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  Corona Says [ Summary, Analysis and Some Important Question-Answers ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corona Says (Vishnu S. Rai : The Poet) Some major themes of the poem : Corona is the outcome of human's irrational and irresponsible behaviour to the earth and nature. Humans think themselves to be the master of the earth. So they have always exploited it for their selfishness.  If we don't change our attitude, many more such epidemics and pandemics will come in future too. Summary :  (Short Summary): In this short poem we find disease 'Corona' standing before us as the speaker addressing human beings. It denies the blame that it is responsible for the death of thousands of people (being corona positive) and the ruining of world economy.  It didn't come on its own. It is the result of irrational and irresponsible behavior of human beings towards nature. Humans think thems...

  Keeping Things Whole Summary :  Keeping Things Whole is a beautiful poem composed by Mark Strand. This poem deals with two darker sides of human life. They are alienation (distance / separation) and fragmentation (breaking into small pieces).  If we think carefully, we will find different fragmentations are there in our lives and also in our  society. Our society is divided by several narrow domestic walls, such as rich-poor, upper caste-lower caste and many more. Our personal lives are also fragmented in different ways. Fragmentation in any form isn't good. So the poet is raising his voice against it. We find him pleading for wholeness in nature, lives and society. Here he has presented himself as an example. When he stands in a field, he takes up a space in that place. In other words, he is causing a fragmentation in the field, breaking its wholeness.  Similarly, when we walk in a field, we part the air. We are again creating fragmentation.  But na...

  The Poplar Field (The Text) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Themes of The Poplar Field: Deforestation Loss of nature and natural environment Nostalgia (A desire to return to a period or place with happy personal associations) Brevity (shortness) of human pleasures Approaching end of life --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary: This poem is about nature conservation. Through this poem the poet wants to give the message that it is not good to chop down trees. At the same time, he becomes philosophical when he compares the chopping down of trees to a man's life and death. The poem starts with the description of a (poplar) forest and the changes which have come after the trees have been cut down. With the trees, all the attractions of the place have also gone. ("And tree is my seat that once lent me a shade") ...

  On the Vanity of Earthly Greatness (Arthur Guiterman: The Poet) 1.The summary of the poem: The main Message of this poem is that it is useless to be proud of our earthly greatness and achievements. No human achievement is permanent. The only permanent element  is time, before which every body has to bow down.  This poem describes what happens to powerful people and animals after they die. It shows how greatness, power, and achievements continue only for a short time.    (The most powerful mastodons : fighting ) The tusks of mastodons used to fight powerful wars in the past. But now they  are playing objects. The tusks are now turned into billiard balls.  [Formerly billiard balls were made of ivory, but now they are made of a combination of resin and plastic] (Billiard balls)   Similarly,   everyone was afraid  of the grizzly bear when it was alive . But now its fur has been used for sitting purpose. The sword of the most powe...

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