Bid a strong ghost stand at the head That my Michael may sleep sound, Nor cry, nor turn in the bed Till his morning meal come round; And may departing twilight keep All dread afar till morning’s back, That his mother may not lack Her fill of sleep.
Bid the ghost have sword in fist: Some there are, for I avow Such devilish things exist, Who have planned his murder, for they know Of some most haughty deed or thought That waits upon his future days, And would through hatred of the bays Bring that to nought.
Though You can fashion everything From nothing every day, and teach The morning stars to sing, You have lacked articulate speech To tell Your simplest want, and known, Wailing upon a woman’s knee, All of that worst ignominy Of flesh and bone;
And when through all the town there ran The servants of Your enemy, A woman and a man, Unless the Holy Writings lie, Hurried through the smooth and rough And through the fertile and waste, Protecting, till the danger past, With human love.
‘A Prayer for my Son,’ A tender lullaby-prayer, written from the perspective of a father who wants to protect his son against all odds during the brewing war and Chaos in Ireland. Yeats seeks the help of a Ghost to keep his son, Michael, away from the evil of the world. He says that the Ghost with a sword in its fists to ward off evil should stand by the cradle of the baby and keep him safe always so that his son gets a night of better sleep, his wife also could get some rest during the night.Omnipresent and All powerful God cannot speak and express what he wants . Hence , the Poet expresses discontent for God. He speaks of how powerful human love is and the willpower to protect one’s kind . So , even if God’s enemies attempt to rampage the Earth, humans will fight it with their love for one another. Ironically, Yeats seeks a ghost over God to protect his son. It shows his failing faith in God, who has failed to stop the chaos in the world. : : : :
Human love, anxiety, and the pathos of war and anxiousness of a Praying father due to calamities of the war are Themes in the poem : “A Prayer For My Son” set in revolutionary Ireland, where there were gunshots and chaos everywhere : : 32 lines in 4 Stanzas , each of 8 lines are arranged to follow the rhyming pattern of ABABCDDC which may remind one of the simpler ABABCDCD rhyme scheme of many lullabies . Yeats’s fear for his son as an anxious father is real one. Knowledge of his own status in the Irish elite is evident in the word “haughty.”:disdainedas unworthy. : His infant son’s life is threatened by his possible later “haughty” deeds because he is a member of the Protestant Ascendancy: a group targeted by the IRA. Yeats converses with God in a more traditional, one-on-one fashion. : : : : Information Appreciation and poem Analysis Presented by V Jayaraj Pune India July 27 , 2022 : : : : : : ; : : : : : : : : : :
” [ મહાબલી ] ભૂતનું સ્વાગત છે, માથા આગળનું સ્થાન સંભાળજો કે (જેથી) મારો માઈકલ ગાઢ નિંદ્રામાં સૂઈ શકે. રડે નહીં , પથારીમાં સળવળે નહીં , જ્યાં સુધી એનું સવારનું નિયમિત ભોજનિયું આવી પહોંચે ; સંધ્યાકાળ ચાલ્યો જાય અને સવાર પડે ત્યાં સુધી બધા ભયકારીઓને છેટે રાખે , જેથી એની ‘મા’ ની ઉંઘ પુરી થવામાં કમી ન રહી શકે. સ્ટાન્ઝા ( ૧ ) : : [મહાબલી] ભૂત, દૈવી રક્ષણ અને બચાવ ના પ્રતીકરૂપ છે જે પુત્ર અને તેની માતા : બંને ને છાવરે , તેને માટે ની પિતાએ પ્રાર્થના કરી છે . રક્ષા શક્તિ પ્રદાન કરનાર લોકહિતકારી ભૂત , દયાળું શુદ્ધાત્મા ( benevolent spirit ) પણ હોય કે દેવદૂત ( guardian angel ) પણ હોય . સાંજ પડતાં (on “departing Twilight” symbolising uncertainty and fear) રાત્રી પહેલાંની આ પ્રાર્થના સૂચવે છે કે રાતના અંધારાં તમામ ડર ભય બીક , નઠારા સપનાં, દુષ્ટ અનિષ્ટો ને દૂર રાખે જેથી સવાર સુધી બંને માતા અને શિશુ ને પ્રગાઢ નીંદરમાં પોઢેલા સુરક્ષિત રાખે . સવાર , બચાવ અને આશા અપેક્ષા ભરોસા નું પ્રતિનિધિત્વ કરે છે. ( Morning represents safety and hopes. ) : :
ભલા ભૂતને મૂઠ્ઠી બંધ હાથમાં તલવાર પકડી રાખવાની આજ્ઞા કરી છે : કેટલાક ત્યાં છે , હું જાણું છું આવા અતિ દુષ્ટ નૃશંશ સ્વરૂપો ફરતા હોય છે જેણે એની હત્યા સુધીની યોજના બનાવી છે કારણકે, તેઓ જાણે છે ખૂબજ અહંકારી કૃત્ય ને અથવા વિચારી રાખ્યું છે તેવા સંભવિત ભવિષ્યના દિવસોના આવવા ઉપર હાવી થવા માટે. અને , ઉપસાગરિય વેરભાવ ઊભો કરીને નકામું થઈ જાય એટલે સુધી . સ્ટાન્ઝા ( ૨ ) : : દુષ્ટ અનિષ્ટકારી તત્ત્વો દીકરાને ભવ્ય કાર્ય સિદ્ધિ અને ઉત્તમ ઉપલબ્ધિઓ પ્રાપ્ત કરવામાં બાધા નાખવા આવતાં રહેશે . They hate the “bays” (the laurel wreath, a symbol of victory, honor, and poetic glory) that may someday crown him. : બંધ મુઠ્ઠીમાં સાવધાની થી પકડીને ઉગામી રાખેલી તલવાર ધૈર્ય હિંમત અને બહાદૂરી નું પ્રતીકરૂપ છે . “Bay” : આસોપાલવ જેવાં ઘેરાં લીલાં પાંદડાઓ થી બનાવેલ વિજયમાળા છે , વિજેતા કવિ ના સન્માન નું તોરણ . નિર્દોષતા અને મહાન બનવાની સક્ષમતા , અનિષ્ટકારી તત્ત્વો ને આકર્ષે છે એવી યીટસ ની ધારણા અહીં વ્યક્ત થાય છે . : :
જોકે , તમે બધું જ ઘડી શકો છો , દરરોજ , ‘કંઈ નહિ’ માંથી પણ , સવારે ઉગતા તારાઓને ગીત ગાવા માટે પ્રેરિત કરી શકો છો , તમારી પાસે , શબ્દો સ્પષ્ટ કરતી અ઼સ્ખલિત વાણીનો અભાવ છે : સૌથી સાદી સરળ તમારી જરૂરિયાત વ્યક્ત કરવા માટે , ઔરત ની ગોઠણ પર ટેકવીને કરેલા વિલાપ (તમે) જાણો છો : મનુષ્યના દેહગત સ્વભાવના અનર્થકારી અપયશ : સ્ટાન્ઝા ( ૩ ) : : In Stanza 3 , Yeats turns directly to God . : : He praises God’s infinite creative power. God creates the universe from nothing and makes the stars sing in harmony. Yet, in becoming human as Jesus Christ, God accepted all the limitations of human life. : દરેક બાળક ની જેમ માતાની ગોદમાં લપાઈ જઈને જીસસ ને પણ દેહવત નબળાઈ અશક્તિ , દુઃખાવાની સ્થિતિ પરિસ્થિતિમાં થી પસાર થવાનું આવ્યું હતું. અરે ! લાચાર ભાવે રડતાં કકળતા સહારો આપનાર માતા નું ધ્યાન માંગવું /ખેંચવું પડ્યું હતું . This refers to the Christian belief in the Incarnation—God becoming human in Jesus . : That’s why God understands a baby’s helplessness because He once experienced it Himself. : માનવ માત્ર ની હેત સ્નેહ પ્રેમ અને સાલસતા મેળવવાની ઝંખના સમજનાર અને પહેલેથી જાણનાર પ્રભુ નાં સમીપતા , કૃપણતા અને ઝીણું જોયાંનાં સમજવાનાં સુક્ષ્મ દ્રષ્ટિગુણ ને લીધે શિશુના કે તેના માતાપિતાના પ્રભુ સાથેનુ નીકટતમ જોડાણ ( closeness to Almighty God ) હંમેશાથી ખૂબ મહત્વનું જીવન ધ્યેય બનતું રહ્યું છે . : : : :
અને જ્યારે , આખા નગરમાં એક છેડેથી બીજા છેડા સુધી , કૂદતે પગલે ફેલાઈ આગળ ધસી આવ્યા , તમારા શત્રુપક્ષના અનુચરો , એક સ્ત્રી અનેપુરુષ , સિવાય કે પવિત્ર ગ્રંથો એ જૂઠ્ઠાણું લખ્યું હોય , ઉતાવળે ગમા અને અણગમા સાથે લઈને , ફળદ્રુપતા અને ઉજ્જડતા માં થઈને, માનવોચિત સ્નેહ- પ્રેમના આશરે ભય પસાર થઈ જાય ત્યાં સુધી ભયાવહતા સામે ( તમે ) રક્ષણ કરતા રહ્યાં. સ્ટાન્ઝા ( ૪ ) : : Your enemy” refers to King Herod, who sought to kill the infant Jesus. : Yeats recalls the biblical story of the Flight into Egypt. King Herod’s soldiers searched for the infant Jesus to kill Him. Joseph and Mary fled with the child through smooth roads and rough paths, fertile lands and barren deserts, protecting Him with their love until the danger had passed. The poet reminds God that even the Son of God needed the loving protection of His earthly parents.
જોસેફ અને મેરી શિશુ જીસસ ને લઈને રાજા હેરોડ ના સૈનિકોના દમનકારી હત્યારા સકંજામાંથી ઈજીપ્ત અરબસ્તાન થી પલાયન કરી , પુત્ર હાનિ ની સંભાવના થી અતી દૂર , જોખમ કે ભય ના રહે તે સ્થળ નિશ્રામાં પહોંચવા માટે , સારાનરસા કે ઉબડખાબડ રસ્તા , ફળદ્રુપ જમીન કે વેરાન ઉજ્જડ રણ , વિગેરે વટાવીને ભાગતાં રહ્યાં . પલાયન માર્ગ , પ્રતિકૂળતા ભર્યાં કષ્ટો , ભૂખમરો , સાંસાં ઈત્યાદિ દુઃખો નાં પ્રતીકરૂપ છે . કવિ યીટસ અહીં પ્રભુ ને યાદ કરાવે છે કે પ્રભુના શિશુ ને પણ પિતા Great Father – God ની જરૂર વર્તાઈ હતી ; એજ પ્રમાણે માઈકલ – શિશુ અવસ્થાનો હોય પ્રેમાળ હેતાળ દયાળું પ્રભુ તેના ઐહિક દુન્યવી ધરતી પર વસતા રક્ષણકર્તા માતાપિતાની સ્નેહ-નિશ્રા માં સુરક્ષિત રાખનારી સલામતી નિશ્ર્ચિત કરે . : માનવ પ્રેમ , દૈવી રક્ષણ બચાવ અને સુરક્ષિતતા નાં સહાયક સાધનભૂત સંશાધાન રૂપે કાર્યસાધક બળ પ્રમાણિત કરતું રહ્યું છે . : Human love becomes the instrument through which divine protection is given . : : : :
અર્થ નિર્દેશ આસ્વાદ કાવ્યાર્થ વિચાર સંકલન વિ જયરાજ Pending visit this post again later on to enjoy the appreciation of the poem : : : : : : જુલાઈ ૨૭ , ૨૦૨૨ : : અષાઢ વદ ચતુર્દશી : : પૂણે ઈન્ડિયા:
Born in 1572, Ben Jonson ( 1572 – 1637 ) is regarded as one of the major dramatists and poets of the seventeenth century.
