The poem relates the story of a woman who lives in constant fear from her husband. She longs for a life of freedom and fearlessness but becomes a victim of male dominance. She is able to express her feelings only through the art of embroidery. Over a period of time when she gets tired and exhausted she is unable to use her fingers even for that. Finally she dies in fetters. Please share your feedback of listening on [email protected]. I would love to hear. My blogs...

In the poem the poet presents a sad and gloomy picture of the poor and deprived people living in the countryside. He draws a contrast between these people and the city dwellers. He is upset that the rich people living in the urban areas are least bothered about their poor fellow human beings. They are callous and harsh. Did you like the recitation of the poem? Please feel free to share your feedback on [email protected]. My blogs are available on arupedia.wordpress.com

The poet says that beautiful things are sources of eternal joy. Life, otherwise, is full of sadness and gloom. But it is the beautiful things like the sun, the moon, trees, flowers and other forms of nature and art that provide solace to human beings. They help him come to terms with life. Share your feedback after listening on [email protected]. I would love to hear. My blogs are available on arupedia.wordpress.com

In the poem the poet pleads with the human beings to keep quiet and reflect on their mindless acts that are leading them to self destruction. He is particularly concerned about man's constant quest for victory over his fellow human beings or over nature. He is not against the progress as such in the modern age as long as it is going in the right direction. He believes that the progress of the human beings in wrong direction is going to be suicidal.

The poem reveals a gloomy picture of the children in a slum school. It brings the reader's attention to the effects of poverty on their health, education and life. The poet exhorts the authorities towards the end of the poem to provide due care so that the children are able to fulfill their ambitions in life. This is one of the poems prescribed by CBSE for the students of class XII English. You may share your feedback about the recitation on [email protected] My blogs are...

The poem depicts the pain that the poet undergoes at the separation from her ageing mother. The poet is going to catch a flight from Cochin and the mother accompanies her to the airport. Looking at her mother the poet becomes nostalgic. She tries to divert her attention by looking at the sprinting trees or spilling children but in vain. Her pain increases when she finally separates from the mother after the security check. The mother is ageing and the poet probably has the fear of losing her....

Once the poet was going to catch a flight from Cochin and her mother had accompanied her to the airport. The mother was sixty six then. She looked 'wan, pale as a late winter's moon'. The poet seeks to reveal her own feelings of getting separated from the mother. The reader can experience poet's pain of separation and a sense of helplessness. The poem has been prescribed for class XII by CBSE India. I would love to hear from you on...

The poem is in the form of a conversation between the poet and a young woman. The poet conveys to the lady that a young man would not be attracted towards her inner beauty. He would be interested only in her outward appearance. The lady is still hopeful that she would get a young man who would love her soul, and not her body. But the poet insists that it is only God who can love her soul, and not anyone else. The poem has been prescribed for class X by Central Board of Secondary...

The Tale of Custard the Dragon is a humorous poem in the form of a ballad. A ballad is a poem that tells a story. And this poem tells a humorous story. Belinda lived with four other animals, a dog, a kitten, a mouse and a dragon named Custard. Everyone made fun of Custard, the dragon and called him a coward. But when the occasion arose it was the dragon who showed up. Everyone ran for their safety. The poem has been prescribed for...

Fog is one of the best known poems of Carl Sandburg. In this short poem the poet reveals the features of Fog by comparing it with a cat. The cat has been used as a metaphor. The poet depicts the pace and unpredictable nature of the fog here. The poem has been prescribed for study in Class X English by CBSE in India. I would love to hear from you on [email protected] My blogs are available on...

Should the trees live in the forest or stay in the houses of the human beings? Should their parts just become the decorative pieces inside the houses of human beings? It is this conflict of man with nature that has been revealed in the poem, The Trees. Please do share your feedback on [email protected] My blogs are available on arupedia.wordpress.com

In this poem the poet tries to reveal the difference between animals and human beings. Animals are simple and self-contained. They accept you as you are. Unlike humans they are always happy and satisfied. Humans, on the other hand, are very complicated. The poem feels at home with animals, but not with human beings. Please share your feedback about this episode on [email protected] My blogs are available on arupedia.wordpress.com

There is always a gap between what a child feels and and what the parents' expect of her. It is true that a child should become disciplined. But should the parents seek to instruct and control the child for discipline? Because control curtails the freedom of the child. It is this dichotomy between the parents' expectation and the child's feelings that has been depicted in the poem. Please share your feedback on [email protected] My blogs are available on...

A boy is upset because he has lost his ball. The ball is very precious for him. It can't be bought by money. But then he also learns an important lesson of his life through this loss. How to cope with a loss. Please share your feedback on [email protected]. My blogs are available on arupedia.wordpress.com

It is a humorous poem in which the poet suggests some dangerous ways to identify the wild animals. Contact for the feedback on [email protected] My blogs are available at arupedia.wordpress.com

The poem depicts the condition of a tiger in the concrete cell of a zoo. The poem can be divided into three parts. In the first stanza the poet shows the helplessness of the tiger in the cage of a zoo. In the second and the third stanzas the poet tries to reveal the tiger in his natural habitat of a jungle. In the last two stanzas again the poet takes the reader to the cage of the zoo. The tiger is alone, behind bars there.

The poem reveals the grief and sorrow that a father suffers due to a strained relationship with his son. The father is unable to understand the changes that he observes in his son. There is a lack of understanding between the two. The father is trying to discover the child that his son once was. But his son is an adult now. He lives in a world of his own. Despite all this the father longs for his company. He is ready to forgive and forge 'a new love' with his son. ...

The poet is trying to explore when exactly he became an adult. Did he become an adult when he reached eleven or when his understanding about the world grew? Probably it is not the physical growth so much as the mental one which is the indicator of his adulthood. The journey from childhood to adulthood is that from innocence to maturity. In the last stanza the poet suffers from a sense of loss. With childhood he feels he has lost his innocence. Please share your feedback on [email protected]

A photograph is the source of nostalgia in the poem both for the speaker and her mother. They both go down their memory lane by looking at the photograph. Later the speaker, who is also the daughter, loses even her mother. The ending of the poem is touching. You may share your feedback about the episode on [email protected]

The poem begins with a question, 'And who art thou?' In response to this the rain answers who she is, what is her role and how she nurtures Life on the Earth. Only a poet can make you listen to the voice of the rain. A poet like Walt Whitman. Do share the feedback about this episode on [email protected]

The poet has captured the relation of birds with a tree beautifully in the poem. Before the goldfinch comes the Laburnum tree is silent. After its arrival the tree becomes 'the engine of their family'. Again with the departure of the birds it 'subsides to empty'.

It gives the poet's perspectives on birthdays, birth, death etc

The poem reveals the gloomy mood of the poet.

This short poem by Robert Frost draws the reader's attention to how even a minor incident can bring about a major change in Life. It emphasizes the importance of positive thinking.