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  1. The main idea of this poem is a garden in the heart where thoughts and emotions bloom like flowers and grow like trees. The poet believes that everything that grows in this garden in the heart is beautiful and will show her the path to her soul.   The Garden Within Summary

    The main idea of this poem is a garden in the heart where thoughts and emotions bloom like flowers and grow like trees. The poet believes that everything that grows in this garden in the heart is beautiful and will show her the path to her soul.

     

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  1. The rhyme scheme of this poem is XaXa XbXb XcXc XdXd, with X standing for the lines that do not end with rhyming words.   The Garden Within Summary

    The rhyme scheme of this poem is XaXa XbXb XcXc XdXd, with X standing for the lines that do not end with rhyming words.

     

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  1. Simile- A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things. Example- “The reddest flower would look as pale as snow” Alliteration- It is the occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of closely connected words. Examples- “drop down”, “sorely in the stooping”, “fall upon our faces”Read more

    1. Simile– A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things. Example- “The reddest flower would look as pale as snow”
    2. Alliteration– It is the occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of closely connected words. Examples- “drop down”, “sorely in the stooping”, “fall upon our faces”

     

    The Cry of Children Summary

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  1. The poet brings forth the horrors of the Industrial Revolution and the cruelties of child labour through this poem. We see how the children have almost become corpses- with red eyes and exhausted bodies that cannot work anymore. The poem is a critique of child labour and shows us how it takes away cRead more

    The poet brings forth the horrors of the Industrial Revolution and the cruelties of child labour through this poem. We see how the children have almost become corpses- with red eyes and exhausted bodies that cannot work anymore. The poem is a critique of child labour and shows us how it takes away children’s dreams and childhood.

     

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  1. Imagery- Imagery refers to the elements of a poem that engage a reader’s senses. Examples- “the smell of the shiuli flowers floats in the air”, “the scent of my mother”, “the blue of the distant sky”, “the stillness of my mother’s gaze” Enjambment- It is the continuation of a sentence to multiple liRead more

    1. Imagery– Imagery refers to the elements of a poem that engage a reader’s senses. Examples- “the smell of the shiuli flowers floats in the air”, “the scent of my mother”, “the blue of the distant sky”, “the stillness of my mother’s gaze”
    2. Enjambment– It is the continuation of a sentence to multiple lines. Every stanza here is an example of enjambment.
    3. Simile– A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things. Example- “the scent of the morning service in the temple/ comes to me as the scent of my mother”

    My Mother Summary

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  1. The main idea of this poem is the way a mother’s love and touch can never be lost, even if she is long gone. Even though the poet barely remembers his mother, he feels her presence around his playthings, in the scent of morning service, and in the blue sky.   My Mother Summary

    The main idea of this poem is the way a mother’s love and touch can never be lost, even if she is long gone. Even though the poet barely remembers his mother, he feels her presence around his playthings, in the scent of morning service, and in the blue sky.

     

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