…but in her poem, Dickinson makes them act like people by having them drive and/or ride in a carriage : : I felt a Funeral, in my Brain’ is one of Dickinson’s most well-known poems on mental health, using some of her favourite metaphors: death and the afterlife: : Dickinson’s mind is always haunted by the fear of death and this has immensely coloured her vision of life. Thus, Dickinson’s faith in the sanctity of the material life has suffered a severe set-back. Dickinson’s ill-health had always made her conscious about her impending death.: : She wrote more than five hundred poems on the subject of death. These poems offer a sincere attempt to understand the true nature of death. : : The renowned American poet died of Bright’s disease in 1886 and in her final days, she was only able to write brief notes to her niece. Dickinson’s final message contained the words, “I must go in, the fog is rising.”The painting is ” Death Of Chatterton By Henry Wallis painted in 1856 , and now hanging in ‘Tate Britain’
“I should not dare to leave my friend…” Emily Dickinson ( 1830 – 1886 ) : : : : : : : : : : ::
I should not dare to leave my friend, Because – because if he should die While I was gone – and I – too late – Should reach the Heart that wanted me –
If I should disappoint the eyes That hunted – hunted so – to see – And could not bear to shut until They “noticed” me – they noticed me –
If I should stab the patient faith So sure I’d come – so sure I’d come – It listening – listening – went to sleep – Telling my tardy name –
My Heart would wish it broke before – Since breaking then – since breaking then – Were useless as next morning’s sun – Where midnight frosts – had lain!
“I Should Not Dare To Leave My Friend” is A ( 1861 Poem ) Emily Dickinson’s deathbed visitation of the dying friend from the perspective of her severely ill friend. The plain wordings in a song like Ballad in quatrain structure of the poem are about an ‘Importance of Being There As A Comforting Friend’ : : CLICK HERE In BELOW to enjoy the Official Music Video By Japanese Musicians : : Vocals & Guitar 🎸 : David Sylvian : : String Arranger : Jan Bang : : Guitar 🎸 and Computer music : Christian Fennesz : : Saxophone 🎷 : Evan Parker : : Composers : Sylvian , Bang and Fennesz : : Author : Emily Dickinson : : 🌹 https://youtu.be/kcN80B1BIkk
” I should not dare to leave my friend, Because – because if he should die While I was gone – and I – too late – Should reach the Heart that wanted me – ” Stanza ( 1 ) : :
The emotions of the ‘Speaker’ bursts in the First Stanza. It is a “Heart” of her friend on the deathbed cited as a reason why she should not leave. She has in her mind : : “what if I go” : There has to be a ‘choice to stay or not to stay’ : Her grasp is that her friend has wanted her. : :
“If I should disappoint the eyes That hunted – hunted so – to see – And could not bear to shut until They “noticed” me – they noticed me – ” Stanza ( 2 ) : :
The Second Stanza states her friend’s ” seeing”; eyes could not be “shutting”, until “noticing” her out of “hunting” or say from the mindset focused on searching in the sick- visitations. The Second Stanza starts with “If” in response of ‘choice to stay or not to stay’ that has arisen in the First Stanza. The first two lines of 2 nd Stanza : : ” If I should disappoint the eyes That hunted– hunted so– to see–” implies a desperation ( અવિચારીપણુ / ઘેરી નિરાશા ) : :
” If I should stab the patient faith So sure I’d come – so sure I’d come – It listening – listening – went to sleep – Telling my tardy name – ” : Stanza ( 3 ) : :
The Third Stanza also starts with ” If” for the same response of ‘choice to stay or not to stay’ that has arisen in the First Stanza. An imagery of The Speaker’s ” moving ” to the deathbed of her friend “waiting” for her; and “wanting” and “searching” for her are meaningfully reinforced to “faith” : which is “patient faith So sure I’d come – so sure I’d come–” : : Her friend’s “Desire and Hope” and her ” Importance Of Being There As A Comforting Friend” are all ‘in parallel’ and ‘together’ “fulfilling” : After the expected or usual time taken. That is why the lines , ” It listening– listening– went to sleep– Telling my tardy name–“: : Tardiness is a quality/ attribute/ habit of not adhering to a correct or usual expected time.The first line in 3rd Stanza : ” If I should stab the patient faith So sure I’d come– so sure I’d come–” implies as if she had held a knife 🔪 and murdered something precious.
