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The poem "Aunt Jennifer's Tiger" was written by Adrienne Rich, an American poet. The poem subtly reflects the burden of a woman due to the responsibilities and duties of married life on her. A woman has to handle the family and adapts herself to her husband and everything there. The poem begins with the narrator describing the "chivalric" and bright yellow-coloured tiger walking like a royal king upon its green world i.e. forest. These tigers are not afraid of human beings who sit beneath the trees. They just roam there in their care-free and elegant gait. The Tigers the poet is talking about are not real tigers, they are the creative work of Aunt Jennifer who used her sewing and pattern designing skill to create them on screen i.e a cloth. Aunt Jennifer's fingers faint while pursuing her hobby. Now she has a hard time even pulling the needle. Perhaps, it's due to her mental and physical fatigue of carrying out the marriage and its demands. The wor

The poem "A Roadside Stand" is written by Robert Frost, a prolific American writer. The poem raises the issue of disparity between rich and rural poor people who lead a deplorable life in search of money. Frost is personally anguished by their state and wonders if he gets a chance to change their fate, he would do it but later he changes his mind. In a rural area, a little old house stands at the edge of a high traffic road. Attached to that house, a shed has been built to form a temporary shop to sell modest stuffs. Frost doesn't find it respectable to say that the shop is meant to get just "a dole of bread", he intends to say that it is a little step to earn some money from rich people. The hut-owner wants to earn a little bit of money which supports the city life. The road is busy with fast-moving vehicles passing without stopping or looking at the little shop. If any of them stops there, it is only to look at the signboard which tells the direction of th

Kamala Das's poem "The Sunshine Cat" has both personal and universal elements reflected in it. Personal elements Like most of Kamala Das poetry, the poem sunshine cat is also a personal poem. the poem presents the downfall of the poetess who faced betrayal from both her alleged better-half and the lovers who used her to satisfy their carnal hunger. They refused to love her saying that it's not in their nature to love. After continuous failure in getting love, she was confined to a room by her husband whom she calls her a ruthless watcher. In the end, she ended up in the state of mental breakdown. Universal elements In addition to the poem being a personal poem, the poem reflects some universal happenings: The poem gives the real picture of the society where women have to live at the mercy of male members We also get a glimpse of mentality of some men who are keen to use a woman, usually an easy prey to quench their demonic thirst. The poem depicts the u

The poem "A Thing Of Beauty" is written by John Keats, a famous Romantic poet. Keats died at a young age who wanted to see himself become a great poet and he achieved it. The poem is an excerpt from the Keats' "Endymion: A Poetic Romance". It deals with the poet cherishing the beautiful objects which give pleasure to the on-lookers. Certainly, he hails these natural creations of God which relieve us from all distresses. Keats hails the things whose beauty mesmerize the on-lookers and its impact will last long for a long time because we can imagine the pleasure of something beautiful long after in our mind. So it will be alive in our memories. A shade of a tree gives coolness and rest to one who comes under its hood. The cherished beauty will ensure peace of mind in a person and he/she will have a sound sleep full of joyous dreams. With it, his health will also improve due to peaceful mind away from distresses. One will breathe fresh air in the lap of flora.

The poem "A Hot Noon In Malabar" written by Kamala Das is nostalgic in nature. Like most of her poems, the poem is personal. The poem narrates the ordeal of the poetess who misses her days at her grandmother's home in Malabar where she spent the best of her days. She describes the bustle of Malabar during noontime, the beggars roam there and ask for alms in their "whining voices". The fortune-teller who has his parrots in a cage and his old fortune-cards with him. The "brown Kurava girls" examine the palm of people and enlighten them about their self and future events ahead of them. Besides it, their group sing their cultural songs. There are some bangle-sellers who sell red, green and blue bangles on the dusty roadside. Their heels are cracked due to continuous travelling. When they pass-by narrator's house and climb her porch, their cracked heels make unusual noise which seems strange to the narrator. During these noons, strangers walking th

The poem "Keeping Quiet" is written by Pablo Neruda, a Nobel laureate author. In this poem, he conveys the message of mindful introspection and asks his readers to avoid to maintain stillness and avoid hasty life. The poem begins with the poet calling for counting will twelve after which stillness is attained for some time. During this time of introspection, he urges his readers to stop speaking in any worldly language and stop our mental and physical movements for that moment. Everyone would cherish the moment because there would be no hastiness and no one would run in a hurry. This soothing activity would unite all of us because then we would have the time to understand ourselves and others. The word "engine" symbolises the way of the modern fast moving world. To support his claim, Neruda gives instances of fishermen and salt-gatherer. In the moment of silence, fishermen would not harm any living sea creature like a whale. The salt-gatherer would deliberatel

The character of 'Okonkwo" plays the role of protagonist in the novel "Things Fall Apart" written by Chinua Achebe. A powerful character who flaunts his prowess in wrestling from his childhood. Despite being a son of a lazy and idle father, Unuoka, he has no hesitation to toil under the harsh sun. He has no respect for his father because he led a wasteful life and died a painful death, probably didn't find a place of burial. All his life, Okonkwo keeps a thought of humiliation due to his unworthy father who didn't earn even a single title. His hatred against his father's life moulded him to become a hard, arrogant person from his childhood. When he became a respectful person later in his life, he also targets weak or low people who have no titles. One main characteristic of Okonkwo is his rashness and short-tempered nature. He never talked softly. For minute reasons, he beats his wife and sons but later he regrets internally but he never apologize