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Jelly Bo Lee is an imaginary place described in the poem. It is not a real city. The poet uses this name probably for poetic effect. Read summary of this poem.
Jelly Bo Lee is an imaginary place described in the poem. It is not a real city. The poet uses this name probably for poetic effect.
See lessThe Duck and The Kangaroo is a humorous poem belonging to a genre called nonsense poetry. Read summary of this poem.
The Duck and The Kangaroo is a humorous poem belonging to a genre called nonsense poetry.
See lessFollowing literary devices/figures of speech have been used in the poem The Duck and The Kangaroo: Alliteration: It is the use of the same sound at the beginning of words that are close together. e.g. "Good gracious! how you hop!", "I would sit quite still, and say nothing", "This requires some littRead more
Following literary devices/figures of speech have been used in the poem The Duck and The Kangaroo:
The poem A Legend of the Northland is a ballad because it narrates a story which is popular among the people of Northland and the origin of this story is unknown. It has been passed from generation to generation. Read summary of this poem.
Saint Peters was a great religious saint of Christianity who used to travel the world in order to preach religious teaching and morals. Read summary of this poem.
Saint Peters was a great religious saint of Christianity who used to travel the world in order to preach religious teaching and morals.
See lessA legend is a long mythical and traditional story which is quite old and often historical. However most of the times, it is not true. This poem is called A Legend of the Northland because the story which the poet narrates is quite famous in Northland and has supernatural events which do not occur inRead more
A legend is a long mythical and traditional story which is quite old and often historical. However most of the times, it is not true. This poem is called A Legend of the Northland because the story which the poet narrates is quite famous in Northland and has supernatural events which do not occur in real life. However the story has a moral. This is why people pass it from generation to generation in order to tell young ones the outcome of greed.
See lessThe poem is titled as "A Legend of the Northland" as in this poem the poet narrates a legend (story) which is famous and known in Northland. This legend has a moral lesson. Hence the poet narrates it to us so that we may also know how greed can destroy us. This legend is of a woman who was transformRead more
The poem is titled as “A Legend of the Northland” as in this poem the poet narrates a legend (story) which is famous and known in Northland. This legend has a moral lesson. Hence the poet narrates it to us so that we may also know how greed can destroy us. This legend is of a woman who was transformed into a bird because of her excessive greed.
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The poem A Legend of the Northland is based on the theme of greed. In this poem, Saint Peter who is a religious man, gets extremely hungry because of wandering the whole day. He reaches a home in which a woman is making cakes. Saint Peter asks the lady to give him one cake so that he make be able toRead more
The poem A Legend of the Northland is based on the theme of greed. In this poem, Saint Peter who is a religious man, gets extremely hungry because of wandering the whole day. He reaches a home in which a woman is making cakes.
Saint Peter asks the lady to give him one cake so that he make be able to fill his empty stomach. However the lady is greedy. She prepares a small cake for Saint but after cooking it she feels that it is too big and then again creates a cake which is more smaller in size and refuses to give that as well. She then makes a tiny piece which again looks too big to give away and finally refuses to give it to Saint Peter.
Saint Peter gets angry and curses her. She is transformed into a woodpecker and flies away. Now, as a bird she lives a very hard life. The whole day she keeps searching for food and shelter. Through this poem, the narrator tries to tell us that greed is curse for us. We should never be miser. Instead we should be generous and try to help the needy.
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The poem A Legend of the Northland conveys the message that we should not be greedy, selfish and must always be ready to help those in need.
The poem A Legend of the Northland conveys the message that we should not be greedy, selfish and must always be ready to help those in need.
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The message of the poem The Duck and The Kangaroo is that life is meant to be enjoyed. The duck is tired of living in a small pond. Hence he desires to escape from the small space and do adventure with the kangaroo. So, we should also travel the world because our world is too big and we should not sRead more
The message of the poem The Duck and The Kangaroo is that life is meant to be enjoyed. The duck is tired of living in a small pond. Hence he desires to escape from the small space and do adventure with the kangaroo.
So, we should also travel the world because our world is too big and we should not spend our lives in a small area. In addition, there is also another theme which is the theme of the friendship. Kangaroo tells the duck that he is irritated by the wet and cold feet of the latter. The duck acknowledges this and buys three pairs of socks, a cloak and cigars to avoid irritating the kangaroo. Hence their friendship is based on sacrifice and compromise.
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