WHEN I was one-and-twentyI heard a wise man say,“Give crowns and pounds and guineasBut not your heart away;Give pearls away and rubiesBut keep your fancy free.But I was one-and-twenty,No use to talk to me.When I was one-and-twentyI heard him say again,“The heart out of the bosomWas never given in vain;‘Tis paid with sighs a plentyAnd […]
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“Let us now praise famous men”–Men of little showing–For their work continueth,And their work continueth,Broad and deep continues,Greater then their knowing! Western wind and open surgeTook us from our mothers–Flung us on a naked shore(Twelve bleak houses by the shore.Seven summers by the shore! )‘Mid two hundred brothers. There we met with famous menSet in […]
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Here are some Interesting facts about English language.* ♦️No words in the English language rhyme with “month”, “orange”, “silver” or “purple.” ♦️“Hungry” and “Angry” are the only words in the English language that end in “-gry.” ♦️The number 4 is the only number that has the same number of letters in it – FOUR. ♦️Did […]
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Something to make us smile 😁😁 William Shakespeare came to get vaccinated.Nurse: Which arm? Shakespeare: _As You Like It_Nurse: Was that painful? Shakespeare: _Much Ado About Nothing_ Nurse: You will have to have a second jab. Shakespeare: _Measure For Measure_ Nurse: So what do you think of the general awareness with regard to Covid?Shakespeare: _Comedy […]
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BOOKS & AUTHORS • A china passage— John Kenneth Galbraith• A dangerous place—- Daniel Patrick Moynihan• A farewell to arms—- Ernest Hemmingway• A pair of blue eyes—- Thomas Hardy• A passage to India—- E. M. Froster• A passage to England—- Nirad C. Chowdhury• A view from Delhi—- Chester Bowls• A voice for freedom—- Nayantara Sehgal• […]
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Types of Poems (i) Define poetry.Ans. Poetry is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language — such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre — to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, the prosaic ostensible meaning. (ii) What is an aubade?Ans. Aubade is a love poem welcoming or […]
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Beautiful is thy wristlet, decked with starry gems;; but thysword, O lord f thunder, is wrought with uttermost beauty, terrible to behod or to think of.
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