English Notes For You

        Every Mor ning I Wake 1. Introduction:  Every Morning I Wake is an excerpt (a short extract form a film, music or writing) from Under the Milk Wood (1953). It was a radio play, which was set in a small Wales town called Llareggub. Milk Wood is a little hamlet (a small settlement usually smaller than a village). The present poem is in a form of prayer. The speaker prays to the magnificent almighty God to have mercy on the ordinary inhabitants living under the Milk W ood . [Under Milk Wood] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Summary:  This poem is a prayer. In it we find the speaker praying every morning and evening for love, life, blessings and well being of the people of Milk Wood.  In his prayer s/he asks the Lord to keep His loving eye (love/mercy) to all human beings. They are all poor creatures, because they are born to die. Their ultimate destiny is death. S/He asks for His blessings on the town (Milk Wood). Life is not

  An Astrologer's Day ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Main Characters of the Story: The Astrologer: Protagonist of the story (fake and liar, who has run away from his village after a murderous attempt)/ Name not given The Stranger: Antagonist (Name--Guru Nayak, stubborn, arrogant and an ill behaved person) The Astrologer's Wife: A gentle and patient house wife ------------------------------------------- Introduction:  It is a story of a fake astrologer. It deals with a day's event in his life which suddenly brings his dark past before him. That day a stranger came to him to know his future. Ironically the astrologer had tried to kill him long before and had run away from his village.  The man asked the astrologer when he could find his murderer. He was very revengeful, and wanted to kill him. It was really a very grave (serious) situation for the astrologer. But as he was a very cl