Keeping Quiet by Pablo Neruda

Counting up to twelve and keeping still will help us achieve perfect silence, which will give us time to think, to introspect, evaluate out actions and act more responsibly. The moments of silence would be exotic. Man would get an opportunity to realise how he is...

Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers by Adrienne Rich

Aunt Jennifer’s tigers are brightly coloured dwellers of green forests. They are sure of the power and strength they possess. They are proud, confident, powerful and have no fear of men. They move with dignity, honour and confidence in an elegant manner. Aunt Jennifer...

My Mother At Sixty-Six by Kamala Das

The poet, Kamala Das is driving from her parent’s home to the airport at Cochin. Her mother, sitting beside her, is dozing with her mouth open. Her mother is very old. She is inactive, cold and lifeless at the age of sixty six. The poet feels the pain and ache of...

A THING OF BEAUTY By JOHN KEATS

GIST OF THE LESSON  The Poet, John Keats says that beautiful things will never become ‘nothing’ as they will continue to hold us in their spell and sooth our soul. Every beautiful thing is like a band that ties us to this earth as it makes us want to live and enjoy...

KEEPING QUIET – BY PABLO NERUDA

GIST OF THE POEM  The poet talks about the need of silence and quiet introspection and the importance of quietude and calmness. He also talks about creating a feeling of mutual understanding among human beings. The poet asks us to keep still and count up to twelve....

SECTION: C : TEXTBOOK FLAMINGO (POETRY

Poem. 1 MY MOTHER AT SIXTY SIX by KAMALA DAS Summary: 1. The poet is driving from her parents home to Cochin by car, her mother by her side—sleeping – open mouthed very pale, colorless and frail-like a dead body indicating that her end was near. 2.The poet looks at...

MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD by ZITKALA-SA AND BAMA PART I

GIST OF THE LESSONPART-I The first part deals with the account of Simmons, An American Indian, who fought against the prejudices of the society against American Indians.She describes her experiences on her first day at the Carlisle Indian School. – The customs...

EVANS TRIES AN O-LEVEL BY OLIN DEXTER

GIST OF THE LESSONEvans a kleptomaniac was imprisoned thrice and all the time escaped from the prison. Now he was in the prison for the 4th time and all of a sudden developed curiosity to appear in O-level German Examination which also was an effort to break the...

‘ON THE FACE OF IT’ =BY SUSAN HILL

GIST OF THE LESSONThe play depicts beautifully yet grimly the sad world of the physically impaired.It is not the actual pain or inconvenience caused by a physical impairment that trouble a disabled man but the attitude of the people around him.Two physically impaired...