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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The poem The Gift of India by Sarojini Naidu is written for the Indian soldiers who fought for the British in World War 1. The speaker here is the India or Mother India who is personified as the mother of all those children. As mother, India tells the world that she has never denied anything to themRead more

    The poem The Gift of India by Sarojini Naidu is written for the Indian soldiers who fought for the British in World War 1. The speaker here is the India or Mother India who is personified as the mother of all those children.

    As mother, India tells the world that she has never denied anything to them. She even gave her priceless sons to them which were though inseparable from her.

    She weeps for the loss inflicted on her by the world. Her sons were made to fight on foreign lands who died there and were buried in groups. Thus the victory is nothing for her because she is seeing beyond it i.e. the blood and the pain of the soldiers.

    She also feels proud that she has given birth to such brave and courageous sons who fought fearlessly and sacrificed their lives.

    In the end she says that when peace will be restored and everything will be normal, her sons, their contributions and sacrifices will be remembered by the people.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The Frog and the Nightingale by Vikram Seth is a symbolic poem in which the poet explains why self-confidence is important and that why one should do the things which he loves. In the poem, the frog maintains its status because of its confidence though it has no talent. On the other hand, the nightiRead more

    The Frog and the Nightingale by Vikram Seth is a symbolic poem in which the poet explains why self-confidence is important and that why one should do the things which he loves.

    In the poem, the frog maintains its status because of its confidence though it has no talent. On the other hand, the nightingale in spite of having talent dooms to death because it lacks self-confidence and is trapped in the words of the frog.

    Thus in this world, one should always have confidence in himself and should never allow anyone else to interfere in his life. One can enjoy his life and succeed only when he loving doing his work and never allows anybody to change him.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The poem In the Bazaars of Hyderabad is a poem full of imagery i.e. it touches all the senses of humans. Following images are used in the poem: Visual Imagery: It appeals to the sense of sight. The poet describes things in vibrant colours like silver, crimson, purple, amber, blue, azure, red and whiRead more

    The poem In the Bazaars of Hyderabad is a poem full of imagery i.e. it touches all the senses of humans. Following images are used in the poem:

    1. Visual Imagery: It appeals to the sense of sight. The poet describes things in vibrant colours like silver, crimson, purple, amber, blue, azure, red and white.
    2. Olfactory Imagery: It appeals to the sense of smell. e.g. smell of sandalwood, henna and spice.
    3. Auditory Imagery: It appeals to the sense of hearing. e.g. The playing of Cithar, sarangi and drum.
    4. Gustatory Imagery: It appeals to the sense of taste. e.g. the taste of citron, pomegranate and plum.
    5. Tactile Imagery: It appeals to the sense of touch. e.g. bells of the pigoens.

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    Following literary devices/figures of speech have been used in the poem Palanquin Bearers: Simile: It is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind using "like" or "as". In the poem, we find ample of examples of simile. e.g. "She sways like a flowRead more

    Following literary devices/figures of speech have been used in the poem Palanquin Bearers:

    1. Simile: It is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind using “like” or “as”. In the poem, we find ample of examples of simile. e.g. “She sways like a flower”, “She skims like a bird”, “She floats like a laugh”, “We bear her along like a pearl on a string”, “She hangs like a star”, “She springs like a beam”, “She falls like a tear “.
    2. Metaphor: It is a figure of speech involving direct comparison of two different things, without the use of as or like. e.g. “wind of our song”. In this phrase, the poet calls melody as wind. “brow of the tide”. Here the top layer of water tide is called brow.
    3. Personification: It involves attribution of human characteristics to non-human things. e.g. “lips of a dream”, “brow of the tide”.
    4. Repetition: It is a figure of speech involving repetition of words or phrases for poetic effect. e.g. “Lightly, O lightly”, “Gaily, O gaily”, “Softly, O softly”.
    5. Alliteration: It is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. e.g. “She floats like a laugh from the lips”, “She springs like a beam on the brow of the tide”.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The author has tried to do justice to the culture and customs of the land and its people. The use of environmental and natural vistas is ornate and gives a sense of presence to the entire meeting. The attributes like deference, hospitality, gratitude, care, goodness etc are displayed in the characteRead more

    The author has tried to do justice to the culture and customs of the land and its people. The use of environmental and natural vistas is ornate and gives a sense of presence to the entire meeting.

    The attributes like deference, hospitality, gratitude, care, goodness etc are displayed in the characters of the story. This is undoubtedly a tribute to the people of the Philippines and a eulogy to their ways, proclivities and conduct.

    The story is grounded against the screen of colonial intrusion into the Filipino society which was a time of flux and massive changes. It depicts a-balancing act between the known and the strange, between the traditional and the modern, a twist of mundane with the unconventional.

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