On my First Sonne BY BEN JONSON Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy; My sin was too much hope of thee, lov’d boy. Seven years tho’ wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate, on the just day. O, could I lose all father now! For why Will man lament the state he should envy? To have so soon ‘scap’d world’s and flesh’s rage, And if no other misery, yet age? Rest in soft peace, and, ask’d, say, “Here doth lie Ben Jonson his best piece of poetry.” For whose sake henceforth all his vows be such, As what he loves may never like too much.
‘On My First Sonne’, Ben Jonson’s short poem for his son Benjamin, who died aged seven, is one of the most moving short elegies in the English language meaning much to literature students of modern times. Jonson (1572-1637) was a contemporary of William Shakespeare and, like the Bard, wrote poems as well as the plays for which he is well-known. ‘On My First Sonne’ as well as the medieval dream poem ‘Pearl’ are the first two poems written as to be called ‘elygy for a child’; the former is the first modern expression of grief in English language. The poem looks simple, yet hides the depth of literary sophistication.‘On My First Son’ was first published in 1616, quite a few years after the actual death of his son in 1603. It was published in a collection called Epigrams. Simplified version of this poem is given HERE In BELOW : : : :
” [ Goodbye to you my favourite child , my joy. I placed too much hope in you , beloved child. You were lent to me for seven years , and now I have to pay back loan – fate demands it. Oh ! I would give up being father altogether now ! Why should we grieve at all ? We should , instead envy you. You have escaped so quickly from the demands of the world and of the body. You will never have to experience torment of aging. So rest peacefully – and if anyone asks you , tell them , ” Here is the best poem Ben Jonson ever wrote .” For your sake , I will vow from here forward not too love, anything too much. ] ”
” મારા પ્રથમ પુત્ર પર ” , બે’ન જોન્સન : : ભાવાનુવાદ અર્થ નિર્દેશ આસ્વાદ કાવ્યાર્થ વિચાર સંકલન વિ જયરાજ : : : : :
” [ આવજો ! કહ્યું તને , મારા લાડકા પુત્ર. મારા હર્ષને વિદાય. પ્રિય પુત્ર , મને તારા માટે બહુ આશા હતી. મેં તને સાત વર્ષ માટે , પાછો આપવાની શરતે મેળવેલો , અને હવે , મારે ઉછીનું લીધેલું લોનની જેમ પાછું આપવું પડે, વિધિનો એ તકાદો છે. ઓહ ! હું આપીશ , હવે , સંપૂર્ણ પણે પિતા બનીને ! અમારે જરા પણ દિલગીર કેમ થવું જોઈએ ? તેને બદલે , અમારે તારી ઈર્ષ્યા કરવી જોઈએ. તું તો , દુનિયાભરના અને દેહના દાવા – તકાદા વડે બંધાય તે પહેલા , છટકીને બહાર એકદમ ઝડપભેર બહાર નીકળી ગયો. તારે ઘડપણની યાતનાઓ ક્યારેય ભોગવવી નહીં પડે. તેથી શાંતિપૂર્વક આરામ મેળવી રહો – અને જો કોઈ પૂછે , તને , તો તેમને કહેજો , ” બે’ન જોન્સને લખેલી શ્રેષ્ઠ કવિતા છે , અહીં .” તારે ખાતર , હું અહીંથી આગળ વધારે પ્રેમ જ નહીં, વધારે પડતું કંઈપણ નહીં કરવાનું વચન આપીશ.]”
અર્થ નિર્દેશ આસ્વાદ કાવ્યાર્થ વિચાર સંકલન વિ જયરાજ pending visit this post again later on to enjoy the appreciation of the poem: : જુલાઈ ૨૬ , ૨૦૨૨ : : અષાઢ વદ તેરસ : : પૂણે ઈન્ડિયા : : : : : : :
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ( 1807 – 1882 ), one of the “Fireside Poets,” wrote lyrical poems about history, mythology, and legend that were popular and widely translated, making him the most famous American of his day.His mother, Zilpah Wadsworth, was the daughter of a Revolutionary War hero. His father, Stephen Longfellow, was a prominent Portland lawyer and later a member of Congress.After graduating from Bowdoin College, Longfellow studied modern languages in Europe for three years, then returned to Bowdoin to teach them. In 1831, he married Mary Storer Potter of Portland, a former classmate.Longfellow took a position at Harvard in 1836.published his first collection of poems, Voices of the Night, followed in 1841 by Ballads and Other Poems. Many of these poems (“A Psalm of Life,” for example) showed people triumphing over adversity, and in a struggling young nation that theme was inspiring. His first wife died out of miscarriage. He married again with Francis Appleton from Boston happily for 18 years and they had six children. In 1847, he published Evangeline, a book-length poem about what would now be called “ethnic cleansing.” The poem takes place as the British drive the French from Nova Scotia, and two lovers are parted, only to find each other years later when the man is about to die.In 1854, Longfellow decided to quit teaching to devote all his time to poetry. He published Hiawatha, a long poem about Native American life, and The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems. Both were immensely during civil war, he wrote “Paul Revere’s Ride”. in 1861, Frances Longfellow was sealing an envelope with wax when her dress caught fire. Despite her husband’s desperate attempts to save her, she died the next day. Profoundly saddened, Longfellow published nothing for the next two years.He found comfort in his family and in reading Dante’s Divine Comedy. Due to this fire accident injury, he could not shave and so grew long beard which he kept all his life time. His poems were popular throughout the English-speaking world. His admirers included Abraham Lincoln, Charles Dickens, and Charles Baudelaire.From 1866 to 1880, Longfellow published seven more books of poetry, and his seventy-fifth birthday in 1882 was celebrated across the country.On his death on March 24 , 1882 , When Walt Whitman heard of the poet’s death, he wrote that, while Longfellow’s work “brings nothing offensive or new, does not deal hard blows,” he was the sort of bard most needed in a materialistic age: “He comes as the poet of melancholy, courtesy, deference—poet of all sympathetic gentleness—and universal poet of women and young people. I should have to think long if I were ask’d to name the man who has done more and in more valuable directions, for Longfellow is known as a school called”fireside poet”alongside Related Poets like: John Greenleaf Whittier Oliver Wendell Holmes William Cullen Bryant , James Russell Lowell.
Will then, Duperrier, thy sorrow be eternal? And shall the sad discourse Whispered within thy heart, by tenderness paternal, Only augment its force?
Thy daughter’s mournful fate, into the tomb descending By death’s frequented ways, Has it become to thee a labyrinth never ending, Where thy lost reason strays?
I know the charms that made her youth a benediction: Nor should I be content, As a censorious friend, to solace thine affliction By her disparagement.
But she was of the world, which fairest things exposes To fates the most forlorn; A rose, she too hath lived as long as live the roses, The space of one brief morn.
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Death has his rigorous laws, unparalleled, unfeeling; All prayers to him are vain; Cruel, he stops his ears, and, deaf to our appealing, He leaves us to complain.
The poor man in his hut, with only thatch for cover, Unto these laws must bend; The sentinel that guards the barriers of the Louvre Cannot our kings defend.
To murmur against death, in petulant defiance, Is never for the best; To will what God doth will, that is the only science That gives us any rest.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
” દીકરીના મૃત્યુ પર મિત્રને સાંત્વના ” આપતી અમેરિકી કવિ હેનરી લોન્ગફેલો ની આ કવિતા લોન્ગફેલોની પોતાની વિમૂઢતાને પણ વ્યક્ત કરે છે; કવિ ને પોતાના જીવનકાળમાં સંખ્યાબંધ પ્રિયજનોના મૃત્યુના કારણે અવારનવાર તહસ્ત નહસ્ત હ્રદયભંગ કરતી અવસ્થાનો સામનો કરવો પડ્યો હતો:
” [ડુપેરિયર ( મિત્ર ) , તો શું તમારું દુઃખ હંમેશા રહેવાનું છે ? અને તમારા હ્રદયમાં ફફડાટ ભરતી શોકાર્ત વિગતોની વાતો , પિતાની નાજુક સ્થિતિમાં, દુઃખોના જોરને વધુ મોટું કરશે ને?
તમારી દીકરીનું શોક પૂર્ણ ભાગ્ય કબરમાં ઉતરી રહ્યું છે , મૃત્યુ ની સંખ્યાબંધ યુક્તિ – પ્રયુક્તિ ઓ દ્વારા. શું તે તમારા માટે ક્યારેય સમાપ્ત ન થનાર જટિલ ભુલભુલામણી બની ગયેલું કે તમારી લુપ્તપ્રાય સમજણ કેણી ગમ અવળે જનાર છે ?
હું એની મોહિનીને પિછાણું છું જેને લીધે એની યુવાવસ્થા સ્વસ્તિક્ષેમ બની. સમાલોચક મિત્ર તરીકે (દીકરી)ની અવમાનના કરીને , વ્યથા ભરી તમારી સ્થિતિમાં સાંત્વના આપીને મળતી સંતુષ્ટિ મને જોઈતીનથી.
પરંતુ , એ તે દુનિયાની હતી જે સુંદર મનોહર ઊજળી બાજુઓને છતી કરે છે. સૌથી વધુ એકલા અટૂલા નિરાધાર લોકો માટે , એક ગુલાબનું ફૂલ , જ્યાં સુધી એ ફુલો ખીલ્યાં રહે, ત્યાં સુધી એ પણ જીવીત રહી. એક અલ્પજીવી સવારના પહોર નું કાલાંતર.
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મૃત્યુના પોતાના આકરાં ધારા – ધોરણ હોય છે , અજોડ અને રૂક્ષતા ભર્યા ; તેને કરેલી બધી વીનવણીઓ નિરર્થક રહે; પથ્થર હ્રદયી , તે સાંભળવાનું બંધ કરી દેતું હોય છે ,અને આપણી આજીજીભરી અપીલ પ્રત્યે તે ધ્યાન આપતું નથી. તે આપણને રોતાં મૂકી છોડી જાય છે.