It is her friend’s “Faith” and “Hope” on the deathbed that she will come before the moments of dying and so remains “patient” : : literally as a patient Pictured On a deathbed or a severely ill person nearing the final moments ; Suggestively , “A Longanimous” in the face of “Sufferings and Pain”; Or showing patient and unruffled ( ધીર ગંભીર ) self control and restraint ( સંયમ ) , Say “An Uncomplaining Person With Forbearance”( ધૈર્ય ) : Or is it a dying person’s pursuit of being slow to express resentment !? Afterall , her dying friend has not revealed the mindset in any way except some momentary Eyes Movement Of Search and whatever we learn as a listener or a reader to the poem is only from the wordings depicted by Speaker / Writer of the poem. : : : :
” My Heart would wish it broke before – Since breaking then – since breaking then – Were useless as next morning’s sun – Where midnight frosts – had lain!”Stanza 4
The poet/ Speaker does not brook an event of an unbearable dying of her friend in her absence. ( મૃત્યુ થાય મિત્રનું અને ત્યાં પોતે હાજર રહી શકે નહીં તે ખ્યાલ સાંખી લેશે નહીં ) Were this to happen her heart would break but it would be a useless sorrow, just as the next morning ‘s warm sun cannot bring a flower back to life if it had laid/ lain there ! as frozen whole night / Or say it had been covered with frost all night. she says that better it had broken before the death as in the line : ” My Heart would wish it broke before–Sincebreaking then– since breaking then–” : : : :
Certainly the poem is an emotional and lyrical one. The gentle iambic tetrameter and repeated phrases (e.g. because–because ; hunted– hunted ; listening–listening ; since breaking then–since breaking then ) are lulling alongside thestuttering repeats imply the struggling lull ( વચગાળાની શાંતતા ) and pain and gathering courage from the quiet of despair ( નિરાશા ) and dismay ( હતાશા ). Emily Dickinson has not written any words of Comforting for the friend on a deathbed. Her poetic contributions provide no succour ( અણીને વખતે આપવાની રાહત ) for person undergoing sufferings and pain. She has to offer her presence only.She looksaroundthe deathbed pictures with fearsome apprehension that her beloved friend might die in her absence and be disappointed. Dickinsonwrote in a letter of 1852 , the same tender words of emotions which she expresses in the 1861 Poem : : : :
” I’m afraid I’m growing selfish in my dear home, but I do love it so, and when some pleasant friend invites me to pass a week with her, I look at my father and mother and Vinnie, and all my friends, and I say no – no, cant [sic] leave them, what if they die when I’m gone.”
Emily Dickinson’s ” I should Not Dare To Leave My Friend ” : : Information Appreciation and poem Analysis Presented by V Jayaraj Pune India August 8 , 2022 : : : :
Emily Brontë painted by her brother Branwell Brontë (the only known authentic portrait of Emily).Wild Rose briar plant and two Rose flowers: rosa rubigenosa (sweetbriar rose: eglantain) Winter – frozen briar rose plant with two roseberry seen. Holly (Ilex aquifolium) Festive, neat and prickly. Holly is a well-loved shrub that shelters birds and gives hedgehogs a cosy place to hibernate.Origin: native : U. K. Scientific name: Ilex aquifolium Family: Aquifoliaceae::
Mature trees can grow up to 15m and live for 300 years. The bark is smooth and thin with lots of small, brown ‘warts’, and the stems are dark brown. its bright red berries and shiny, leathery leaves that usually have spiny prickles on the edges.Identified in winter by: its dark, glossy leaves which remain green year-round.Holly Tree : Dark glossy green Spiky oval leaves ( Prickles on the edges of shiny leathery leaves )can be seen year round. Younger plants have spiky leaves whereas on older plants the leaves are most likely to be smooth. Holly Tree : Tiny white flowers with 4 petals bloom in Spring and early Summer. Holly Tree : Once pollinated by insects, female flowers develop into scarlet berries which can remain on the tree throughout Winter. See the older plant’s smooth leaves in the picture.UN Ambassador of International Friendship Day : Winnie the pooh together with two Baby- friends in Hongkong : Disney Park 2011.Wroclaw, Poland – May 11, 2022: Illustrations of Tales of Friendship Treasury book, author Thea Feldman. Illustrated by Disney story book artists. Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Owl, Tiger are the characters of the Winnie-the-Pooh books.
