Gopala Krishna Gokhale"s speech

1. Who was Gopala Krishna Gokhale?
2. A great freedom fighter for our country.
3. Where did he give a speech and to whom and when?
4. In an open air public meeting  near Victoria Hall, Bombay now Mumbai. on 25th July 1911.
5. What did he say as his first rising ( replying ) duty?
6. To tender or offer his sincere and grateful thanks to the students for their address.
7. What did he say about the student's life?
8. Is  a sheltered life.
9. What are the responsibilities during that life?
10. Definite ones and they are assigned by the people who take care of them.
11. There is less chance for using their own judgements.
12. What happens in later life? This position is reversed.
13. Certain responsibilities attached  are to be discharged and carried out . Special rights, benefits and privileges will and prestige will come only after you perform the duties expected of you.
14. How did he consider his duties? Under 4 heads.
15. First  which you owe yourself.
16. second duty you owe to the fellow students.
17. Third  duty you owe to those in authority over you.
18. Last  duty you owe to those around you in the wider world.
19. What did he say about duty to yourselves?
20. It is two-fold. 
21. a) to lay by a stock of knowledge that will suffice or be enough for or be adequate for the examinations but which will be helpful to them in later life.
22. Why did he say"Knowledge is an exacting mistress"?
23. What is meant by exacting? Demanding
24. Knowledge to be gained need  whole-hearted devotion during especially  in the student-hood.Take advantage as a student.
25. and learn all which will be useful in later life.
26. What did he say about the importance of character?
27. With knowledge the character is also to be moulded and built.
28. it is truism or a statement  that is obviously true.
29. Success depends upon not only knowledge but also character.
30. It is unjust or invidious to distinguish knowledge and character.
31. Both are indispensable meaning absolutely essential.
32. Attach more importance to character than knowledge.
33. ))))((((( If wealth is lost, nothing is lost. It can be earned again.
34. if health is lost, something is lost. You can recoup by taking regular exercise and medicines.
35. If CHARACTER is lost , everything is lost.There is no way
36. you can get back.)))))(((((
37. You have to acquire  a character which will raise the whole life of people amidst whom you move and for whom you are expected to work in all seriousness and earnestness.
38. Beware of the surroundings which will test your character.The stronger and the nobler will be an asset. You the seniors have to show the youngsters how to build a strong character.
39. This way all of you will be able to do better work for the country.
40. Knowledge with Character will take you to greater heights.
41. This is what he meant by duty to yourself.
42. What did he say about duty to fellow students?
43. By adjusting and living with the junior students ,you will learn the habit of co-operation.
44. Know how to get on with fellow students,it will stand its good course.
45. Understand the feelings and consider others too.
46. Acquire here in the school itself for it is difficult to acquire later in life.
47. What did he say about the Third duty?
48. Third duty is towards parents and teachers.
49. obedience to parents  and reverence for teachers will take you in the right direction.When you are young as a student try to follow them  and listen to them.They are guiding you for your good only.When struggle of life starts you can stand on your own legs ,Then you owe it to yourself  and to your country.and you are forced to use your own judgement.
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The piano lesson.

