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The Gift in Wartime   [   Summary, Analysis, Interpretation, and Important Questions - Answers] (Tran Mong Tu :The Poet) A Short Summary : This a war poem. In it we find a woman mourning the death of her husband. He was in war, and lost his life in war field.  She talks about gifts which they gave each other. Her gifts were things like rose on his grave, her wedding gown, her youth. In return, she received gifts like his medals, badges, his dead body, shrapnel, his blood stained uniform.  A second thought on his gifts makes it clear that such gifts are not from the husband. No husband can send such deadly gifts to his wife. These are gifts from 'war' itself. These are war's gifts not only to this woman, but to all those who lose their people in war. Wars are not only terrible to widows or war survivors,  but they are terrible to whole of the humanity. -------------------------------------------------------------- Summary : The Gift in Wartime is a war poem whic...

  [Summary, Analysis, Interpretation and Important Questions and Answers ] All the World's a Stage By --- William Shakespeare (A Stage: Where Players Play Their Roles) In a Nut-Shell : In this poem Shakespeare compares life to a stage.  According to the poet, a man's life on the earth consists of seven stages.  Every stage has its own characteristics and features. The different stages in a man's life are as follows: An infant, helpless and crying A complaining school boy A lover A bearded soldier A wise justice An old man Second childhood (The Seven Stages of a Man) Right from birth to death, every human being has to go through all these seven stages, fulling the roles and responsibilities of every stage. -------------------------------------------------------------- Short Summary : This poem is taken from William Shakespeare's famous drama 'As You Like It'. There is a character in this drama called Jacque, and this poem is his monologue.  This famous monologue ...

A Red, Red Rose :  By : Robert Burns ----------------------------------------------- (Robert Burns : The Poet) ----------------------------------------------------- (The Text) ----------------------------------------------- Summary:  In this very little love poem, the speaker expresses his deep love for his beloved and assures her that his love for her will last longer than human life and even than the world itself. In other words, he will love her for ever and ever. He compares his love with a fresh red rose and a beautifully played melody. Then he promises that he will love her till all the seas of the world will dry and all the mountains will melt by the heat of the sun. Finally he bids her farewell (says goodbye). He is going on a long journey. But he assures that he will certainly return back to her by all means, however long the journey it might be.  -------------------------------------------------------------- Interpretation :  a. Stanza One :  O my Luve...