Love and Friendship BY EMILY BRONTË Love is like the wild rose-briar, Friendship like the holly-tree— The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms But which will bloom most constantly?
The wild rose-briar is sweet in spring, Its summer blossoms scent the air; Yet wait till winter comes again And who will call the wild-briar fair?
Then scorn the silly rose-wreath now And deck thee with the holly’s sheen, That when December blights thy brow He still may leave thy garland green.
‘Love and Friendship’ by Emily Brontë ( 1818 – 1848 ) functions as a compare/contrast piece between “love and friendship.” Romantic love is likened to a rose-briar: beautiful , but fleeting ( ઝડપથી કરમાય / વહી જાય ) ; But , the serious friendship is to a holly tree : evergreen and durable. A lovely rose 🌹 is beautiful through spring and summer; but in cold weather of winter it suffers and decays; hence perishable and not long lasting. Friendship like the holly Tree, with evergreen leavesis steadfast ( સુદૃઢ ), constant ( એકનિષ્ઠ ) and withstand ( અટલ ) any season. The seasons represent the time and the environment and seasonal challenges. : :
A “wild” flower will spring up without deliberate gardening, and its limitless quality grants it a restlessness (અજંપો: અસ્વસ્થતા ) that tamer plants cannot match. In essence, Brontë is giving romance a restless feature that is spontaneous and boundless ( અસીમ: અનહદ ) . Here , Romantic Love is like the wild Rose briar.There may be darkness associated with holly tree : a simile for friendship, especially when contrasted with a wild Rose briar blooming with beautiful red flowers of Roses. Although , holly tree has tiny white flowers , we don’t consider it a blooming at all. The question placed here is : ” which will bloom most constantly?” ‘Adage’ ( ઓડિજ: કહેવત : સૂત્ર) like declarations in older time poetry : like : ” Every rose has thorn “i.e.danger + Thrill : : And Robert Burns writing in 1774 “My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose” : : In view of which Red Roses as symbol of Romantic Love are very much adorned , we neglect our friends and friendship which unlike romantic love will not desert us. So , the Question here isargued for the constancy of friendship over the inconstancy of Romantic Love. Fresh romantic love is sweet like ‘sweet briar rose’ bloomed in spring and summer giving away a sensational sweet aroma spreading everywhere , that will fade in Autumn and Winter. When things get cold and harsh, like in “winter,” romance can prove fleeting ( ભાગી જતો ) and easy to abandon like a flower leaving behind the livelier months of spring and summer. This has been explained in the second Stanza in very few words understood by all common people out of their experiences with the seasons.: :
Holly tree in Winter /Christmas time of snowfall does not wilt and will continue to bloom as its leaves and whole plant are evergreen. When our Romantic love fails us or when our beauty fades and we grow old , we still have our friends with constancy of ‘friendship forever’. In Brontë’s Novel to note : : “Wuthering Heights” : love will prove to be wild and tempestuous ( બેકાબૂ ) and( Self–) destructive ( વિધ્વંસક : ખંડનાત્મક ) : :
In the Third Stanza , the poet encourages us to ridicule Romantic “love” for its fragility ( નાજુક પ્રકૃતિ ) and criticizes the flaw ( ક્ષતિ : ઉણપ : અપૂર્ણતા )inRomantic Love. As the months grow colder, the relationship will remain too harsher to romance. That’s why a “holly-tree” is called “Evergreen” Tree representing the decor of Winter time of Christmas , and not Rose briar… Like the “holly,” “friendship” will remain stronger ( બળવત્તર ) with liveliness although the circumstances turn tumultuous ( હલચલ/શોરબકોર પૂર્ણ ) :: : : : : :: In the Christmas carol We deck the halls with boughs ( બાઉસ ) of holly : હોલી વૃક્ષની ડાળખીઓ રોશની ભેટ સોગાદ સાથે ) with the holly’s sheen ( ઝગારાં/ ચમકારા સાથે )—that ever-present shine ( ચમક ) that holly leaves have throughout the year. In the line : “scorn the silly rose-wreath now” Romantic love is described as silly, worthy of scorn ( અયોગ્ય માની દૂર રહેવું ) And ( ridicule : હાંસી : ઉપહાસ કરવો ) because it has turned from a bloom into a wreath ( રીથ : ફૂલમાળા ) , (red roses ) associated with death and funerals too. The last two lines suggest that even when things are at their worst—”when December blights thy brow”: રૂ.પ્ર. : : idium meaning “when love is dead / when cold conditions challenge, even these changes cannot undermine the strength of friendship : : “Love and Friendship” by Emily Brontë : : :: Information Appreciation and poem Analysis Presented by V Jayaraj Pune India August 7 , 2022 : : શ્રાવણ સુદ દશમી : : HAPPY FRIENDSHIP DAY : : ( 1 st Sunday Of August ) : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :: Happy International Friendship Day On July 30 Every Year: : As declared by U. N : : named “Winnie the Pooh” as the world’s Ambassador of Friendship , In 2011, during their 65 th Session.: : : : : : : :
