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Hello guys, for those who are reading this.. Let me introduce myself.. I am Abhishek and I founded Beamingnotes in 2012. It started as a small pass-time hobby and after a year we saw students finding interest on the summaries and analysis we shared! This encouraged us to write more and we devoted some time… Continue reading Beamingnotes App is Live: Our Story: 2022
This poem shows us how difficult it can be for a young girl to grow up. In childhood, we are happy to listen to fairy tales and imagine ourselves to be in the same situation. However, this cannot last forever. At some point in time or the other, we all have to grow up. One… Continue reading Amanda by Robin Klein Analysis: 2022
About the poet: Robin Klein is an Australian children’s writer. She was born in Kempsey, New South Wales, in 1936. Before becoming a writer, she had several different jobs, such as working as a nurse, at a bookstore, and as a teaching aide at a school for the disadvantaged. Her writing often features young protagonists who… Continue reading Amanda by Robin Klein Summary and Meaning: 2022
The poet’s mode of writing is a very intelligent one here. By setting up a contrast between the real and the ideal, he makes an important point about wildlife conservation. The tiger belongs in the forest. There it can hunt as and when required. It hunts not out of envy or out of hatred, as… Continue reading A Tiger in the Zoo Analysis by Leslie Norris: 2022
This poem has two distinct settings. The first setting is that of the zoo, and it is the setting that the tiger inhabits in reality. The second setting is that of the forest, and it is the setting that the tiger has been taken out of and no longer has access to, and the setting… Continue reading A Tiger in the Zoo: Summary: 2022
Henry Newbolt was born in 1862 at Bilston in Staffordshire. In 1889 he married Margaret Duckworth. This proved to be good for him because he began to write stories and poems encouraged by Margaret and her close friend Ella Coltman. His first slim volume, entitled Admirals All, was published in 1897. It contained only twelve… Continue reading A Ballad of Sir Pertab Singh Summary by Sir Henry Newbolt: 2022
This poem tells us an inspiring story and also teaches us an important lesson. It tells us of the unusual friendship between an Englishman and an Indian king. In the 19th century, the British administration and the rulers of India’s princely provinces were engaged in a tug of war for authority over their territories. They… Continue reading A Ballad of Sir Pertab Singh Analysis by Sir Henry Newbolt: 2022
William Wordsworth is one of the best-known English poets of the Romantic era, a period where poetry was about the personification of nature, and a new movement of aesthetics was evolved. John Wordsworth is known for some of his best poems, like Daffodils. In this analysis, I will look at his poem written for his… Continue reading She was a Phantom of Delight: Summary and Analysis: 2022
This poem analysis of ‘Life is But a Dream’ by Lewis Carroll is divided into three parts – rhyme scheme and rhetorical devices, acrostic, and deeper meaning. Life is But a Dream Analysis by Lewis Carroll Rhyme Scheme and Rhetorical Devices: The rhyme scheme followed by Carroll in this poem is very interesting, for all… Continue reading Life is But a Dream Analysis by Lewis Carroll: 2022
Lewis Carroll was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon, and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, which includes the poem “Jabberwocky”, and the poem The Hunting of the Snark, all examples of the genre of literary nonsense. He is noted for his facility at word… Continue reading You Are Old Father William Analysis by Lewis Carroll: 2022