ગરીબ માણસ તેની ઝૂંપડીમાં છાપરું છાવાં , ઢાંકવા માટેના માત્ર પરાળના છાજ સાથે , આ કાનૂન પ્રત્યે તાબે થવા પામે છે ; સંત્રી જે હવાબારી ( લૂવર : Louvre ) પર આવતા અંતરાયો દ્વારા અટકાવવા માટે બચાવની મુદ્રામાં પહેરો ભરે છે (જ્યારે) આપણા રાજાઓ હૂમલો વારી શકતા નથી.
મૃત્યુ ની વિરુદ્ધ બડબડાટ કરવા , કચકચ કરી અનાદર કરવામાં મુનાસિબ પણું કદીયે શ્રેષ્ઠ નથી ; ઈશ્વરેચ્છા એકમાત્ર બળવાન હોય , તે જ ઈચ્છા કરવી , એ જ એક માત્ર વિજ્ઞાન છે , જેની ઉપર આધાર રાખવો. ] “
“TO M. DUPERRIER, GENTLEMAN OF AIX IN PROVENCE, ON THE DEATH OF HIS DAUGHTER” : By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow : :” દીકરીના મૃત્યુ પર મિત્રને સાંત્વના ” : : Information Appreciation and poem Analysis Presented by V Jayaraj Pune India July 25 , 2022 : : ભાવાનુવાદ અર્થ નિર્દેશ આસ્વાદ કાવ્યાર્થ વિચાર સંકલન વિ જયરાજ : : જુલાઈ ૨૫ , ૨૦૨૨ : : અષાઢ વદ બારસ : : પૂણે ઈન્ડિયા :: : : : : : : ::
Thomas Steams Eliot ( 1888 – 1965 ) T.S. Eliot is regarded as one of the most important writers of the 20th century, both as a poet and dramatist and as a critic and thinker. Eliot was born in St. Louis on September 26, 1888. His poems started appearing in print around 1915 and represented a complete break with the contemporary Georgian poetry of Rupert Brooke (18182-1915). Eliot is the most modern poet and there are several aspects to his modernism. In most of Eliot’s poems, he makes use of a vers libre or free verse instead of traditional verse in regular meters. The noteworthy point about Eliot is that his poems do not convey their meanings through logically connected statements, but through images that evoke a mood or an emotion. Besides, Eliot’s poetry is modern not only in form but in subject matter and theme, as well. One of the inescapable facts of industrial civilization is the dominant place in it of the large city or metropolis with its anonymous, rootless citizens. Eliot’s most famous and published works are as follows: Ariel Poems, “Journey of the Magi“, “A Song for Simeon“, “Animula“, “Marina“, “Triumphal March“, “The Cultivation of Christmas Trees” and a lot more.Eliot took on a number of teaching jobs in England, including at the University of London.In 1910, Eliot moved to Paris where he studied philosophy at Sorbonne. He returned to Harvard for a short time to study Indian philosophy and Sanskrit and then moved on to Merton, College Oxford. While Eliot was traveling throughout Europe WWI began. In 1915, Eliot met his future wife Vivienne Haigh-Wood and married her in June 1915. when she was thirty and he was sixty-eight.He lived with Bertrand Russel for a time. In 1917 Eliot was working at Lloyds Bank. In 1925, when he became the director of the publishing firm later to be known as Faber and Faber. He would work here for the rest of his career. He was responsible in part for publishing the works of Ted Hughes and W.H. Auden. Eliot contracted emphysema and died in his home in Kensington, London in 1965. He studied languages such as Ancient Greek and German. Eliot hated his first poems and destroyed them.He believed ‘Four Quartets’ was his best work. In the poem : ‘Little Gidding’ is named after an Anglican community from the 17th-century.Eliot uses the image of the Pentecostal fire to speak on purification. He has come to the conclusion that humanity is flawed due to its separation from God and that this is what has led the world down its war-laden path. In the poem ” Journey of the Magi” : Eliot depicts the terrible traveling by Magi to meet the Christ child after his birth. The weather was freezing and there was hardly any food or shelter. When they finally get to the manger it has no great presence but that doesn’t mean the experience wasn’t important. After returning home, the speaker declares that he longs for a second death so that he will be able to join God.: : In the poem ” Ash Wednesday” : longest poems : written after he converted to Anglicanism. It deals with themes much more devotional in nature.Subject is the Christian holiday, Ash-Wednesday, the first day of Lent. By the end, the main theme is clear. That one has to turn away from the physical world and toward God where the sickness of humankind can’t reach. : : His second collection of Poems, was published in 1920 : : ” The Waste Land” is certainly one of Eliot’s most popular poems and often called his masterpiece. It was published in 1922 , and “The Hollow Man ” too in 1922 . About the time of First World War. The poem utilizes five different speakers in a wide range of settings : : In the poem : “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”: : A wonderful and very complicated dramatic monologue, finished around 1910 ; Focuse is on the mind of a modern man, a person who is the victim of his own time, emotionally immature, and bordering on neurotic. By the end of the poem, Prufrock’s true emotional distance from the world is made Clear.
Marina By T.S. Eliot
Quis hic locus, quae regio, quae mundi plaga?
What seas what shores what grey rocks and what islands What water lapping the bow And scent of pine and the woodthrush singing through the fog What images return O my daughter.
Those who sharpen the tooth of the dog, meaning Death Those who glitter with the glory of the hummingbird, meaning Death Those who sit in the sty of contentment, meaning Death Those who suffer the ecstasy of the animals, meaning Death
Are become insubstantial, reduced by a wind, A breath of pine, and the woodsong fog By this grace dissolved in place
What is this face, less clear and clearer The pulse in the arm, less strong and stronger— Given or lent? more distant than stars and nearer than the eye Whispers and small laughter between leaves and hurrying feet Under sleep, where all the waters meet.
Bowsprit cracked with ice and paint cracked with heat. I made this, I have forgotten And remember. The rigging weak and the canvas rotten Between one June and another September. Made this unknowing, half conscious, unknown, my own. The garboard strake leaks, the seams need caulking. This form, this face, this life Living to live in a world of time beyond me; let me Resign my life for this life, my speech for that unspoken, The awakened, lips parted, the hope, the new ships.
What seas what shores what granite islands towards my timbers And woodthrush calling through the fog My daughter.
Marina was #29 in Eliot’s series of “Ariel Poems,” first published in September, 1930. Eliot wrote for the Christmas greetings-cards put out by his publisher (and employer), Faber and Faber. It was based on the Jacobean play, Pericles, Prince of Tyre. Shakespeare is credited with the last acts of the play, the story of Pericles’ separation from, and reunion with, his daughter, Marina (most scholars believe the opening was composed by an inferior collaborator).
The play however, was simply a catalyst for poem that lives a life of its own, with haunting imagery that can speak to us. After his conversion to Anglicanism in 1927, Eliot began to write a new kind of poetry which “seems to represent a withdrawal from the outer world and an exploration of the inner life under the guidance of Christianity. Eliot’s poem is about his own search for religious experience, and about a moment of discovery, when the lost innocence seems to be found again. The story of Pericles and Marina is used as a means of describing Eliot’s own experience of illumination. In Act V of Shakespeare’s play, Pericles, Prince of Tyre that Pericles finds out that the dancer and singer performing before him is none else but his daughter. The dancing girl reminds him of his wife Thaisa, he talks to the girl and is overjoyed to find that Marian is his daughter and came to know that her mother had died while giving birth to her.The poem is a monologue as it is spoken by Pericles at the instant of recognition. Marina was born at sea. The goddess Diana guarded the chastity of Marina who was thought to have been murdered, but reunited to her father in an unexpected manner. The epigraph from Seneca refers to the story of Hercules when he woke up Alter a fit, in which he had killed his own children, to realize the horror of the deed, wondering where he was, ‘What place is this? What region, what quarter of the world?’ The horror of death suggested by this is set against the new life which Marina’s reunion with Pericles symbolizes. Eliot wrote that he had used these two dramatic references to effect a ‘crisscross’. Their contrast is clear. Pericles is concerned with truth and revelation as miraculously wonderful experiences. But in Hercules Furens the hero, Hercules, has been driven mad as a punishment for his pride. He emerges from insanity to a discovery of horror’. The theme of Pericles is sin and repentance, alienation and final reconciliation, justice versus mercy, dream versus reality . Its theme is not the immortality of the soul, but the resurrection. Eliot intends the dream-joy of Pericles at meeting his daughter again, to be significant of the Christian’s apprehension of God after a period of spiritual death, and in terms of Christian history, of the supervention of Easter Sunday over Good Friday. Mary Magdalene and others ( disciples and friends of Christ ) did not at first recognize Christ: He was a dream to them, as Marina is to Pericles. Marina is a religious poem which records Eliot’s own uncertainties. This poem is full of a nostalgia for an existence beyond Earth, where the lost daughter lives, and which is indicated by the shores, the whispers and the feet : These images are the symbols of the spiritual world and a direct expression of Eliot’s longing : ” Marina ” , A daughter is ‘The most touching personal poem’ by T S Eliot: : : : : ::
“Quis hic locus, quae region, quae mundi plaga? ” : : : : this epigraph are a quotation from Hercules Furens (line 1138) composed by Lucious the Younger Seneca (c. 5 B.C. – A.D. 65 which in Latin means that “What place is this, what land, what quarter of the globe?”