1. With a will to win, with a will to succeed,
2. If you have this, you can achieve success.
3. Why the cat is happy? Because he is in the fish shop.
4. How did he play the piano in the first time?bashed , stroke very heavily.
5. Singing vigorously is called belting a tune.
6. Croon means to sing.
7. The keys of the piano are made from ivory.
8. You can read this lesson and understand in no time at all that is very quickly.
9. Showing or feeling great pride or pleasure is Pleased as PUNCH.
10. Plink is making  a short ringing sound on the piano.
11. Plonk is making  the Thud sound by hitting heavily.
12. Squeal is screaming in a shrill voice.
13. persistence and determination is called the Tenacity.
14. amused greatly and delighted means Tickled pink.
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16. Who wrote this " The Piano lesson."? Rob Reilly.
17. What does this talk about? A piano as gift ..
18. Who gave this gift to whom? Husband gave it  as a gift to his wife.
19. What did this bring? the happiness.
20. What saddened them? the loss of it.
21. What was the son's age when his father returned from war?
22. five years.
23. What was his (the son's father)? He was a flying officer .
24. What happened  a month later? because of non-payment of instalment the piano was taken away by the company.
25. Where did his father get a job? In an accounting firm.
26. What did the flying officer do? Qualified to become a Chartered Accountant.
27. He sacrificed a lot and he was successful.
28. What made the father to try and succeed?The loss of piano.
29. What happened two years later? They saved a lot of money and bought a piano for cash down payment.
30. What lesson did they learn? Happiness cannot be secured by a loan or instalment. It has to be earned with efforts and sacrifice.
31. Owning a valuable thing is nice. But it must be bought with cash down or else if something happens, it may be taken away,if bought on instalment system.
32. What changes came over the mother? She was all for learning the piano. Every day she practised for long hours and became a master in a month's time and she started singing vigorously.She used to play  in the parties and she felt like a princess and was delighted at all the attention showered on her.
33. What did she tell her son about the piano and his father?
34. It was good and it brought a change in father's attitude and getting a job.Dad also missed her playing the piano when it was taken away. She was positive minded and did not worry about the missing piano. she had the tenacity and determination and she was happy when it was bought for Cash down payment.
35. During the time of the missing piano , she had lot of self-control and she bore it with patience .
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37. Missing links:
38. Dad had bought mum a piano.
39. We positioned in the living room.
40. Mom practised  and  within a month she managed to belt out a song.
41. All the neighbours  gathered with her to croon and sing
42. Dad was sad that he had been unable to find a job.
43. They had to sell the piano for non-payment of loan.
44. At last dad got a job in an accounting firm.
45. He rose in a position  and after two years saved enough money to buy another piano for cash down payment.
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1oth English

1. The Model Millionaire.-------   Oscar Wilde.
2. Characters:  Hughie-  The young man. (ineffectual)
3. Hughie Erskine. full name of Hughie.
4. Laura Merton: his love ,daughter of the retired colonel.
5. Alan Trevor;the painter friend of Hughie.
6. Baron  Hausberg. The richest man in Europe.
7. painting:  model: a shilling an hour
8.  selling:Two thousand pounds  per picture.
9. Model: old beggar ( Baron Hausberg) friend of Alan Trevor.
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11.  appearance:N appear verb X disappear
12.  deceptive.misleading, deceive (V) deception(N)
13. deceive(V) deceptive (adj) deception (N)
14. profile. outline of the face or head
15. accomplish:To fulfil,to attain a skill.(V)
16. Accomplishment. fulfilment, achievement.(N)
17. suffix' fulfilment(ment) achievement(ment)
18. Accomplished.( Adjective)
19. Ineffectual. not doing anything worthy.
20. Ineffectual. (IN) prefix
21. Effect (N) impression, result, 
22. Effect (V) to produce,to execute.
23. Effective (ADJ) impressive / effect/ive  ive (Suffix)
24. Effectual( Adj.) successful in producing the desired  result. -ual (suffix)
25. Colonel:  a high rank in the army.
26. Glum: sullen, dejected,displeased
27. freckled: (adj) marked with small brown spots on the skin.
28. freckled face.
29. ragged: untidy  un-tidy (UN) prefix
30. Alms .N . offering
31. Coarse : rough (adj) coarse cloak
32. piteous : Adj.  sad, sorrowful  piteous expression.
33. pity (N) Piteous   Adj. pity/piteous (ous suffix)
34. Parchment : a piece of paper.(N)
35. parch: crumpled partly burnt paper. to be burnt on the surface.
36. Wrinkled parchment.
37. Wizened: looking dried up through age.
38. Coppers: coins of lower denomination.
39. Sovereign: A former currency in England worth 1 pound or  a gold coin 20 Shillings.
40. forlorn. forsaken, lonely;
41. Commissioned- ordered
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43. Sam- Tammy Ruggles.
44. Characters: Shelly - the name of  the boy
45. Goldy- The name given by Shelly to the wounded Labrador dog.
46. Frisbee and football. games played by Shelly and Goldy.
47. Sam- original name of Goldy.
48. Diane- the real owner of Sam.
49. The lady with the dark sunglasses and with a white cane.
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51. Accident- Diane loses Sam.Sam was treated by Shelly-for its hurt paw.
52. Sam becomes Goldy- Goldy plays frisbee and football with Shelly. Diane comes  and goes away with Sam..Sam to guide Diane .
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54. Porch: verandah
55.  mended.improved
56. show up : turn up
57.  driveway. road leading to the house.
58. collar: a band on the neck of the dog put by the owner.
59. harness (n) a set of straps put on the animal to control it.
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suffix and Others of interest

