Notes For West Bengal Students

  The Poetry of Earth by John Keats (1795- 1820) The poetry of earth is never dead; When all the birds are faint with the hot sun And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead. That is the grasshopper’s, – he takes the lead In summer luxury, – he has never done With his delights; for, when tired out with fun,17 He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed. The poetry of earth is ceasing never. On a lone winter evening, when the frost Has wrought a silence, from the stove there shrills The cricket’s song, in warmth increasing ever, And seems, to one in drowsiness half lost, The grasshopper’s among some grassy hills.   Summary of the poem (The poem "The Poetry of Earth Is Never Dead" by John Keats celebrates the beauty and vitality of nature. The speaker argues that even in the midst of winter, when the earth seems dead, there is still poetry to be found. The grasshopper's song in summer and th...

  The Eyes Have It (Ruskin Bond) 1). “They seemed very anxious about her comfort” - Who were anxious? Whose comfort is referred to here? What is the context of the line? What were the suggestions given to the person spoken to? The people who were anxious were likely the girl’s parents The comfort being referred to here is that of the girl who is a co-passenger of the narrator. The context of the line is that the girl’s parents were seeing her off on a train journey. They were worried about her well-being during the journey. The suggestions given to the girl by her parents included detailed instructions on where to keep her things, when not to lean out of windows, and how to avoid speaking to strangers.   2). How did the girl’s entry change the consciousness of the speaker? What immediate guesses and reaction the writer made for? The entry of the girl into the train compartment significantly changed the consciousness of the narrator in Ruskin Bond’s ‘The Eyes H...