“What seas what shores what grey rocks and what islands What water lapping the bow And scent of pine and the woodthrush singing through the fog What images return O my daughter. ” : : : : Stanza ( 1 ) : :
The happy image seen in epigraph is reflected here as in the reclaimed daughter of Pericles is combined with Hercules. With Hercules, a madness made him kill his own children. Whereas, with Pericles, just the opposite. In both of them , intensity is the same. : : : :
“Those who sharpen the tooth of the dog, meaning Death (…) Those who suffer the ecstasy of the animals, meaning Death” : : : : Stanza ( 2 ) : : : :
Pericles is dejected soul . Giving birth to the sinister sense of death in the mind and soul of the father about his daughter. Everything made him think of the death of his wife and daughter. Those : : who sharpen the tooth of a dog 🐶 ; who glitter the glory of Hummingbird ; who sit in the sty of contentment ; who suffer the ecstasy of the animals . : : : :
” Are become unsubstantial, reduced by a wind, A breath of pine, and the woodsong fog (…) Whispers and small laughter between leaves and hurrying feet Under sleep, where all the waters meet.” : : Stanza : : : : ( 3 ) & ( 4 ) : : : :
All thoughts on the death become unsubstantial and its horror is reduced by a wind. A breath of Pine trees and the woodsong fog are spread allover by a wind. “Marina reaches out to the mystery of ‘grace dissolved in peace.” Concluding peace sets an optimisms. Recognition Scene of Shakespeare ‘s Play is acted upon . ‘Face’ clear and clearer , ‘Arm Pulse’ less stronge and stronger , ‘Lent Or Given ‘ , More distant than Stars and ‘Nearer to Eye’, ‘Whispers and Small Laughter’ between leaves ( Stationary ) and hurrying Feet’: ‘Under Sleep where All Waters meet ‘ All these images associate Sea World with Dream World . : : : :
” Bowsprit cracked with ice and paint cracked with heat. I made this, I have forgotten And remember. (…) What seas what shores what granite islands towards my timbers And woodthrush calling through the fog My daughter.” : : : : Stanza ( 5 ) & ( 6 ) : : : :
The face of Marina appears recognizable to Pericles slowly and gradually. Her emerging face is just like a slowly rising boat or ship coming up out of the Sea-Water. “During the scene in Shakespeare’s play, Pericles is overjoyed and hears music unheard by others present. He believes it to be the music of spheres. Here in the poem ” Marina” , the music is that of the “woodthrush singing through the fog”. The dominant images are the scent of pine, the “Sound of Water” at a bow, and of “Whispers” and “Small Laughter” : : : :
The images and Rhythms send the wonderful feelings of a Father. The title and the epigraph brush against one another. Feelings of Hercules is horrific. Sea and Sea- shore, Grey Rocks, and Granite islands are all wrapped in a Sea Fog. These images are taken by Eliot from the Casco Bay, Maine : Native Place where Eliot lived. Pine Wood Trees and WoodSong Fog , and Their Scent in the Wind , and Woodthrushare also othere such features that come up in the poem. Rhythms in the poem are Wavelike 🌊. Impact of an emerging Boat ⛵ is powerful experience with grace. Stanza on ‘Death’ is touching. More touching is ‘Victory Over Death’. Most memorable is an ‘ Optimisms For A New Life ‘: : Afterall , reunion with your lost daughter is always Overjoyed Experience For Every Human Soul. : : : :
“Marina” By Thomas Steams Eliot : : Daughters Poem: : Information Appreciation and poem Analysis Presented by V Jayaraj Pune India July 24 , 2022 : : HAPPY DAUGHTER’S DAY : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : ( Gujarati Translation : : Pending visit this post again later on to enjoy the poem with ભાવાનુવાદ : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
Philips Larkin ‘s ” Born Yesterday ” Written for Sally Amis, the daughter of Larkin’s friend Kingsley Amis and his first wife Hilly, sees Larkin wishing for whatever will make the newborn baby happy. We , at many time see that an extraordinary and remarkable persons have more expectations placed on their shoulders, which they can not live up to. Then , we see qualities of being ordinary and unremarkable are worthy to wish for yesterday born daughter and that is called ” Catching of happiness .” The poem explores how one young woman should look for happiness. The poet believes that his friend ‘s daughter will find that happiness more readily if she is plain in looks and with an average intelligence. There is a fallacy in the belief that beauty , money , fame or intelligence arethe achievements that make a person worthwhile. One biographer describes Philips Larkin , Oxford graduated and England’s most recognised poet of his time , as someone who “hated fame who hated fame and didn’t want to attach himself with public literary life (cite). He is known for his clarity andand his quiet and reflective tone which evinces in this poem ” Born Yesterday ” . : : : : Information Appreciation and poem Analysis Presented by V Jayaraj Pune India July 23 , 2022 : : : : : :
Themes : : – Wishes for a new baby – The importance of finding meaning and fulfilment in the ordinary things of life – Perceiving and expressing the unexpected and rejecting convention in
There is no regular rhyming pattern, except the second stanza ends with two half-rhymed words, ‘dull’ and ‘skilled’, and finally a closing rhymed couplet, ‘enthralled’ and ‘called’. These give the end of the poem a sense of final purpose and ompleteness. ” Born Yesterday ” is lyrical , colloquial , highly original and inventive : :
“ગઈ કાલની બાળા” : : ફિલીપ્સ લાર્કિન : : ઓક્સફર્ડ ગ્રેજ્યુએટ અને ઈંગ્લેન્ડ ના ૨૦ મી સદીના ખૂબ જ જાણીતા કવિના આજીવન મિત્ર કિંગ્સલે એમિસ અને પ્રથમ પત્ની હિલી ની દીકરી ‘સેલી એમિસ’ ના જન્મના બીજા દિવસે લખેલી કવિતામાં સ્ત્રી તરીકે સુખી થવાનો યથાર્થ માર્ગ ઠરાવ્યો છે. સાદું સાધારણ , અને વિલક્ષણતા વિનાનું વ્યક્તિત્વ પણ ઈચ્છવા યોગ્ય હોય છે ; જેને કવિએ નવજાત શિશુને માટે આગળ જતા ભવિષ્યમાં આ લાયકાત કે સંમાનનીય ગુણોની ખાસિયત ધરાવે એવી પોતાની ઉત્કંઠિત ધારણાં વ્યક્ત કરી છે : અને તેને ” Catching happiness ” કહી છે. : Pending visit this post again later on to enjoy the appreciation of the poem.. . .. .
William Butler Yeats ( 1865 – 1939 ) , widely considered one of the greatest poets of the English language, received the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature. His work was greatly influenced by the heritage and politics of Ireland.A Prayer For My Daughter: : Anne : b. February 26 , 1919: At Thoor Ballylli, Ireland.
A Prayer for my Daughter W. B. Yeats
Once more the storm is howling, and half hid Under this cradle-hood and coverlid My child sleeps on. There is no obstacle But Gregory’s wood and one bare hill Whereby the haystack- and roof-levelling wind, Bred on the Atlantic, can be stayed; And for an hour I have walked and prayed Because of the great gloom that is in my mind.
I have walked and prayed for this young child an hour And heard the sea-wind scream upon the tower, And under the arches of the bridge, and scream In the elms above the flooded stream; Imagining in excited reverie That the future years had come, Dancing to a frenzied drum, Out of the murderous innocence of the sea.
May she be granted beauty and yet not Beauty to make a stranger’s eye distraught, Or hers before a looking-glass, for such, Being made beautiful overmuch, Consider beauty a sufficient end, Lose natural kindness and maybe The heart-revealing intimacy That chooses right, and never find a friend.
Helen being chosen found life flat and dull And later had much trouble from a fool, While that great Queen, that rose out of the spray, Being fatherless could have her way Yet chose a bandy-leggèd smith for man. It’s certain that fine women eat A crazy salad with their meat Whereby the Horn of Plenty is undone.
In courtesy I’d have her chiefly learned; Hearts are not had as a gift but hearts are earned By those that are not entirely beautiful; Yet many, that have played the fool For beauty’s very self, has charm made wise, And many a poor man that has roved, Loved and thought himself beloved, From a glad kindness cannot take his eyes.
May she become a flourishing hidden tree That all her thoughts may like the linnet be, And have no business but dispensing round Their magnanimities of sound, Nor but in merriment begin a chase, Nor but in merriment a quarrel. O may she live like some green laurel Rooted in one dear perpetual place.
My mind, because the minds that I have loved, The sort of beauty that I have approved, Prosper but little, has dried up of late, Yet knows that to be choked with hate May well be of all evil chances chief. If there’s no hatred in a mind Assault and battery of the wind Can never tear the linnet from the leaf.
An intellectual hatred is the worst, So let her think opinions are accursed. Have I not seen the loveliest woman born Out of the mouth of Plenty’s horn, Because of her opinionated mind Barter that horn and every good By quiet natures understood For an old bellows full of angry wind?
Considering that, all hatred driven hence, The soul recovers radical innocence And learns at last that it is self-delighting, Self-appeasing, self-affrighting, And that its own sweet will is Heaven’s will; She can, though every face should scowl And every windy quarter howl Or every bellows burst, be happy still.
And may her bridegroom bring her to a house Where all’s accustomed, ceremonious; For arrogance and hatred are the wares Peddled in the thoroughfares. How but in custom and in ceremony Are innocence and beauty born? Ceremony’s a name for the rich horn, And custom for the spreading laurel tree.::From Michael Robartes and the Dancer (Cuala Press, 1921) : : : :
This 1919 poem was written for Anne, Yeats’s daughter with Georgie Hyde Lees, whom Yeats married after his last marriage proposal to Maud Gonne was rejected in 1916. In the poem, Yeats watches his sleeping daughter and thinks of all the things he wishes for her: beauty (but not too much beauty), and a personality that is free from hatred. : : : : : : The poem speaks about the poet’s family: : his concern and anxiety over the future wellbeing and prospects of his daughter. He ponders how she will survive the difficult times ahead, in the politically turbulent times of War that instills helplessness in many fathers worried for the future of their children. He wants to see his daughter imbibed with beauty and innocence, safety, and security , well-manneres and full of humility free from hatred.He wants her to get married into an aristocratic family which is rooted in spirituality and traditional values.
Themes of the poem are : Aging , Beauty , Daughters , Innocence and Spirituality. This conversational poem tones up in the emotions like : Love & Anxiety ( of father) ; Hopes & Fear ; Uncertainty & Gloom. Poetic mind conceive the development of the themes lyrically in regular rhyme scheme of “AABBCDDC” : : Poet appeals to God and to his daughter Ann on how she grows like with attributes he envisages in 80 lines : Each of the 10 Stanzas having 8 lines. : : ” A Prayer For My Daughter” By William Butler Yeats ( 1865- 1939 ) : : : : : : : : Information Appreciation and poem Analysis Presented by V Jayaraj Pune India July 22 , 2022 : : : : ::
Stanza ( 1 ) : : ” Once more the storm is howling, and half hid Under this cradle-hood and coverlid My child sleeps on. There is no obstacle But Gregory’s wood and one bare hill Whereby the haystack- and roof-levelling wind, Bred on the Atlantic, can be stayed; And for an hour I have walked and prayed Because of the great gloom that is in my mind.” : : : : ” ફરી એકવાર , એટલાન્ટિક મહાસાગરમાંથી ઉઠતા તેજ હવાના આત્યંતિક તોફાને , ગ્રેગરી એસ્ટેટ નું ‘નામનું જંગલ’ અને ‘રડીખડી’ માંડ એક નાની ટેકરી સિવાય કોઈ અંતરાય ન હોય , હલ્લો મચાવ્યો છે જે ઘાસની ગંજીને અને છાપરાંને તાકીને દબડાવે છે. પારણાંમાં , અર્ધ ઢાંક્યું– છત્રછાયાના અને લપેટી રાખેલા – ઓઢણના રક્ષણ હેઠળ દીકરી ઉંઘે છે. અને હું , મનમાં વ્યાપ્ત ગમગીનીના અંધકાર ને લીધે , પ્રાર્થના કરતા રહીને કલાકથી ચાલી રહ્યો છું. “: : : : : ( ૧ ) : : : : : “Second Coming ” માં , યિટસ , તોફાન : ‘howling storm’ નો ઉલ્લેખ વિનાશના પ્રતીક તરીકે પ્રસ્તુત કરેલો. અહીં તેજ હવાના તોફાની વાવાઝોડા ને આયર્લેન્ડમાં / બહાર વ્યાપ્ત Anglo – Irish War ને લીધે સર્જાયેલી રાજકીય વિટંબણા રૂપે લઈ લીધી છે. આ યુદ્ધ , યિટસની દીકરી એન ના ૨૬ ફેબ્રુઆરી ૧૯૧૯ ના જન્મદિવસ ના બે દિવસ પછી શરું થયેલું. ત્યારે , ‘Thoor Ballylee'( newly purchased & renovated tower/castle after his marriage ) ટાવર ના સ્થળે યિટસ રહેલા જ્યાં આ કાવ્ય લખ્યું હતું જે પછી ૧૯૨૧ માં પ્રકાશિત થયું . The poem reflects Yeats’s complicated views on Irish Nationalism, sexuality, and is considered an important work of Modernist Poetry.