1. need-ful. Please do the needful and oblige.  ful
2. Bright-. There was too much brightness in that place. ness
3. Credit-able. He has a creditable character.  able
4. Secret- . She is very secretive. ive
5. Narrate-. His narration was  very superb.ion
6. Perform-. His performance in the sports brought him a gold medal.ance
7. Colour. Butterflies are very colourful creatures.ful
8. Danger-. It is very dangerous to cross the red signal.ous
9. Craftman-.His carving showed his diligent craftsmanship of the statue.s  ship
10. Metal-.The pen has a metallic likeness. ic
11. Enormous-.They enjoyed the movie enormously. ly
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13. What is impressive to one may be unimpressive to someone else.
14. People in opulence (riches and wealthiness) always disregard the people in poverty.
15. What and reverence is to be learnt from our present prime-minister. What is irreverence can be seen from some MPs in the past.
16. Patronize the talents of the youngsters to do better and do not discourage them.
17. Ascending a peak is like ascending on the throne and you can be dethroned and thrown out but descending from the peak is easier.
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19. Ram woke up. Ram  subject  woke up verb
20. He wore a necklace. He subject. wore verb  a necklace. object
21. His mother gave him a pen. His mother S/gave V/ a pen DO
22. direct object. Him Indirect object.
23. He was excited. he subject/ was verb/ excited complement.
24. Reading makes him a complete man.
25. Reading S/makes verb/ him O/ a complete man complement.
26. She was going to the cinema.She S was going verb to the cinema Adjunct.
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28. Adjunct answers the question How?Where? and When?
29. He wrote a novel. Ask the question What? a novel
30. Novel is the object.
31. He ate fruits. They made him a leader.  fruits/leader objects.
32. My uncle gave me a present. Uncle gave what? a present is DO
33. me indirect IO answers the question TO WHOM?
34. Solomon was wise. Solomon subject was verb
35. Wise is the subject complement. How was Solomon? wise
36. They elected him leader. They S elected verb him object AS WHAT? a leader. object complement.
37. She went home.She  S  went verb  action word.
38. Raj studies well. Raj is the person  who does the action.Raj is the subject.
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40. A sentence is a group of words in order and which makes a complete sense.
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Compound words etc.,

1. Air-port.
2. Chennai has two airports. One domestic and the other for international flights.
3. Hand-written.
4. All our examinations in all subjects are to be hand-written.
5. Over-load.
6. Some trucks overload and hence they are prone to accidents.
7. You must not overload your stomach.
8. Child-hood.
9. Pleasant child-hood memories are remembered in good old age.
10. Safe-guard
11. Children must be safe-guarded from bursting crackers during Deepavali.
12. Moon-light.
13. The moon reflects the sun-light  and all lovers enjoy the full-moon moonlight.
14. river-bed;
15. you can dig a spring in the river-bed and drink the spring water.
16. type-write.
17. In the past we used to type-write letters in office and at  home.
18. land-mark
19. L.I.C. building is the nice landmark in Chennai.
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21. The soul and mind in English has the origin from Greek word Psyche.
22. Confusion and disorder- means in Greek language chaos
23. The culminating point is in Greek is climax.
24. praise in Greek is kudos.
25. Emotional shock is Trauma in Greek.
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27. When do birds migrate? Seasonally and regularly.
28. What do they do in spring and early summer? They migrate from the southern regions to the northern regions.
29. How do they fly? In groups.Some times in V shapes.
30. Why are they in danger? They have to face the weather changes,the fear from man, tiredness etc.,
31. What did the people think in early times?
32. The birds slept in the mud throughout winter.
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34. From where do birds migrate?
35. From northern regions of Asia, Europe and America to the summer southern regions.
36. When do they flock together and fly? During the seasons of autumn and early winter.
37. When do they return? during spring.
38. In what are they punctual and regular?
39. They arrive at the breeding and feeding places exactly at the same time every year.
40. Why do they migrate? to save themselves from cold weather and for regular food supply and to breed.
41. What do the birds in high places in the mountains?They fly down to the lower foot hills or plains.
42. Which bird flies nearly 2400 km non- stop to Nilgiris from Himalayas? The Himalayan Wood-cock.
43. What difficulties they face? Fear from man, weather conditions like storms etc.,
44. Still do they reach their destinations? yes.
45. What man can learn from birds? migration.taking safe-guards, reaching the destination no matter what hurdles  he can face during his journey of life.
46. How do these birds fly? In groups, and some in V shapes.some fly non-stop and some in stages.some fly in the night and some by night.
47. Most of their speed is through the darkness after sunset.
48. Which sight you can enjoy?The flight of the geese and cranes in V shape.
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British/world English & American English poem Casablanca

