English Summary

Introduction The poem Keeping Quiet written by Pablo Neruda is about peace, fraternity and prosperity. This poem during 1950s, a time when the world had suffered a dead war. The poet too has experienced the repercussions of war and his appeal for peace shows that he is fed up seeing humans killing each other for … Read more

Introduction The poem Father to Son is about generation gap and misunderstanding between a father and his son. Throughout the poem, the father keeps wondering why his son changed. Both have lived in the same house yet they are strangers to each other. Father wants to forgive his son for wasting his money but they … Read more

Introduction As the name suggests, this poem is about Childhood and innocence. The poet who is an adult now, misses his childhood days and his innocence. He find the adults as hypocrites. Hence he longs to find the innocence which he had in his childhood. The poem has been divided into four stanzas. The poem … Read more

Introduction The poem The Duck and the Kangaroo written by Edward Lear is about mutual friendship and its benefits. In this poem, Duck desires to travel along with Kangaroo on his back because it loves Kangaroo’s hopping. Kangaroo on the condition that the duck will put socks on its feet. Duck agrees and both go … Read more

Introduction A Legend of the Northland is a long poem in which the poet tells how greed can lead us to disaster. In this poem, the poet talks about a story which he believes is fictional yet moral. In this poem, a woman denies food to a saint because of her greed and is cursed … Read more