Appreciation of the poem notes pdf Standard 10 th Subject English | रसग्रहण विषय इंग्रजी इयत्ता १० वी | Maharashtra State Board English Subject class 10
Subject - English
Standard - 10 th
Medium - All ( Marathi ,Hindi, English )
APPRECIATION OF THE POEM(toc)
या प्रश्नात, कोर्सबुकमधील एक कविता तुम्हाला appreciation (रसग्रहण साठी) दिली जाईल. त्या कवितेची रचना त्याबरोबर दिलेल्या मुद्द्यांच्या आधारे करावी लागते. त्यासाठी कवितेचे विविध भाग/वैशिष्ट्ये/घटक जाणून घेणे आवश्यक आहे. कौतुक बिंदू स्वरूपात कविता लिहा. या प्रश्नासाठी 5 गुण दिले जातात.
Question - Read the poem and write its appreciation with the help of the given points:
POINTS FOR APPRECIATION AND MARKS
| POINTS | MARKS |
|---|---|
| Title | 1/2 |
| Name of the poet | 1/2 |
| Rhyme Scheme | 1 |
| Figures of Speech (any 1) | 1 |
| Theme/Central idea (2,3line) | 2 |
Poem Unit 1.1- A TEENAGER'S PRAYER
Title - A TEENAGER'S PRAYER.
Name of the poet / poetess - J. MORSE.
Rhyme Scheme - abcb
Figures of Speech - ‘Travel down the darkened
)road’
[Alliteration – Sound d is
repeated] ‘Decisions, I must
make’
[Inversion-Normal word
order is inverted]
Theme / Central idea -
It is a Prayer by Teenager.
Teenage is very important age in everyone's
life. The poet tells that the God can show him proper way or the God in the poem is the symbol of the person's inner mind,family or society, where he learns to differentiate the right or just things with the wrong or worst.
Poem Unit 1.3 BASKETFUL OF MOONLIGHT
Title - BASKETFUL OF MOONLIGHT
Name of the poet/ poetess - SUNIL SHARMA
Rhyme Scheme - Free Verse Poem
Figures of Speech - 1)Alliteration :“I want to sow the seeds of moon on the sides of the path.”
2)Personification:“O moon, give me basketful
of moon light.”
Theme / Central idea -
This poem is a request of a child to the moon. The child requests it to give him one or two basketful of seeds of moonlight. He wishes to sow the small moons of light along the roads from city to village. So his father will come home early and tell him stories. Poet describes
villager’s life which is full of dangers and child’s love for his father.
Poem Unit 2.1 YOU START DYING SLOWLY
Title - YOU START DYING SLOWLY
Name of the poet / poetess - PABLO NERUDA
Rhyme Scheme - Free Verse Poem
Figures of Speech -
1) Repetition: "You start
dying slowly"
2) Metaphor : “If you do not listen to the sounds of life”(Here the poet used direct
comparison.According to the poet the life
itself is a sound.)
3) Antithesis: “If you do not
reached what is safe, the
uncertain” (Risk and safe are oppositeword)
Theme / Central idea -
The poet is telling us to do new things everyday and avoid negative thoughts and always be positive. We should enjoy each and every moment of our life. Trust yourself and love what you do.
Poem Unit 2.3 THE TWINS
Title - THE TWINS
Name of the poet / poetess - HENRY SAMBROOKE LEIGH
Rhyme Scheme - abab cdcd.
Figures of Speech -
1) Alliteration:
“It puzzled all our kith and
kin” (Sound of K is repeated)
2) Hyperbole:
“When I died,the neighbours came
and buried brother John”
Theme / Central idea -
The central theme of the
poem is the confusion
between identical twins and
because of this what can a
problem they had whole life
is explained.
Poem Unit 3.1 IF
Title - IF
Name of the poet / poetess - RUDYARD KIPLING
Rhyme Scheme - aaaabcbc
Figures of Speech -
1)Personification: -Dreams:
masters who can control our
lives. (In this case, dreams assume
human role/quality, that of being a master.)
2)Repetition: “ If you can dream-and not make dreams your master,” (The word
dream is repeated to make an idea clearer and more
memorable.)
Theme / Central idea -
The central idea of this poem is that success comes from self-control and true sense of
the values of things. In extremes lies danger.
A man must not lose heart because of doubts or opposition, yet he must do his best to see the grounds for both.
Poem Unit 3.3 STOPPING BY WOODS
ON A SNOWY EVENING
Title - STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY
EVENING
Name of the poet / poetess - ROBERT FROST
Rhyme Scheme - aaba
Figures of Speech -
1) Alliteration:-"The woods are lovely dark and deep
"(The Sound 'd' is repeated)
2) personification:- "My little horse
must think it queer
“".....To ask if there is some
mistake" The horse in the poem is the
example of personification; who is portrayed here as to "think" and "ask" just like a
human being
Theme / Central idea -
This poem is about taking time to appreciate the beauty and wonder of nature. The theme revolves around the poet's philosophy, the
stranger here is really sad and would love to stay in the woods where he is
all alone (except his horse) away from the rest of the
Poem Unit 4.1 THE WORLD IS MINE
Title - THE WORLD IS MINE
Name of the poet / poetess - JOY LOVELET
CRAWFORD
Rhyme Scheme - aabbcc
Figures of Speech -
1) Alliteration:- "I envied
her—she seemed so gay—and I wished I were as fair";
(The Sound ‘S' is repeated.)
2) Repetition :-"O God, forgive me
when I whine’’
Theme / Central idea -
The central idea of the poem is that all of us should
look at life as a blessing because we are blessed with the ability to walk, talk,
hear and see. The speaker understands the importance of being able to walk, listen and see when he finds a lame girl, a deaf lad and a blind body.
Poem Unit 4.3 O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN
Title - O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN
Name of the poet / poetess - WALT WHITMAN
Rhyme Scheme - aabb cded
Figures of Speech -
1) Alliteration:-"I envied her—she seemed so gay—and I wished I were as fair";
(The Sound ‘S' is repeated.)
2) Apostrophe: - "O God, forgive me when I whine;"
Theme / Central idea -
The poet is trying to communicate with readers his acknowledgement and love for
President Lincoln and his grief of his death in the poem. The poem takes the form of an odecharacterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style.
Walt Whitman speaks not only for himself, but for his whole nation America as Abraham Lincoln is the savior of their
nation, and they embrace him as their hero.
