Beaming Notes
Your Guide to Literature
Every work of art that a writer creates or writes actually carries some germ of the writer’s life. Thereby any attempt to say something about a poem or any piece of literature is actually an attempt to say something about one’s own self. Kamala Das, in her autobiography My Story asserts that “. . .… Continue reading An Introduction: Autobiographical Elements
In her celebrated essay, Can the Subaltern Speak? Gayatri Chakraborty Spivak points out the ability and inability of the subalterns to speak about their issues in their voices. Kamala Das’s poem is also the voice of the subaltern. Here the subaltern are the women, especially Indian women. Kamala Das becomes a spokesperson (well almost) for… Continue reading Introduction by Kamala Das Analysis
Tree at My Window is a poem flushed with romanticism but with a difference, prioritizing man over Nature, depicting the theme of dilemma and the typical Frost’s understanding of Nature. I think this will be enough to give you a proper idea and understanding of the poem. The following elements are analyzed: an introduction to… Continue reading Tree at My Window Analysis and Summary by Robert Frost
Sonnets from Portuguese is a collection of 44 sonnets written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning during the years 1845-1846 and published in 1850. The sonnets have been very popular since their publication. Elizabeth Browning was a Victorian poet whose poetry was very popular in England as well as in the United States. All her sonnets revolve… Continue reading Analysis of If Thou Must Love Me by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Sonnets from Portuguese is a collection of 44 sonnets written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning during the years 1845-1846 and published in 1850. The sonnets have been very popular since their publication. Elizabeth Browning was a Victorian poet whose poetry was very popular in England as well as in the United States. All her sonnets revolve… Continue reading Summary of If Thou Must Love Me by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Sarojini Naidu is a poet of Indian thought and culture and her poems described Indian flora and fauna, Indian customs and traditions, festivals, men and women, places legends of kings and queens etc. In her poem, In The Bazaars of Hyderabad, she has sketched the image of a typical Indian bazaar in Hyderabad. Please go… Continue reading Analysis of In The Bazaars of Hyderabad by Sarojini Naidu
Sarojini Naidu, the poet, freedom fighter, and patriot, was also known by the sobriquet The Nightingale of India. She was a sensitive poet and wrote poetry based on the beauty of simple joys and sorrows of life. Her poetry included children’s poems, nature poems, poems on love and death, etc. We have divided the explanation… Continue reading Summary of In The Bazaars of Hyderabad by Sarojini Naidu
“Where the Mind is Without Fear” was written during the British reign in India, before the country gaining its independence from colonial rule. In fact, Tagore died just a few years before 1947, when India became independent. So the country that he was living in was a country under oppression. However, the oppression was not… Continue reading Where the Mind is Without Fear: Analysis
Articles are a bit confusing. There is much more to discuss about articles than what we had learned in our childhood. This following exercise on ‘articles’ is crucial for concepts and recapitulation. I have also prepared a quiz that will help you track your knowledge on articles. If you’re confident with ‘articles’ take the quiz… Continue reading Grammar Exercise on Articles: A Date with ‘a’, ‘an’ and ‘the’
Where the Mind is Without Fear was included in the volume called ‘Naibedya’, the original poem bears the title ‘Prarthana’ meaning prayer. The poem is a prayer to God. The poem was written by Rabindranath Tagore during the time when India was under the British Rule and people were eagerly waiting to get their freedom… Continue reading Summary of Where the Mind is Without Fear by Rabindranath Tagore
