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Childhood by Markus Natten

Childhood Markus Natten When did my childhood go? Was it the day I ceased to be eleven, Was it the time I realised that Hell and Heaven, Could not be found in Geography, And therefore could not be, Was that the day! When did my childhood go? Was it the time I realised that adults were not all they seemed to be, They talked of love and preached of love, But did not act so lovingly, Was that the day! When did my childhood go? Was it when I found my mind was really mine, To use whichever way I choose, Producing thoughts that were not those of other people But my own, and mine alone Was that the day! Where did my childhood go? It went to some forgotten place, That’s hidden in an infant’s face, That’s all I know. Theme Loss of innocence is the theme of the poem. Word meanings: 1. ceased stopped 2. realized understood 3. seemed...

The Portrait of a Lady’ PART THREE

The Portrait of a Lady’ PART THREE Summary of The Portrait of a Lady ‘The Portrait of a Lady’ is one of the greatest works of Khushwant Singh. The author gives a pen picture of his close and affectionate association with his grandmother. He draws a picture of warm relations with his grandmother from his early childhood right up to his homecoming from abroad. Appearance His grandmother was short and fat and had a slight bent. She had wrinkles on her face. She kept on hobbling about in pure white with one hand resting on her waist and the other hand telling the beads of her rosary. She was pure and pristine like a stretch of a serene winter mountain. Togetherness with grandmother in the village The author’s parents left him and his grandmother back in the village. She used to wake him up early in the morning; said morning prayer; got him ready for school and accompanied him to school. Not only that, she would sit inside and read the scriptures whi...

The Laburnum Top by Ted Hughes

Poet Ted Hughes was a British poet. He was born on 17 August 1930 in Yorkshire in England. According to the critics, he is the best poet of his generation and one of the greatest writers of the 20 th century. He was married to American poet Sylvia Plath from 1956 until 1963. His last poetic work Birthday Letters (1998) dealt with their relationship. His first collection The Hawk in the Rain (1957) was highly acclaimed. However, probably Crow (1970) was his most significant work. Hughes’s early poetic works dealt with the nature and savagery of animals. He served as Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1956 until his death in 1998 The Laburnum Top Ted Hughes The Laburnum top is silent, quite still In the afternoon yellow September sunlight, A few leaves yellowing, all its seeds fallen. Till the goldfinch comes, with a twitching chirrup A suddenness, a startlement, at a branch end. Then sleek as a lizar...

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