Stanza ( 2 ) : : ” I have walked and prayed for this young child an hour And heard the sea-wind scream upon the tower, And under the arches of the bridge, and scream In the elms above the flooded stream; Imagining in excited reverie That the future years had come, Dancing to a frenzied drum, Out of the murderous innocence of the sea.” : : : : ” અને ,નવજાત શિશુને માટે હું કલાક સુધી પ્રાર્થના કરતા રહીને ચાલતો રહ્યો અને મિનારાના બુરજ ઉપર દરિયાઈ પવનથી થતા ચીસકારા સાંભળ્યા અને પુલની કમાનો હેઠળ , અને વહેતા પાણીથી છલોછલ ઊભરાતા વહેળાની ઉપરના એલ્મસની અંદરનો ચીસાટો ; દરિયાની ખૂની નિર્દોષતામાંથી આવિષ્કૃત આવેશ જન્માવતા 🥁 પડઘમના થાપ ઉપર નાચતા ડોલતા આવેલા ભવિષ્યકાળના અનુમાન લગાવતા ઉત્તેજિત દિવાસ્વપ્ન માં. “: : : : : ( 2 ) : : : : : : : અહીં વર્ણવેલ દરિયામાંથી બહાર આવતું યુદધાધિન ભવિષ્યના આવનારા ઘણાં વર્ષો લગીની કલ્પનાતિત વિટંબણાઓને લગતી ચિંતા અને ભૂતિયાં ડર ને કારણે બાઈબલમાં નિર્દેશિત કથની તરફ ઈશારો સમજી શકાય એમ છે: : બાઇબલમાં great flood: મહાન પૂરનો ઉલ્લેખ , “flood stream” થયેલો છે તે , અને બુરજ ઉપર , પુલની કમાનો હેઠળ , તથા એલ્મસની અંદરના “ચીસકારા – ચીસોટો” : “sea-wind scream” – “under the arches of the bridge scream” , “scream in the elms above the flooded stream”નવી પેઢીને માટેના આવનારા ભવિષ્યના વર્ષોવર્ષ ની કવિને થતી ચિંતાના પ્રતીક છે. ‘Onomatopoeia’ word “Scream” and the “flooded stream” symbolize the poet’s overwhelming anxiety for his daughter who represents the next generations of world history. ‘ Onomatopoeia ‘ અંગ્રેજી શબ્દાલંકાર છે , જેને મળતા આવતા ગુજરાતી શબ્દો જેવા કે , કલકલાટ, કલકલિયો, સુસવાટા , વિ. રવાનુકારી શબ્દોથી આપણે સમજી શકીએ છીએ. An onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the natural sound of a thing. બાળકાવ્ય સાહિત્ય : children literature માં વપરાતી ટેકનીક , યિટસ , પોતાની નવજાત બાળકી ને લગતી ચિંતા દર્શાવવામાં પ્રયોજી છે , જે ઉપકારક રહી શકે છે. : : : : : : :: the future coming out of the sea and dances to the frenzied drum, refers to war and bloodshed : which we know now as Two World Wars, Wars in Vietnam, Korea , Asia, Iraqi wars, Indo-Pak wars, Indo- china wars, the cold war periods & the latest Russia- Ukraine war, etc. : : : : અંતિમ પંક્તિમાં આવતી ” murderous silence” : “ખૂની નિર્દોષતા” : : પરસ્પર વિરોધાભાસ : ‘ paradox ‘ સમજાવે છે : “ખૂની દુનિયાના ખૂની ખેલ” અને “નવજાત શિશુ ની નિર્દોષતા” વચ્ચેના ‘વિરોધાભાસ’ : ‘Contrast’ which also recalls the images of “blood-dimmed tide” in ‘The Second Coming’ poem By WB Yeats.
Stanza ( 3 ) : : ” May she be granted beauty and yet not Beauty to make a stranger’s eye distraught, Or hers before a looking-glass, for such, Being made beautiful overmuch, Consider beauty a sufficient end, Lose natural kindness and maybe The heart-revealing intimacy That chooses right, and never find a friend.” : ; : :
” સુંદરતા , વિહ્વળ કરવાના હેતુથી અપરિચિત વ્યક્તિની નજરમાં આવવા માટે નથી. અથવા, એ સુંદર (સ્ત્રી) ની સામે દર્પણ રાખવા માટે નથી જેથી જોઈએ એના કરતાં અતિશય વધારે સુંદરતાથી નવાજી ખૂબજ દેખાવડી બનાવે.સુંદરતા જોઈએ એટલી મળી હોય તેને સીમાંકન ગણે. સદાચારના અને સદ્ભાવનાના ગુણો દાખવવામાં સહજતા ખોવાનું થાય અને કદાચ યોગ્ય પસંદગી કરી શકતી નિકટતા હ્રદય છતું કરેઅને ( તોય ) હિતચિંતક મિત્ર , ક્યારેય નહીં મળે.”: 😦 ૩ ): :
અહીં કવિની પ્રાર્થના એ છે કે એની દીકરીને સાચી સુંદરતા પ્રાપ્ત થાય. જોનારને વિચલિત કરે એવી સુંદરતા નિરર્થક બની જાય. દરેક બાબતમાં, સુંદરતા ઉપર નિર્ભર રહે તે પણ ઈચ્છવા યોગ્ય નથી. ગર્વિષ્ઠ બનાવે તે પણ નહીં. દર્પણ સામે રાખીને , આખો દિવસ પોતાની સુંદરતા નિરખતી રહીને , વધું ને વધું દેખાવડી દેખાય તેવા પ્રયત્નોમાં સમય વિતાવે એવી સુંદરતા પણ નિરર્થક બની જાય. એમ કરવાથી , સહજ રીતે પ્રાપ્ત સાચી હિતચિંતક મિત્ર ક્યારેય નહીં મળે. Companionship is always desirable and opting for too much beauty is dangerous one. Yeats , as a father wishfully thinks her daughter to be be beautiful enough to secure a husband who is her true companion.: : : :
Stanza ( 4 ) : : : : Pending visit this post again later on to enjoy the appreciation of the poem. : : : : :
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2021: #ChoosetoChallenge 2020: #EachforEqual 2019: #BalanceforBetter 2018: #PressforProgress, 2017: #BeBoldforChange 2016: #PledgeforParity The UN also issued a 2022 theme: “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow.” The UN’s 2022 theme celebrated girls and women who are leading the charge toward a more sustainable future, and climate change response efforts.