1. We all call him a fellow ,
2. The Americans call him a guy.
3. We eat jam with bread.
4. The Americans call it jelly.
5. We open the bonnet of  the car,
6. The Americans call it hood.
7. We put our things in the boot of the car,
8. The Americans call it the trunk.
9. WE use the blinds in our car,
10. The Americans call it Window shade.
11. We like to eat the potato chips,
12. The Americans call them french fries.
13. We put the baby in the cot,
14. The Americans call it the crib.
15. WE use the cutting from the newspaper,
16. The Americans call it clipping.
17. We use the dustbin everywhere,
18. The Americans call it garbage can,
19. They also call it a trash can.
20. What we call the firebrigade,
21. The Americans call it fir department.
22. We send our goods by goods train,
23. The Americans call it the freight train.
24. Interval in a cinema is called Intermission in America.
25. The jug is called the pitcher in America.
26. The rise in salary is called the Raise in America.
27. The shop assistant becomes a sales clerk in America.
28. Single trip ticket is the one way ticket in America.
29. The torch is the flashlight in America.
30. Wash basin is sink in America.
31. Windscreen is the windshield in America.
32. Witness box is the witness stand in America.
33. zed is zee in America.
34. Centre is Center in America.
35. practise verb is practise  in America.
36. focussed is focused in America.
37. organize is organise in America.
38. metre is meter in America.
39. Programme is program in America.
40. colour is color in America.
41. Skillful is skilful in America.
42. theatre is theater in America.
43. neighbour is neighbor in America.
44. Favourite is favorite in America.
45. Tyre is tire in America.
46. What we call anti clockwise is counter clock wise in America.
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50. rhyming words. deck,wreck/fled,dead/ stood,blood/ storm/ form/ go,below/ word/heard.
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Caught Sneezing- adapted from Oscar Wilde

1. Who was Hubert? He was a boy.
2. How old was he? fourteen years.
3. What did he do one day? travelled on his horse thorough a lonely road.
4. How was the road? infested( filled) with thieves and robbers.
5. Who waylaid him? Three hefty  big and heavy men.
6. What did they do? They  beat him black and blue and took away his horse.
7. Where did he go limping?to a palatial mansion.
8. Why did he go there? to get some help.
9. What did he do there? tried to knock the door, but the door was already open.
10. What did he do? He painfully staggered,walked with difficulty.
11. What did he find there?He was shocked to find and hear the voices of those thieves.
12. What made the inmates of the house go outside? The thieves made a huge noise and the inmates were anxious to know what the noise was and where it came from.
13. What did the robbers do? They entered the house soon and they hid themselves in a cupboard.
14. Why did they do this? To wait till night and then plunder or rob the household.
15. Why did Hubert suppress his crying? he was afraid of being thrashed again.
16. Where did he hide himself? Hid in the narrow space under the staircase.
17. What was he yearning for? to warn the household of the thing likely to happen and  the impending danger.
18. What did he notice? An old couple and their visiting sons daughters gathered there for a family function.
19. What did Hubert do then? He meekly appeared in front of them.
20. Were they all shocked to see him? yes
21. What did Hubert do? he told  his story,how he happened to be there.
22. Who believed him?  The kind old man.
23. What did the old man do? asked his servants to offer him food.
24. Why was Hubert wracking his brain?to find a way to forewarn the family of the impending danger,lurking that is present but hidden in the cupboard.
25. How did he do that? he offered to demonstrate a few magic tricks to the family.
26. What did he do? he went near the cupboard and asked the old man to give his snuff-box.
27. What did he do there? he emptied all the snuff through the narrow opening along the upper edge of the door by standing on a stool.
28. What did they all hear? there emerged a suppressed sneeze from inside the cupboard.
29. What did Hubert ask for? some more snuff
30. Wha happened then? they heard more sneezes and they realised that there are people inside the cupboard.
31. What did they all do? with the help of their servants they opened the cupboard . They caught the exhausted thieves who had almost fainted, because they needed more air and ventilation.
32. What did Hubert retrieve or got back? His horse.
33. What did the family appreciate and what did they do?
34. They were wondering the strategy ,the plan of the boy to catch the thieves and helping them.They thanked him for this.The old man was very happy.
35. Hubert set off on his way with the goodwill and the gratitude of the old man and his family.
36. What is the moral of this story?
37. Hubert has proved that Wisdom did not seek only the AGED to express itself.
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39. Answer these questions? Was Hubert sick?
40. Did the thieves plan to divert the attention of the family?
41. Did they plan to go on a tour?
42. Did the old man believe Hubert?
43. Did Hubert empty the snuff in the dustbin?
44. Did the thieves have cold and they sneezed?
45. Were the thieves caught by the thoughtful act of Hubert?
46. Was  Hubert became one of the family members?
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48. Are age and wisdom related?
49. The class was on. The students were all listening to the teacher. One boy in the last bench did not care. He was looking out of the window.
50. The teacher told him,"" at the end of this stick there is a fool."
51. The boy got up and asked the teacher,"Which end,Sir?"
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Piano- by D.H. Lawrence

