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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    Rabindranath Tagore who is a Nobel Prize laureate, an Indian poet and author wrote the poem The Last Bargain. Read summary of this poem.

    Rabindranath Tagore who is a Nobel Prize laureate, an Indian poet and author wrote the poem The Last Bargain.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The king wanted to make the speaker his servant by showing his might and power. He thought that like others, the speaker will also submit himself before his power. However the speaker found that the power of king is not eternal and will go away one day. Read summary of this poem.

    The king wanted to make the speaker his servant by showing his might and power. He thought that like others, the speaker will also submit himself before his power. However the speaker found that the power of king is not eternal and will go away one day.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The central idea of the poem The Last Bargain is that all the worldly pleasures including power, wealth and beauty are worthless and short living. For eternal peace one should give up the desire to acquire material things. The person without desires and without power, wealth and beauty is  peacefulRead more

    The central idea of the poem The Last Bargain is that all the worldly pleasures including power, wealth and beauty are worthless and short living. For eternal peace one should give up the desire to acquire material things. The person without desires and without power, wealth and beauty is  peaceful because he has no fear of losing these things.

    Those who desire worldly things become servants of power, wealth and beauty. They cannot enjoy what a free man can enjoy.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The speaker simply accepted the offer of nothing which the child gave and thus became a free man in the poem The Last Bargain by Rabindranath Tagore. Read summary of this poem.

    The speaker simply accepted the offer of nothing which the child gave and thus became a free man in the poem The Last Bargain by Rabindranath Tagore.

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    Charishma .K
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    Alliteration- King came; He held my hand; my money; one by one; Sun, Sea, Sand;  waves waywardly; made me a free man. Symbolism- Morning Stone paved road Sword in hand  Mid-day  Crooked lanes  Smile  Evening  Dark  Bag of gold Hedge Nothing   Playing with shells   Synecdoche- Bag of gold; SmileRead more

    Alliteration- King came; He held my hand; my money; one by one; Sun, Sea, Sand;  waves waywardly; made me a free man.

    Symbolism-

    • Morning
    • Stone paved road
    • Sword in hand 
    • Mid-day 
    • Crooked lanes 
    • Smile 
    • Evening 
    • Dark 
    • Bag of gold
    • Hedge
    • Nothing  
    • Playing with shells

     

    Synecdoche- Bag of gold; Smile

     

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  1. Poonam Sharma
    Poonam Sharma literarian

    This is the beginning line of Zulfikar Ghose's poem Geography Lesson. It means that when the jet i.e. airplane sprang i.e took off in to the sky (went to height). Read summary of this poem.

    This is the beginning line of Zulfikar Ghose’s poem Geography Lesson. It means that when the jet i.e. airplane sprang i.e took off in to the sky (went to height).

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  1. Poonam Sharma
    Poonam Sharma literarian

    The line means that when the airplane went to height, the large houses and the city began looking very smile. A mile which is quite big looked like just six inches from above. Read summary of this poem.

    The line means that when the airplane went to height, the large houses and the city began looking very smile. A mile which is quite big looked like just six inches from above.

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  1. Poonam Sharma
    Poonam Sharma literarian

    The message of the poem is peace. The poet is unhappy with the division of people and their hate for each other. He couldn't understand why they divide the land of earth though it is one. The poem gives the message of living with each other peacefully. We should have fraternity and brotherhood amongRead more

    The message of the poem is peace. The poet is unhappy with the division of people and their hate for each other. He couldn’t understand why they divide the land of earth though it is one.

    The poem gives the message of living with each other peacefully. We should have fraternity and brotherhood among ourselves.

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    Poonam Sharma literarian

    The moral of the poem Geography Lesson is that we should not fight with each other and live peacefully. Earth is one and so should we. Earth provides us with everything. We should not shed blood on it neither divide it by borders. Read summary of this poem.

    The moral of the poem Geography Lesson is that we should not fight with each other and live peacefully. Earth is one and so should we. Earth provides us with everything. We should not shed blood on it neither divide it by borders.

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    Amna Ather

    The land and water facility attracts people. It was the logic of geography. From a height if six miles, he noticed that the earth was round and had more sea than land. But he failed to understand why people hate each other, divide the land into separate units and want kill each other for minute dispRead more

    The land and water facility attracts people. It was the logic of geography. From a height if six miles, he noticed that the earth was round and had more sea than land. But he failed to understand why people hate each other, divide the land into separate units and want kill each other for minute disputes.

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