International Women’s Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality. It is also a focal point in the women’s rights movement, bringing attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women. The UN observes the holiday in connection with a particular issue, campaign, or theme in women’s rights. In some parts of the world, IWD still reflects its political origins, being marked by protests and calls for radical change; in other areas, particularly in the West, it is largely sociocultural and centered on a celebration of womanhood.The earliest purported Women’s Day observance, called “National Woman’s Day”,was held on February 28, 1909, in New York City, organized by the Socialist Party of America at the suggestion of activist Theresa Malkiel. There have been claims that the day was commemorating a protest by women garment workers in New York on March 8, 1857, but researchers have alleged this to be a myth intended to detach International Women’s Day from its socialist origin.The following year, on March 19, 1911, the first International Women’s Day was marked by over a million people in Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland. In Austria-Hungary alone, there were 300 demonstrations, with women parading on the Ringstrasse in Vienna, carrying banners honoring the martyrs of the Paris Commune. Across Europe, women demanded the right to vote and to hold public office, and protested against employment sex discrimination. Americans continued to observe “National Women’s Day” on the last Sunday in February, while Russia observed International Women’s Day for the first time in 1913, on the last Saturday in February. In 1914, International Women’s Day was held on March 8 for the first time in Germany, possibly because that date was a Sunday. As elsewhere, Germany’s observance was dedicated to women’s right to vote, which German women did not win until 1918. Concurrently, there was a march in London in support of women’s suffrage, during which Sylvia Pankhurst was arrested in front of Charing Cross station on her way to speak in Trafalgar Square. On March 8, 1917, in Petrograd (February 23, 1917, on the Julian calendar), women textile workers began a demonstration that eventually engulfed the whole city, demanding “Bread and Peace”—an end to World War I, to food shortages, and to czarism. This marked the beginning of the February Revolution, which alongside the October Revolution, made up the second Russian Revolution. Revolutionary leader Leon Trotsky wrote, “23 February (8th March) was International Woman’s Day and meetings and actions were foreseen. But we did not imagine that this ‘Women’s Day’ would inaugurate the revolution.In 1917, Bolsheviks Alexandra Kollontai and Vladimir Lenin made IWD an official holiday in the Soviet Union and celebrated in communist countries and by the communist movement worldwide. The People’s Republic of China on October 1, 1949, the State Council proclaimed on December 23 that March 8 would be made an official holiday, with women given a half-day off. The United Nations began celebrating International Women’s Day in 1975 and the member states to proclaim March 8 as an official UN holiday for women’s rights and world peace. It has since been commemorated annually by the UN and much of the world, with each year’s observance centered on a particular theme or issue within women’s rights. The website began to promote hashtags as themes for the day, which became used internationally.The day was commemorated by business breakfasts and social media communications that were deemed by some social critics as reminiscent of Mother’s Day greetings. In 2010 , IWD drew attention to the hardships displaced women endure. On March 8, 2011, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day.President Barack Obama proclaimed March 2011 to be “Women’s History Month”, calling Americans to mark IWD by reflecting on “the extraordinary accomplishments of women” in shaping the country’s history.Red Cross called on States and other entities not to relent in their efforts to prevent rape and other forms of sexual violence that harm the lives and dignity of countless women in conflict zones around the world every year. In 2012 , Oxfam America encouraged to celebrate inspiring women in their lives by sending a free International Women’s Day e-Card or honoring a woman whose efforts had made a difference in the fight against hunger and poverty with Oxfam’s IWD Awards. On the occasion of IWD 2012, the ICRC called for more action to help the mothers and wives of people who have gone missing during armed conflicts. Many of these women face economic and practical difficulties on missing of their husbands. So , it has to be a duty of conflicting parties to search / provide informations as underlined by ICRC. The theme for IWD 2013 , was “A promise is a promise: time for action to end violence against women.”ICRC drew attention to the plight of women in prison. In view of the increase in violence against women and following the brutal attack on Malala Yousafzai in October 2012, the UN focused their attention on ending violence against women and made this the central theme for IWD 2013. UNESCO also held a concert in Paris as a “Tribute to Women in Music: from the romantic to the electronics” In 2014 , American singer Beyoncé posted an IMD video to her YouTube account. Throughout the video, her song “Flawless” plays, which includes a portion of the “We Should All Be Feminists” speech given by author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Find the Lyrics Video on top of this post , Lyrics : Given HERE In BELOW , alongwith some notes and the You Tube Link of the Video : :
OverviewLyricsListenVideosArtists Your challengers are a young group from Houston Welcome, Beyoncé, Lativia, Nina, Nicky, Kelly and Ashley The hip-hop rapping, Girls’ TYME I’m out that H-town Comin’, comin’ down I’m comin’ down, drippin’ candy on the ground H, H-town-town, I’m comin’ down Comin’ down, drippin’ candy on the ground I know when you were little girls You dreamt of bein’ in my world Don’t forget it, don’t forget it Respect that, bow down bitches (crown) I took some time to live my life But don’t think I’m just his little wife Don’t get it twisted, get it twisted This my shit, bow down bitches Bow down bitches, bow-bow down bitches (crown) Bow down bitches, bow-bow down bitches (crown) H-Town vicious, H, H-Town vicious I’m so crown-crown, bow down bitches I’m out that H-town Comin’, comin’ down I’m comin’ down, drippin’ candy on the ground H, H-town-town, I’m comin’ down Com-com-comin’ down, drippin’ candy on the ground We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller We say to girls, “You can have ambition, but not too much You should aim to be successful, but not too successful Otherwise, you will threaten the man” Because I am female, I am expected to aspire to marriage I am expected to make my life choices Always keeping in mind that marriage is the most important Now, marriage can be a source of joy and love and mutual support But why do we teach girls to aspire to marriage And we don’t teach boys the same? We raise girls to see each other as competitors Not for jobs or for accomplishments, which I think can be a good thing But for the attention of men We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings In the way that boys are Feminist, a person who believes in the social, political And economic equality of the sexes You wake up (flawless) Post up (flawless) Ridin’ ’round in it (flawless) Flossin’ on that (flawless) This diamond (flawless) My diamond (flawless) This rock (flawless) My Roc (flawless) I woke up like this, I woke up like this We flawless, ladies tell ’em I woke up like this, I woke up like this We flawless, ladies tell ’em Say, “I look so good tonight” Goddamn, goddamn Say, “I look so good tonight” Goddamn, goddamn, goddamn! Mama taught me good home training My daddy taught me how to love my haters My sister told me I should speak my mind My man made me feel so goddamn fine (I’m flawless) You wake up (flawless) Post up (flawless) Ridin’ ’round in it (flawless) Flossin’ on that (flawless) This diamond (flawless) My diamond (flawless) This rock (flawless) My Roc (flawless) I woke up like this, I woke up like this We flawless, ladies tell ’em I woke up like this, I woke up like this We flawless, ladies tell ’em Say, “I look so good tonight” Goddamn, goddamn Say, “I look so good tonight” Goddamn, goddamn, goddamn The judges give champion Skeleton Groove 4 stars A perfect score, the challenger, Girls’ TYME, receives 3 stars Skeleton Groove, champions once again Congratulations, we’ll see you next week
Songwriters: Terius Nash / Beyonce Knowles / Chauncey Alexander Hollis / Rashad Muhammad / Raymond Deandre Martin : Performed LIVE in 2013 By : Beyonce Artists : : featuring & speaker : : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie : : : :
The hard-hitting eleventh track from Bey’s self-titled record, “Flawless” is among Beyoncé’s most experimental and influential records. Perhaps the most culturally relevant track on Beyoncé, “Flawless” is largely responsible for pushing the word “feminism” back into the mainstream, and the ubiquitous “I woke up like this” is also the doing of this track.
Musically, Bey expands on a track she had released earlier in 2013, the Hit-Boy-produced “Bow Down / I Been On”.
The original single attracted criticism for what some people felt was Beyoncé’s counter-feminist stance in using the term “bitches”. Bey clarifies her intentions on the album version, incorporating a section from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TEDxEuston Talk “We Should All Be Feminists.”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 15 September 1977) is a writer from Nigeria. She has been called “the most prominent” of a “procession of critically acclaimed young anglophone authors that is succeeding in attracting a new generation of readers to African literature”.
Star Symbols ( *** ) : : The star symbols stand for the vote Girl’s Tyme, Beyoncé’s former girl group, received, when they participated to the talent show Star Search. In fact, as can be seen in this song’s official video, the judges of the show gave Girl’s Tyme 3 star, while the winners received 4 star.
“Flawless” is among Beyoncé’s most experimental and influential records. Perhaps the most culturally relevant track on Beyoncé, “Flawless” is largely responsible for pushing the word “feminism” back into the mainstream, and the ubiquitous “I woke up like this” is also the doing of this track.
Musically, Bey expands on a track she had released earlier in 2013, the Hit-Boy-produced “Bow Down / I Been On”.
The original single attracted criticism for what some people felt was Beyoncé’s counter-feminist stance in using the term “bitches”. Bey clarifies her intentions on the album version, incorporating a section from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TEDxEuston Talk “We Should All Be Feminists.”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 15 September 1977) is a writer from Nigeria. She has been called “the most prominent” of a “procession of critically acclaimed young anglophone authors that is succeeding in attracting a new generation of readers to African literature”. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said about her speech being sampled: : : :
” In October 2016, three years after the release of “***Flawless,” Adichie sat down with Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant and gave her first public comment on the song. She first started by commending Beyoncé’s artistry, saying:
In the first place: of course Beyoncé asked permission to use my texts, and I did give her permission. I think she’s lovely and I am convinced that she has nothing but the best intentions. In addition, Beyoncé is a celebrity of the first order and with this song she has reached many people who would otherwise probably never have heard the word feminism, let alone gone out and buy my essay.
However, despite having given the okay for the sample, Adichie revealed that the outcome of the song did not sit entirely right with her:
I was shocked about how many requests for an interview I received when that song was released. Literally every major newspaper in the world wanted to speak with me about Beyoncé. I felt such a resentment. I thought, “Are books really that unimportant to you?” Another thing I hated was that I read everywhere, “Now people finally know her, thanks to Beyoncé,” or, “She must be very grateful.” I found that disappointing. I thought, “I am a writer and I have been for some time and I refuse to perform in this charade that is now apparently expected of me.” Thanks to Beyoncé, my life will never be the same again. That’s why it didn’t speak about it much.”
She further commented on the difference between her meaning and portrayal of feminism versus Beyoncé’s, saying:
” Still, her type of feminism is not mine, as it is the kind that, at the same time, gives quite a lot of space to the necessity of men. I think men are lovely, but I don’t think that women should relate everything they do to men: did he hurt me, do I forgive him, did he put a ring on my finger? We women are so conditioned to relate everything to men. Put a group of women together and the conversation will eventually be about men. Put a group of men together and they will not talk about women at all, they will just talk about their own stuff. We women should spend about 20 percent of our time on men, because it’s fun, but otherwise we should also be talking about our own stuff.” : : : : : : : :
In 2015 , Governments and activists around the world commemorated the 20th anniversary year of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, an historic roadmap that set the agenda for realizing women’s rights. In 2016 , The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, said: “On the occasion of International Women’s Day, I extend warm greetings and good wishes to the women of India and thank them for their contributions over the years in the building of our nation.” Air India operated what it claimed to be the world’s longest non-stop flight where the entire flight operations were handled by women, as part of International Women’s Day celebrations. The flight, from Delhi to San Francisco, covered a distance of around 14,500 kilometers in around 17 hours. In 2017 , In a message in support of International Women’s Day, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres commented on how women’s rights were being “reduced, restricted and reversed”. With men still in leadership positions and a widening economic gender gap, he called for change “by empowering women at all levels, enabling their voices to be heard and giving them control over their own lives and over the future of our world.” In 2018 , The UN theme for International Women’s Day was: “Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives”. Also , Global marches and online campaigns such as #MeToo and #TimesUp, which originated in the United States but became popular globally, allowed many women from different parts of the world to confront injustice and speak out on issues such as sexual harassment and assault and the gender pay gap. In 2019 , The UN theme for International Women’s Day was: ‘Think equal, build smart, innovate for change’ to advance gender equality and the empowerment of women, particularly in the areas of social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure.
