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    Abou requested the Angel to write down his name in the book of gold as he was the one who “loves his fellow men.” Read summary of Abou Ben Adhem

    Abou requested the Angel to write down his name in the book of gold as he was the one who “loves his fellow men.”

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    The Angel wrote down Abou’s name per his request in the book of gold and vanished into the night. The next night, the Angel appeared again and showed Abou that his name topped the list of the names “whom love of God had blest.” Read summary of Abou Ben Adhem

    The Angel wrote down Abou’s name per his request in the book of gold and vanished into the night.
    The next night, the Angel appeared again and showed Abou that his name topped the list of the names “whom love of God had blest.”

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    Abou was not happy on hearing the Angel’s reply as he, too, had hoped his name to be there in the book of gold amidst other’s “names of those who love the Lord.” Read summary of Abou Ben Adhem

    Abou was not happy on hearing the Angel’s reply as he, too, had hoped his name to be there in the book of gold amidst other’s “names of those who love the Lord.”

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    Abou spoke a little low the previous night to the Angel as he was disappointed to not find his name in the list of “names of who love the Lord.” Read summary of Abou Ben Adhem

    Abou spoke a little low the previous night to the Angel as he was disappointed to not find his name in the list of “names of who love the Lord.”

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    Abou Ben Adhem is a simple man with no high demands from life. He is a man of peace, has an “exceeding peace of mind” and loves his fellow men more than God. He is bold as he is seen not scared from speaking to an Angel. He has a charming personality and even in times of distress speaks “cheerfully.Read more

    Abou Ben Adhem is a simple man with no high demands from life. He is a man of peace, has an “exceeding peace of mind” and loves his fellow men more than God. He is bold as he is seen not scared from speaking to an Angel. He has a charming personality and even in times of distress speaks “cheerfully.”

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    The following literary devices have been used in the poem “I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud“. Simile lonely as a cloud as the stars that shine Hyperbole Ten thousand saw I at a glance stretched in never-ending line Personification a crowd, a host, of golden daffodils dancing in the breeze. Tossing theirRead more

    The following literary devices have been used in the poem “I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud“.

    Simile

    • lonely as a cloud
    • as the stars that shine

    Hyperbole

    • Ten thousand saw I at a glance
    • stretched in never-ending line

    Personification

    • a crowd, a host, of golden daffodils
    • dancing in the breeze.
    • Tossing their heads in sprightly dance
    • waves beside them danced
    • inward eye
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    The poem On His Blindness by John Milton is about poet’s journey from mourning over the loss of his eyesight to his submission and acceptance of God’s Will. The poem is a sonnet. Stanza 1 In the first stanza, the poet thinks how he used to write poetry by using the talent which was given to him. HowRead more

    The poem On His Blindness by John Milton is about poet’s journey from mourning over the loss of his eyesight to his submission and acceptance of God’s Will. The poem is a sonnet.

    Stanza 1

    In the first stanza, the poet thinks how he used to write poetry by using the talent which was given to him. However, it is useless now as he has lost his eyesight and this talent is rather a burden for him which he has to bear.
    In this stanza, we find the poet’s sorrowful condition because of his inability to use his talent. Without his eyesight, the talent of writing poetry is nothing but a burden for him.

    Stanza 2

    In Stanza 2, the poet is questioning himself how God will treat him on the Day of Judgement because of his inability to use the talent of writing poetry. The poet in this stanza seems to be frightened of Day of Judgement.

    Stanza 3

    In this stanza, he tries to calm himself by telling himself that God will not inquire about his talent as He Himself has taken away his eyesight. Thus the poet seems to have accepted his fate. According to him, by bearing the burden of blindness, he will be serving God.

    Couplet

    In the final couplet, the poet quotes the example of angels. Some angels serve God by obeying His orders who other serve just by standing and waiting.
    The poem also reflects the poet’s firm belief in God.

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    The poem “On His Blindness” by John Milton describes the poet’s sorrow and grief over the loss of his eyesight and ultimately, in the end, his submission to God’s Will. The poem begins with the poet memorising how he served humanity by writing poetry when he had eyesight. Now that he has lost his eyRead more

    The poem “On His Blindness” by John Milton describes the poet’s sorrow and grief over the loss of his eyesight and ultimately, in the end, his submission to God’s Will. The poem begins with the poet memorising how he served humanity by writing poetry when he had eyesight.

    Now that he has lost his eyesight, he is unable to write poetry and thus he can neither serve humanity nor God. He fears that God will ask him about his talent on the Day of Judgement. But he soon realises that God does not need anybody’s work. He will be serving God if he bears his blindness.

    He quotes the example of two types of angels who serve God. Some of them take His orders across the seas at the speed of light. However, there are some other angels as well who just stand and wait and still serving Him.

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    The line has been taken from the famous poem “On His Blindness” written by John Milton. In this poem, the poet who is now blind mourns over the fact that he cannot use the talent given by God (of writing poetry) because of his blindness. It has been wasted. In the beginning lines, he fears that GodRead more

    The line has been taken from the famous poem “On His Blindness” written by John Milton. In this poem, the poet who is now blind mourns over the fact that he cannot use the talent given by God (of writing poetry) because of his blindness. It has been wasted. In the beginning lines, he fears that God will ask him how he used his talent and he will not be able to answer him.

    However, soon he relieves himself by thinking that God does not need anybody’s work and he will not ask about his talent after taking away his eyesight. In the end, he talks about the angels who serve God. According to the poet, there are some other angels as well who just stand and wait. Though they do nothing, yet they are serving Him.

    Similarly, he is also serving God just by bearing his blindness.

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