Piano

BY D. H. (DAVID HERBERT) LAWRENCE

Softly, in the dusk, a woman is singing to me;   (   a)

Taking me back down the vista of years, till I see  ( a)

A child sitting under the piano, in the boom of the tingling strings (  b)

And pressing the small, poised feet of a mother who smiles as she sings. ( b)

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vista:  a view, range.

in the dusk: after the setting of the sun.

carrying me down to the years of my childhood.

hearing the notes of the piano.

touching the elegant feet of the mother placed on the pedal of the piano.

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In spite of myself, the insidious mastery of song (a)

Betrays me back, till the heart of me weeps to belong  (a)

To the old Sunday evenings at home, with winter outside  (b)

And hymns in the cosy parlour, the tinkling piano our guide.  (b)

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Insidious- spreading gradually or without being noticed

Hymns- Song in praise of God

parlour-A room in a private house for sitting or entertaining visitors.

cosy- comfortable and safe

Though I am grown up, though I am matured now

the gradual mastery of the song

makes me or reminding of my childhood days at my maturity.

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So now it is vain for the singer to burst into clamour (a)

With the great black piano appassionato. The glamour (a)

Of childish days is upon me, my manhood is cast (b)

Down in the flood of remembrance, I weep like a child for the past.(b)

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Clamour-_ to shout loudly in a confused way.

appassionato- a particular piece of music  considered

by Beethoven to be his most tempestuous piano sonata

Glamour- attraction.

now he cannot shout with excitement as he did in his childhood days.

He liked a particular piece of music of Beethoven.

Sunshine or happiness of his days as a child

Even though he is grown up as a man physically and yet a child at heart.

he is unable to control his emotions and he cries thinking of the childhood good old days.

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The child mentioned is the poet himself.

He spent his Sundays singing hymns.

He is reminded on hearing  the woman's song his childhood days.

He relished or enjoyed thinking of his childhood days.

rhyming scheme: aabb 

Present tense is used in the poem more.

He enjoys his childhood days in manhood days or in the present days of maturity.

ONOMATOEPIC  words: sounding  similar to the sound described.

Tingling strings, Tinkling piano.

Alliteration: small, smiles, sings

Flood of remembrance-metaphor.

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The day  was off and the became dusk.

Some lady is singing to the poet, while he was playing the piano.

He is reminded of his childhood memories.

His mother was playing the piano and he was sitting under the piano.

The boom of the tingling strings as he was pressing the small poised feet of his mother and her smile when she sang he is reminded.

The lady's song takes him back to the good old days.

The family sangs hymns when it was winter and it was cold outside especially on Sunday evenings.

The lady's song had no effect on him for he has drowned himself in the past memories  and starts weeping  for he is remembered of his past and his wanting to go back to those days again.

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Manliness- Rudyard Kipling

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzYPhWJFWRU
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzYPhWJFWRU&list=RDdzYPhWJFWRU#t=173
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I1-KBp5skI
4. http://youtu.be/jZ00nfXb-jw
5. http://nerdsmagazine.com/best-online-voice-recorder/

1. Author - Rudyard Kipling
   
     
   
   

If you can dream and not make dreams your master;

If you can think and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with triumph and disaster;

And treat those two impostors just the same;

If you can force your heart, and nerve, and sinew

To serve your turn long after they are gone;

And so hold on when there is nothing in you

Except the will which says to them, “Hold on”.

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

With sixty seconds’ worth of distant run,

Yours is the earth and everything that’s in it,

And what is more, you’ll be a man, my son.


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Rudyard Kipling

Indian born English Poet. Nobel Prize winner in 1907

Inspires man for his development of integrity,personality 

and  attitudes.

Dreams and thoughts ,unless put in action will not bear 

any result or fruits.

Think,plan,decide the course of action, do not stop there

Act and proceed on till you reach your destination

That is the only way to attain SUCCESS. Remember that

there are three sss yes,yes,yes in Success.

Triumph ,victory or defeat or failure do not worry.

These are part of the game of life.

Get up and run with more vigour and keep on running.

Do not be proud of your success or lose hope with failures.

Good,better, best

Never let it rest,

Until good becomes better

And better becomes best.

Try ,try,try again,again and again till you  GAIN.

Triumph and disaster are two imposters.(personification)

Do not weaken your muscles,heart and nerves by your 

wrong thoughts,feelings and emotions and attitude.

Have the courage to HOLD ON.

Where there is a will, there is a way.

Find out and you will be the winner.

Your will is your dear companion.

Time is precious. do not waste your 86400 seconds in 

wasteful,useless activities.

Start writing a diary of the day to day activities and find out 

at the end of every week how your precious time is wasted

in unwanted activities  not taking you in the right direction

to achieve your target,goal and ambition.

Becoming a master of t yourself and master of the world 

as a man is only in your hands and will.

Wish you all the best.

Going for water-Robert Frost comtinued

1.  Why had the boys to go to the brook?
2. There was no water in their well and the well was dry.
3. Did the  boys enjoy their trip to the woods? why?
4. Because the evening was cool and pleasant. The woods were theirs. and the moon was just rising.
5. What makes you sure they went to the woods in the evening?
6. They saw the moon rising.it was autumn eve.So it must be only in the evening that they went.
7. How did they reach the  brook?
8. They paused in silence and was also having fun.One of the boys said he heard the flow of the water in the brook.The falling drop of water from the branch of a tree.By this they felt that the brook welcomed them and invited them to come near by.
9. A staying hand means stop to listen.
10. The moonlight falling on the ripples of the water resembled the like the silver blade.
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12. Alliteration  meet,moon, barren boughs
13.  rhyme scheme   stanzas 1 and 2  abcb
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Going for Water - Robert Frost.

Going For Water

Robert Frost -American poet.

New England is his native place.

His love of nature is simple and

meaningful.

He talks about man's search for 

water  and the solution is in nature.

Gnomes- dwarfs, loth- dislike,hate  

ere-before, soon- at once, presently

Blade- river water reflecting the

moonlight seems like the silverblade

of the sword.

The well was dry beside the door,

And so we went with pail and can

It describes the basic problem of man in urban areas.His well was dry.

so he and his friends went to the

nearby woods with a pail and can

in search of water.

Across the fields behind the house

To seek the brook if still it ran;

They knew for sure there was 

a brook in the woods and they

went to find out if it was still  there.

and had water in that.

Not loth to have excuse to go,

Because the autumn eve was fair

(Though chill), because the fields were ours,

It was chill autumn evening. It was cool and inviting.They also wanted to

escape the hot afternoon and wanted to have fun.

And by the brook our woods were there.

It was a change from the routine.

It offered them ,the woods, as a

shelter from the open farm.They

knew that there must be the brook 

there because they had visited the

woods many a time.

We ran as if to meet the moon

That slowly dawned behind the trees,

They ran and they were keeping a

race with the moon.It was evening a

and the sun was setting and the moon was visible  in between the tall 

trees.

The barren boughs without the leaves,

Without the birds, without the breeze.

Because it was autumn, the trees were bare without the leaves and no birds on them.The woods were silent  and no breeze blowing.

But once within the wood, we paused

Like gnomes that hid us from the moon,

When they entered the woods, they hid behind the trees like gnomes the supernatural things.The woods also seemed to hide the playful boys from the moon.

Ready to run to hiding new

With laughter when she found us soon.

Their laughter filled the woods and the silence was broken.They heard the  flowing running water in the brook.They were of the thought that

the brook was eager to meet them.that is she found us soon.

Each laid on other a staying hand

Each one was catching the other's hand and to go carefully.

To listen ere we dared to look,

They went with more caution and wanted to listen the flow of the water and to be sure before they could sight the brook-their treasure.

And in the hush we joined to make

We heard, we knew we heard the brook.

In the hush/in the silence  the boys  

wanted to make sure the presence 

of the brook and it seemed they heard it.They wanted to be certain about it,

They heard it's flow .

A note as from a single place,

A slender tinkling fall that made

Now drops that floated on the pool

Like pearls, and now a silver blade. 

They all had keen sense of hearing.

They heard only its flow.

They knew it was there,

The tinkling fall of drops from a branch like pearls into the waters of the brook made them realize the brook was somewhere very near.

The drop of  the water falling on the water below made ripples and the boys saw the moonlight reflecting on them like the silver blade of a sword.

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The Cry of the Children. Elizabeth B. Browning

“For oh,” say the children, “we are weary,	65
And we cannot run or leap;
If we car’d for any meadows, it were merely
To drop down in them and sleep.
Our knees tremble sorely in the stooping,
We fall upon our faces, trying to go;	70
And, underneath our heavy eyelids drooping,
The reddest flower would look as pale as snow.
For, all day, we drag our burden tiring
Through the coal-dark, underground,
Or, all day, we drive the wheels of iron	75
In the factories, round and round.
“For all day, the wheels are droning, turning;
Their wind comes in our faces,
Till our hearts turn, our heads with pulses burning,
And the walls turn in their places:	80
Turns the sky in the high window blank and reeling,
Turns the long light that drops adown the wall,
Turn the black flies that crawl along the ceiling,
All are turning, all the day, and we with all.
And all day, the iron wheels are droning,	85
And sometimes we could pray,
‘O ye wheels,’ moaning breaking out in a mad
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Migrant Bird=poem by Famida Basheer

1. Migrant Bird
2. The globe's my world.The cloud's my kin
3. I care not where the skies begin;
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5. The speaker in this poem is the bird.
6. The bird says the whole earth  as a single unit to which it belongs.
7. It feels that the clouds are its relatives.
8.  It says that it does not care where the sky begins
9. because the it is happy and thinks  that the sky is its home.
10. I spread my wings  through all the din;
11. All the noises are made by man.It flies by spreading its wings in freedom, and it flies high above all unpleasant things on the earth.
12. Through fears and fright I fly my flight.
13. It knows for sure the dangers from man. It knows the world is shared by animals and birds  too. yet the humble and meek ,the timid and afraid bird  flies high freely.
14. No walls for me.The sky  does not have any walls which are there on earth like hate,jealousy.greed etc., to hinder its path of flight.
15. No vigil gates.
16. It does not need any visa or permit to enter anywhere in the whole world.Nobody is going on watching as security day and night and no gates to enter or exit.it flight cannot be stopped.
17. No flags,no machine guns that blast
18. Citizens of those border states-
19. No political barriers or boundaries and the bird is the citizen of the free sky.
20. Brothers of her brother's sons
21.  There are fights and quarrels among brothers and brother's son for property or for any other reason. but
22. there is no such thing among them  as they are free birds and fly as a flock.
23. No maps,no boundaries to block
24. My sojourn into unknown lands.
25. No Political maps dividing nations as done by nations and men.There are no boundaries to block its flight.Wherever it flies ,it flies after a short stay.(sojourn)
26. I spawn and splash in distant spills
27. I breed my brood where'r I will.
28. It chooses to lay its eggs anywhere it likes.
29. Spawn-lay eggs
30. It plays and splashes the waters everywhere it goes.
31. whether they are lakes or ponds in distant lands.
32. It can breed anywhere in the whole world where ii likes.
33. I won't look down.No I will not.
34. It has taken the decision not to look down.it does not want to be a sight for the man.It is sure of the man's atrocities.
35. With speed of wings I hasten past,
36. And close my eyes against the sun
37. To dream my dreams and make them last.
38. It spreads his wings and start flying past the human inhabitations and closes its eye against the sun  and dreams and enjoys  peacefully in its flight.it flies across the sky
39. and has a safe flight undisturbed, without any stoppage and in the bare sky.
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41. The speaker in this poem is the migrant bird.
42. The world is narrowed  by the narrow minded persons ,dividing themselves with the walls of caste,creed,religion,colour and politics.
43. Man does not have the freedom to enjoy his life.
44. He has to take care of himself and his family against all odds. He does not have any security because anytime there will be gunshots and bombs falling on him and destroying him. Birds can fly anywhere ,no visas required and no gates to stop them from entry and exit.
45. The boundaries for man is the caste,creed,religion .race and politics.Man is afraid of another man.
46. The sky is single vast open area  with  no beginning or end.
47. You can know this from the first line of this poem.
48. The globe is my world.
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50. din- loud ,unpleasant repeated noise.
51. vigil- watchfulness, keeping awake when one should sleep.
52.  sojourn- camp, stay for a short time.
53. breed-yield ,produce
54.  brood-  a flock
55.  last -remain.
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57. This poem tells about the migrant bird.
58. It criticises the life of man on earth.Man has no security.Man destroys man by guns and bombs.
59. They build gates and walls for the entry and exit.
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Poems Shilpi

1. Shilpi
   Steady throb
   Then staccato rhythm
   Harmonic cacophony to oblivious ears
   The tempo is fickle -
   Now synchronized, now not,
   A mirror of his changing moods
   Now sure, now steeped in thought.
   
   
   Bleary eyes,
   Sinews taut yet steady.
   Decades of practice
   Heirlooms of rich traditions
   In stark evidence
   The knocking softens, fades,
   To a mild judicious tap.
   Virgin rock takes form
   Rugged lines melt,
   Sharp edges merge
   Into smooth well moulded curves.
   
   
   He steps back, surveys with
   Close scrutiny,then sharp critical glare
   The days of toil,
   Hammer and chisel laid aside-
   Only bloodshot eyes betray
   Deep pride, then reverence,
   Lo! God in Man's image!
2. The author of this poem is Ashwin Parthiban.
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4. Who is a shilpi?  A sculptor ,the one who carves statues from stone or any hard material.
5. Staccato- A series of short detached  sounds.
6. Cacophony- A harsh mixture  of sounds
7. Oblivious- Not aware of what is happening around.
8. fickle- changing
9. bleary- not focussing
10. Sinews- muscles
11. stark- complete,sheer
12.  taut- tense
13. betray-
14. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/throb
15. To beat rapidly
16. Rhythm- repeated notes varying in duration and stress.
17. Decade-  a period of ten years.
18. Hammer and chisel- instruments of the sculptor.
19. Betray- to show his weakness or otherwise
20. Heirlooms of rich traditions- inherited skills passed down through the ages.
21. Mild judicious tap-  a careful  slight hit
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23. Steady throb-  a steady beat, a continuous vibration
24. Harmonic  cacophony-  a harmony sound for the sculptor and not for others even though sometimes the noise is even.
25. Fickle- unsteady and inconstant
26. Synchronised- the beats having a rhythm
27. Changing  moods- sure and sometimes in deep thought.
28. Bleary eyes- tired, dull eyes. strain reflected in the eyes.
29. sinew taut---tight muscles but steady
30. Heirloom- skill passed on generations.
31. Inherited craftsmanship.---- Strong strokes and skillful hammering inherited from his father or grandfather.
32. Judicious tap. After finishing giving the final soft,discreet and tactful taps.
33. Sharp edges merge- merging into  moulded curves
34. Close scrutiny- check and survey
35. hammer and chisel- his tools for his work
36. bloodshot eyes- too tired after his hard labour, his eyes red 
37. with exhaustion.but with more contentment and happiness for the work completed
38.  and a pride in his statue.
39. God in man's image.
40. God created man. Man created the images of God and goddesses and  the human beings.Man is also a creator.
41. What  man creates has no soul or life  but God creates with soul and life.
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43. alliteration:  Sinews, steady
44. stark,softens
45. tap,takes
46. melt,merge, moulded,
47. steps, surveys, scrutiny,
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49. VIRGIN ROCK INTO A STATUE OF GOD.
50. SHILPI SHAPING A RAW STONE INTO A BEAUTIFUL SCULPTURE AND A MASTER PIECE.
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52. How does it start?
53. Virgin stone is cut with initial hammering with steady throbs from his hammer to the chisel.
54. How is it formed?
55. By the imagination  from his mind.
56. How does he knocks? in staccato rhythm, the abrupt ,disconnected and disjointed blows..
57. The sounds are oblivious to him but for others it is noisy.
58. You can call it  harmonic cacophony.
59. Why is thee tempo fickle? His ears get attuned to the disrupted blows.
60. What can be called fickle? sometimes he is sure and sometimes  he is in deep contemplation.
61. you can call this as change in moods too.
62. Why is blows soften? because the statue has taken the final shape and finishing touches to be given in soft blows .
63. Rugged lines: shaped minute touches  with soft taps from the hammer.
64. Critical glance and scrutiny:
65. Surveying and checking all minute details to his complete satisfaction.He gives his critical glare.The last touch.
66. He is like God- marvelling at his own creation.
67. Why? In art, the hand and heart of man go together.
68. What brings reverence? his skill in completing the task after a very hard labour os sculpting.and being happy that 
69. the art of sculpting passed on by his father and grand-father.
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