The federal state of Berlin marked International Women’s Day as a public holiday for the first time. In 2020 , The UN theme for International Women’s Day was: ‘I am Generation Equality’: Realizing Women’s Rights’. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, street marches occurred in London, Paris, Madrid, Brussels, Moscow and other European cities. The Aurat March in Islamabad was marred by attacks from stone throwers, after a failed attempt to have it banned as un-Islamic. In Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, the masked men reportedly attacked the march. In 2021 , UN theme for the IWD was “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”, highlighting the impact that girls and women worldwide had as health care workers, caregivers, innovators and community organizers during the COVID-19 pandemic.The hashtag theme that year was: #ChooseToChallenge. In 2022 , The UN theme for International Women’s Day is “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”, looking to highlight the contribution of women and girls around the globe, who participate in their communities promoting climate change adaptation, mitigation, and response, in order to build a more sustainable future for all. The hashtag theme for the year is #BreaktheBias and the color is purple. Beforehand , following is the yearwise UN Theme For the IWD : : : :
Year UN theme: : From 1996 through 2022 : 1996 Celebrating the Past, Planning for the Future 1997 Women and the Peace Table 1998 Women and Human Rights 1999 World Free of Violence Against Women 2000 Women Uniting for Peace 2001 Women and Peace: Women Managing Conflicts 2002 Afghan Women Today: Realities and Opportunities 2003 Gender Equality and the Millennium Development Goals 2004 Women and HIV/AIDS 2005 Gender Equality Beyond 2005; Building a More Secure Future 2006 Women in Decision-making 2007 Ending Impunity for Violence Against Women and Girls 2008 Investing in Women and Girls 2009 Women and Men United to End Violence Against Women and Girls 2010 Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities: Progress for All 2011 Equal Access to Education, Training, and Science and Technology: Pathway to Decent Work for Women 2012 Empower Rural Women, End Poverty, and Hunger 2013 A Promise is a Promise: Time for Action to End Violence Against Women 2014 Equality for Women is Progress for All 2015 Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it! 2016 Planet 50–50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality 2017 Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030 2018 Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives 2019 Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change 2020 “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights” 2021 Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world 2022 Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow. Rose 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹Though wonderful mamas should be appreciated each and every day, you should definitely make sure the moms in your life know just how much you love, appreciate, and value them on Mother’s Day, which takes place on May 8 this year. For some, finding the right words to express how you feel can be challenging, and that’s where Mother’s Day poems come in handy for presenting to grandmother, adoptive mother, mother-in-law, step-mom, guardian, or anyone else who served as a maternal figure in your life. Whether you choose to say “I love you” with a thoughtful gift, a homemade brunch, a cute DIY craft, or simply with some quality time, a beautiful poem about Mother’s Day can help add meaning to the day. Even though the words won’t come directly from you, the special mom or moms in your life will still weep over the heartfelt message written in the 20 Poems given as picture as HERE In BELOW: : For HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY : : 2 ND SUNDAY In MAY EVERY YEAR : : : : : : : : IMD & MOTHER’S DAY : FLAWLESS: Song For Girls By Beyonce with Notes : : Information Appreciation and poem compilation presented by V Jayaraj Pune India July 21 , 2022 : ; ; : : : : ;
Lucille Clifton ( 1936 – 2010 ) , the author of Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988–2000 (BOA Editions, 2000), which won the National Book Award, was elected a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets in 1999.: : “My Mama moved among the days” was first published in Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969–1980 (BOA Editions, 1987). Influenced by the Black Arts Movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s,She performed an artistic role of the matriarch , a primary concern in Clifton’s poetry, as is family history and spirituality. In Next (1987), Clifton deals with dark and often painful themes, including terminal illness, human suffering, and personal and familial changes. In Blessing the Boats, the poet uses a clear, lucid style to suggest that the problems plaguing modern society, including racism, drug abuse, and cancer, stem from the lack of a cohesive national identity. Through her account of public events from 1988 through 2000, Clifton calls into question the status of America’s collective consciousness. The elegy as it is with the speaker’s relationship with the deceased, enables her to explore the concept of self. Clifton not only recovers and reimagines her lost mother; she also excavates and evaluates her own identity.The oblique imagery suggests something of the fugitive slave or even the hunted animal : : ” seemed like what touched her couldn’t hold, she got us almost through the high grass then seemed like she turned around and ran right back in right back on in”
My Mama moved among the days like a dreamwalker in a field; seemed like what she touched was hers seemed like what touched her couldn’t hold, she got us almost through the high grass then seemed like she turned around and ran right back in right back on in
Lucille Clifton ( 1936–2010 ) : : Born in 1936 in Depew, New York, Clifton was the daughter of a steelworker and a laundress. Her mother wrote poetry, which was read to Clifton and her three siblings. Her father told her stories about their ancestors, who were slaves, emphasizing their strength and courage. Clifton attended Howard University, in Washington, D.C., as a drama major. She transferred to Fredonia State Teachers College in 1955, and there she met her future husband, a professor at the University of Buffalo. In 1959 Clifton’s mother, Thelma Sayles, an epileptic whom Clifton helped care for, died at the age of forty-four. Clifton was twenty-two at the time and this loss was to leave an indelible mark on her poetry. Her first volume of poetry Good Times followed later that year; the work was praised by the New York Times as one of the best books of 1969. Clifton also has held various positions and professorships at various Universities : Baltimore , California , Maryland, Durham, N Carolina. She served as the Poet Laureate of Maryland from 1979 through 1985. In addition to numerous literary and poetry prizes and awards, Clifton has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and has won a National Book Award for Blessing the Boats, New and Selected Poems, 1988-2000 .The many emotions springing from loss are central to Clifton’s creative enterprise. Whether writing about her own suffering or that of others, she often infuses her poems and prose with an elegiac strain. We see this in “The Magic Mama” (1969), an essay in her first book of poetry and her first book for children. Recalling her mother’s epilepsy, she writes:
” The thing to do, then, is to watch her. Always, every move. And to be afraid if she should go out of the house until finally she stops going. And worry her all the time with Mama you okay and Mama what’s the matter until she would stay home to get away from the children’s fear and shame. Shame of Mama. At night, listening for the animal sounds and rushing in to hold her arms down and try to protect her tongue; lying awake and listening so that I can rush right in and let the Daddy and kids rest, not be disturbed. Then one night, hearing and turning over and pushing the arms against the ears and trying to go on to sleep anyhow, why don’t she stop by herself, why don’t she leave me alone. Pause. And oh, Lord, rushing up and in and being extra careful, extra gentle, crying, begging the gone-away-for-a-minute lady to forgive this daughter.. again” : : : : : : : : : : : : This fluid rendering of love, sorrow, and guilt reveals the depth and complexity of Clifton’s devotion to her mother. “The Magic Mama” is an elegy in prose, a precis for the poems Clifton would go on to write both for and about her mother. She was weighing her abundantly promising life against her mother’s foreshortened, constricted one. A profound loss validates the life and creative talent. The relationship with the deceased, enables her to explore the concept of self within contexts that are personal, social, historical, and spiritual. Her mother Thelma Sayles fits into all of the categories in which Clifton places herself. During the mid to late seventies, her long-dead mother began speaking to her from beyond the grave , she revealed.Clifton wrote poems like : : “To Thelma Who Worried Because I Couldn’t Cook,” “Poem on My Fortieth Birthday to My Mother Who Died Young,” and “February 13 , 1980.” She appears to be not so much mourning a loss as she is truly at a loss for understanding why her mother had to die when she did which is stated in ” My Momma Moved Among The Days ” : ; These poems briefs an elegy through an impulse. She is recalling one of her mother’s concerns about her which is a metaphor for Thelma’s fear that her daughter will have trouble attracting a man : In the poem : : “To Thelma Who Worried Because I couldn’t cook.”: : : :
“because no man would taste you you tried to feed yourself kneading your body with your own fists. the beaten thing rose up like a dough and burst in the oven of your hunger. madam, I’m not your gifted girl, I am a woman and I know what to do.”: : : :
“My Mama moved among the days” Lucille Clifton – 1936-2010: : Information Appreciation and poem Analysis Presented by V Jayaraj Pune India July 20 , 2022 : : : : :: ભાવાનુવાદ અર્થ નિર્દેશ આસ્વાદ કાવ્યાર્થ વિચાર સંકલન વિ જયરાજ : : : : : ” મારી મમ્મી દિવસોની અવરજવરમાં ચાલી ગઈ , ખેતરાઉ રસ્તે સ્વપ્નવશ ચાલતા ‘ડ્રીમ – વોકર’ ની જેમ ; એવું લાગે કે એણે જેના ઉપર હાથ મૂક્યો તે એનું પોતાનું હતું – એનો હાથ પકડ્યો પણ એણે જવાનું ચાલું રાખ્યું. એણે અમને ખૂબ મોટાં ઘાસમાંથી સોંસરવા પસાર કરાવી બીજા છેડે લગભગ બહાર કાઢયાં. પછી , એવું લાગ્યું કે એણે પલટો ખાધો અને ઝડપથી નાસીને બરોબર પાછળ , હંમેશાની જગ્યાએ પુનઃઅંદર પાછી ચાલી ગઈ.”
લ્યુસિલૅ ક્લિફ્ટન નું આ કાવ્ય પુત્રો – પુત્રીઓ ના જીવનમાં માતાનું અર્થપૂર્ણ પ્રદાન વિશિષ્ટ રીતે સમજાવે છે. કાવ્ય સૂર , દુઃખ કરતા વધારે નિરાશાપૂર્ણ લાગે છે. 1959માં ક્લિફ્ટનની માતા, લોન્ડ્રિસ નું કામ કરતી બીઝનેસ વુમન : થેલ્મા સાયલ્સ, એક વાઈના Epilepsy ની પેશન્ટ હતી જેની સંભાળમાં ક્લિફ્ટને મદદ કરી હતી, તે 44 વર્ષની ઘણી વહેલી ઉંમરે મૃત્યુ પામી જ્યારે ક્લિફ્ટન ૨૨ વર્ષ ની હતી. થેલ્મા બહું થોડું ભણી હતી પણ કવિતાઓ લખતી અને પુત્રીને પણ વાંચી સંભળાવતી. ક્લિફ્ટને કહ્યાં પ્રમાણે સિત્તેરના દાયકાના મધ્યથી અંતમાં, તેની લાંબા સમયથી મૃત માતાએ તેની સાથે કબરની બહારથી વાત કરવાનું શરૂ કર્યું. “[થેલ્મા] સાથેના આ વણમાગ્યા, અણધાર્યા અલૌકિક સંપર્કે , ક્લિફ્ટનના આધ્યાત્મિક ક્ષેત્રના સભાન ખેડાણ થતા રહ્યાં. ક્લિફ્ટને તેની ખોવાયેલી માતાને પુનઃપ્રાપ્ત કરે એવી પુનઃકલ્પના કરતી કાવ્ય રચનાઓ લખી , તેમાંની એક તે ” My Momma Moved Among The Days” : : મૃતક માતા સાથેનો પુત્રીનો સંબંધ “Elegy” શોક પ્રશસ્તિ : યશોગાન : બનીને અભિવ્યક્ત થાય છે. માતાએ આટલું વહેલું કેમ મૃત્યુ પામી ચાલી જવું પડે !? તેની ખોટ સાલે , જવાબ ન મળે. ખૂબ ઊંચા મોટાં ઘાસમાંથી પરિવારને અપાર મુશ્કેલીઓ લાવતા દિવસોમાંથી , પાધરાં : ક્ષેમકુશળ બહાર કાઢયાં ; જેને કારણે રોજની અવરજવરમાં ચાલ્યા રહેવાનો ક્રમ : “ડ્રીમ વોકર” : સ્વપ્નાવસ્થામાં : રાખે : તે રૂપક metaphor સૂચવે છે : epileptic activity in the brain causing ‘seizures’, etc. She was conscious or not of her actions like ‘dreamwalking’ , crushing/ biting own tongue , etc. She wouldn’t even feel its pain. And this happens many a days , week by week ; its ramifications were plenty and sudden. “ She turned around and went back on in. “ which Reminds how she would frequently go in and out of times of mental illness crises. ” એનો હાથ પકડ્યો પણ એણે જવાનું ચાલું રાખ્યું.” સંભાળ રાખનારે/ પુત્રીએ રોકવાની કોશિશ કરી પણ , એની અસર થાય નહીં , કારણકે , એને પોતાને પણ જાણ રહે નહીં કે , વાઈના હુમલા દરમિયાન અને પછી પણ , અભાન અવસ્થામાં અને તેમાંથી બહાર નીકળ્યા પછી જાગ્રત અવસ્થામાં , શું શું વીત્યું હતું !? અને આવા દિવસોની અવરજવરમાંથી એક દિવસે , પરિવારને , ઊંચા ઘાસમાં થી બહાર કાઢીને , ” એણે પલટો ખાધો અને ઝડપથી નાસીને બરોબર પાછળ હંમેશાની જગ્યાએ પુનઃઅંદર પાછી ચાલી ગઈ.” જે મૃતકોક્તિ બને છે. The pain of emotional and mental disconnection while still being physically present. And its spiritual experience is what we listen to the speaker Poetess in her beautiful poem : ” My Mother Moved Among The Days” : : : : Emotions and sufferings ; dismay and reticence springing from the loss of Mother : : દૃશ્ય ચિત્ર દ્વારા દર્શાવેલ દર્દ આથી વિશેષપણે , વધુમાં કહી શકાય નહીં : પીડાજનક ધ્રાસ્કા પડતા હોય ત્યારે ઓછાબોલી કવિતા લખી વાંચી ચલાવી લેવું પડે :: ભાવાનુવાદ અર્થ નિર્દેશ આસ્વાદ કાવ્યાર્થ વિચાર સંકલન વિ જયરાજ : : જુલાઈ ૨૦ , ૨૦૨૨ : : પૂણે ઈન્ડિયા : : અષાઢ વદ સાતમ : : : : : : : : : :
Here is a collection of the words for some Mother’s Day songs and rhymes that can be used for Preschool, PreK and Kindergarten children.