(1)“Some people care too much. I think it’s called love.” (2) “Love is taking a few steps backward maybe even more… to give way to the happiness of the person you love.” (3) “If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.” (4) “Winnie the Pooh finds comfort in counting his pots of honey, and Rabbit finds comfort in knowing where his relations are – even if he doesn’t need them at the moment.” Oh! Brother!! (5) “Well, he was humming this hum to himself, and walking along gaily, wondering what everybody else was doing, and what it felt like, being somebody else.”(6) “Promise me you’ll never forget me because if I thought you would I’d never leave.” (7) “The hardest part is what to leave behind, … It’s time to let go!” (8) “I would’ve liked for it to go on a while longer.” (9) “Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake.” (10) “But, of course, it isn’t really Good-bye, because the Forest will always be there…and anybody who is Friendly with Bears can find it.” (11) ”I’m not lost for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” (12) “Just because an animal is large, it doesn’t mean he doesn’t want kindness.” (13) “A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference.” (14) “Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.” (15) “I must go forward where I have never been instead of backwards where I have.”(16) “Poetry and Hums aren’t things which you get, they’re things which get you. And all you can do is to go where they can find you.” (17) “Life is a journey to be experienced, not a problem to be solved.” (18) “A day without laughter is a day wasted.” (19) “When life throws you a rainy day, play in the puddles.” (20) “They’re funny things, accidents. You never have them till you’re having them.”(21) “A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.” (22) “Spelling isn’t everything. There are days when spelling Tuesday simply doesn’t count.” (23) “To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.” (24) “He said it twice because he had never said it before, and it sounded funny.” (25) “There’s no difference between falling a thousand feet to the jagged rocks below and tumbling out of bed.”(26) “Before beginning a Hunt, it is wise to ask someone what you are looking for before you begin looking for it.” (27) “After all, one can’t complain. I have my friends.” (28) “It is always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don’t” (29) “Pooh!” he whispered. “Yes, Piglet?” “Nothing,” said Piglet, taking Pooh’s paw. “I just wanted to be sure of you.” (30) “It never hurts to keep looking for sunshine.”(31) “Well, even if I’m in the moon, I needn’t be face downwards all the time.” (32) “The sun still shines, even when it’s hiding.” (33) “Goodbye..? Oh no, please. Can’t we go back to page one and do it all over again?” (34) “Think, think, think : she would know a good thing to do without thinking about it.” (35) “Don’t underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering” (36) “Sometimes the thing to do is nothing.” (37) “Doing nothing often leads to the very best of something.” (38) “When all else fails, take a nap.” (40) “People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.” (41) “How sweet to be a Cloud Floating in the Blue! It makes him very proud To be a little cloud.” (42) “I’m never afraid with you.” (43) “A hug is always the right size.” (44) “As soon as I saw you, I knew an adventure was going to happen.” (45) “If it’s not Here, that means it’s out There.” (46) “I wasn’t going to eat it, I was just going to taste it.” (47) “What could be more important than a little something to eat?” (48) “If the string breaks, then we try another piece of string.” (49) “Pooh felt that he ought to say something helpful about it, but didn’t quite know what. So he decided to do something helpful instead.” (50) “So perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing introductions and get on with the book”.( 51)“Yesterday, when it was tomorrow, it was too exciting a day for me.” (52) “The nicest thing about the rain is that it always stops. Eventually.” (53) Noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.” (54) “Some people just need time. There’s nothing more frustrating than a person who seems disinterested or is difficult to get to know” (55)” There are different ways of getting them to pay attention to you. The best way is to find out their interests and go from there.” (56)” They actually do have some fluff in their ear. In which case you could try some written communication.”