Tune: Frere Jacques I love Mommy, I love Mommy, Yes I do, yes I do All I want to say Is “Happy Mother’s Day” I love you, I love you!
Tune: Up on the Housetop I love my mommy, yessiree! She is very good to me! She makes me dinner and yummy treats, That’s my mom and she’s real neat! Oh, oh, oh, who wouldn’t know, Oh, oh, oh, who wouldn’t know, I love my mommy and she loves me, That’s the way it’s supposed to be! Tune: Six Little Ducks Five little mommies I once knew, Nice ones, pretty ones, cool ones, too, And the one in the middle that belongs to me… I love her and she loves me! Down to the supermarket we would go, Wibble – wobble, wibble – wobble, to and fro, And the one in the middle that belongs to me, I love her and she loves me!
Tune: Twinkle, twinkle little star Sometimes, Mom says, “Don’t do this,” Sometimes, Mom says, “Don’t do that,” She still loves me, yes, that I know. Why? Because she tells me so. Sometimes, Mom says, “Let’s do this!” Sometimes, Mom says, “Kiss, kiss, kiss!” Tune: Mary had a little lamb Mommy takes good care of me, Care of me, care of me, Mommy takes good care of me, Because she loves me so. Tune: London Bridge Mommy, it’s your special day, And it’s time for me to say – I’m glad for all the things you do. Thank you, Mommy, I love you!
Sung to: Oscar Meyer song Oh, my mother has a special name. It s M-O-M-M-Y! My mother has a special name. It s M-O-M-M-Y! Oh, I love to hug her every day. And when I kiss her, I will say, Mommy, mommy, I love you – I L-O-V-E Y-O-U! Tune: Frere Jacques We love mothers. We love mothers. Yes we do; yes we do. Mothers are for hugging Mothers are for kissing We love you; yes, we do. Activity page Tune: This Old Man Mother’s Day, Mother’s Day, Is a very special day. Here’s a great big hug And lots of kisses too. Each one says that I love you! Tune: You are my Sunshine I love you mommy My sweetie mommy, You make me happy When I am sad. I want to tell you How much I love you! When I’m with you I am so glad!
Tune: Bingo I love her and she loves me, And Mommy is her name-o, M-O-M-M-Y M-O-M-M-Y M-O-M-M-Y And Mommy is her name-o! Five flower baskets sitting on the floor. One will go to _____’s mom, then there will be four. Four flower baskets, pretty as can be. One will go to _____ ‘s mom, then there will be three. Three flower baskets with flowers red and blue. One will go to ______’s mom, then there will be two. Two flower baskets, bright as the sun. One will go to ______’s mom, then there will be one. One flower basket, where’s it going to go? To my very own mommy, who is the nicest one I know.
Tune:Bye Bye Birdie I love you Mommy, oh yes I do I love you Mommy, and it is true, When you’re not with me, I’m blue – Oh Mommy, I love you! Tune: The More we Get Together I really love my Mommy, my Mommy, my Mommy, I really love my Mommy, I love her so much. She feeds me and dresses me, she hugs me and kisses me – I really love my Mommy, I love her so much! Tune: Happy Birthday Happy Mother’s Day to you. Happy Mother’s Day to you. Happy Mother’s Day, dear Mommy, Happy Mother’s Day to you Tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb Mommy, Mommy, I love you. Yes, I do. I love you. For all the nice things that you do, Mommy, I love you. Tune: Yankee Doodle I picked some flowers for my mom, To make a nice bouquet, I’ll give her a hug and a great big smile And say Happy Mother’s Day!
Tune: Frere Jacques My Mom’s special, my Mom’s special, Special to me, special to me, I love my Mommy, Mommy loves me, too, Lucky me, lucky me.
Tune: Jingle Bells Mother’s Day, Mother’s Day, Happy Mother’s Day! Here’s a gift I’ll give to you, on this Mother’s Day-ay I’ll clean my room, I’ll make my bed, I’ll put my toys away. I’ll do all this just for you, on this Mother’s Day.
When the moon appears and a few wind-stricken barns stand out in the low-domed hills and shine with a light that is veiled and dust-filled and that floats upon the fields, my mother, with her hair in a bun, her face in shadow, and the smoke from her cigarette coiling close to the faint yellow sheen of her dress, stands near the house and watches the seepage of late light down through the sedges, the last gray islands of cloud taken from view, and the wind ruffling the moon’s ash-colored coat on the black bay.
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Soon the house, with its shades drawn closed, will send small carpets of lampglow into the haze and the bay will begin its loud heaving and the pines, frayed finials climbing the hill, will seem to graze the dim cinders of heaven. And my mother will stare into the starlanes, the endless tunnels of nothing, and as she gazes, under the hour’s spell, she will think how we yield each night to the soundless storms of decay that tear at the folding flesh, and she will not know why she is here or what she is prisoner of if not the conditions of love that brought her to this.
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My mother will go indoors and the fields, the bare stones will drift in peace, small creatures — the mouse and the swift — will sleep at opposite ends of the house. Only the cricket will be up, repeating its one shrill note to the rotten boards of the porch, to the rusted screens, to the air, to the rimless dark, to the sea that keeps to itself. Why should my mother awake? The earth is not yet a garden about to be turned. The stars are not yet bells that ring at night for the lost. It is much too late.
“જ્યારે ચંદ્ર નીકળે , અને થોડીએક ખળીના છાપરાં , ડુંગરાળ ચંદરવાના પટ્ટમાં પ્રકાશિત ચમકારા સાથે , આહત પહોંચાડતા પવનને સહેતા ઊભા હોય અને ધૂળ- ભરીને ઢાંકપિછોડો પાથર્યા – ગોચર ઉપર (ચાંદની) તરવરે
મારી માતા, અંધારિયા ઓળાં પડ્યા , અંબોડે સજ્યા- ચહેરા સાથે , એની સિગારેટની ધૂમ્રસેરના સંવૃત વીંટાળાથી ચમકને ઝાંખા પાડતા પીળા પોશાકમાં ઘરની પાસે ઊભી છે ; અને દર્ભઘાસમાં થઈને નીચે તરફ પડતું છેલ્લુંવેલ્લું અજવાળું , દૃષ્ટિ ફેરવતા છેલ્લા ભૂખરા વાદળ – દ્વીપના ટૂકડા, અને પવનથી કાળી અટારી પરે અસ્ત વ્યસ્ત થતા ચંદ્રના તોરણ તાકીને જોયા કરે છે.”
માર્ક સ્ટ્રેન્ડ ની ” મારી માતા, ઉનાળાની આખરે એક સાંજે ” : ચડિયાતી ઊર્મિલ કાવ્ય કૃતિ છે : : કરુણ અંગત ભાવનાત્મક વિવશતા અને મર્મભેદક લાગણીઓ ખૂબજ ઉત્કટતા થી વ્યક્ત થઈ છે. સમૃદ્ધ રૂપકો ની ભરમાર , કેટલીક પંક્તિઓમાં વિહ્વળતા વ્યક્ત થતા બારીકાઈથી ભીતિસંચાર પણ પ્રવેશ કરે , અને એ કાવ્યાત્મક ઉદ્દેશને ઉપકારક રહ્યો છે ; તો ક્યાંક આત્યોક્તિરૂપ બની જાય નહીં તે પણ અટકાવી શકે છે.
“થોડા જ વખતમાં , સંકેલ્યા છાયાપટ રહિત ઘર , લેમ્પના ઝગઝગતા પ્રકાશના પાથરણાં મોકલીને ધુમ્મસાધિન કરશે , અને દરિયો એના મોટા મોજા ઉછાળીને તેમજ પાઈન વૃક્ષો , શિખાન્ત કળશી ( સ્તુપિકા ) ઊંચા થઈને , ઊંચે ડુંગર ઉપર ચઢતા ચઢતા ચરતા હોય એમ દેખાશે , સળગીને ઠંડા પડેલા સ્વર્ગના અંગારા ,અને મારી માતા એકીટસે જોઈ રહેશે સિતારાની હારો વચ્ચેની ગલીઓને , શૂન્યતાના અનંત ભૂગર્ભી રસ્તાઓને ; અને એ તે ઘડીએ મંત્રમુગ્ધ થઈ સ્તબ્ધતાથી જો’તી રહેશે , એને થશે ચૂપકીદીથી ધસી આવતી દૂર્બળતા જે માનવદેહ ને સળ પરેથી વાળીને અસ્વસ્થ કરે , પ્રત્યેક રાત્રે તેમાં કેવી રીતે શું ઉપજ્યું ! અને એ જાણશે નહીં એ અહીં શા કાજે છે , અથવા શું એ બંદીવાન છે , જો એને અહીં લાવવામાં પ્રણયાસક્તિની સ્વરૂપાસર નહીં હોય.”
Pending : More on its way : visit this post again later on to enjoy the appreciation of the poem : : ભાવાનુવાદ અર્થ નિર્દેશ આસ્વાદ કાવ્યાર્થ વિચાર વિ જયરાજ : : જુલાઈ ૧૮ , ૨૦૨૨ : : પૂણે ઈન્ડિયા:
