poem paragraphs

Poem - 1. A psalm of life by H.W.Longfellow

1.A psalm of life is philosophical poem by Longfellow.
2. According to the poet life is not an empty dream.
3. It is real and earnest.
4. Human soul is deathless.
5. Pain and pleasure are not the end of life.
6. Life on earth is a temporary camp made by the soldiers.
7. We should not live here like cattle.
8. Like a hero, we should stand up and fight.
9. When we die we should leave our foot prints.
10. It will help a man who is sad and secluded.
11. It will fill him with hope and cheers.
12. It will help him to work hard, achieve great things and learn to wait patiently.
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Poem - 2. Women's Rights by Annie Louisa Walker
1. Women's Rights

- Annie Louisa Walker

1. The poem is addressed to the men.

2. The poetess says that men cannot rob the rights cherished by the women.

3. Women have a clear picture of their mission.

4. They want to live quietly inside the four walls.

5. They don' want to waste their time.

6. Their mission is to gather the happiness and decorate the home with it.

7. Women are compared to the ordinary plants on the road side.

8. The plants save the rain water and spread the fragrance through their flowers.

9. Like those plants women too fill the home with happiness.

10. When they die no one knows about them. Only their family members know their value.

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A Noiseless Patient Spider
     - Walt Whitman
1. A noiseless, patient. spider is a short lyric by Walt Whitman.
2. The poet sees a spider on a little promontory.
3. It throws out filament to build its web.
4. On seeing the spider, the poet instructs his soul to send rays of hope to connect to God.
5. He says that though it was surrounded by space it is detached from it.
6.He wants the rays of hope to stick to something sound and solid.
7. So that the bridge may connect entire universe.
8. Thus, the poem ends with the note of optimism.
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Snake

- D.H.Lawrence

1. This poem is a free verse.

2. A snake came to poet's water tank to drink water.

3. The poet was waiting on the steps like a second comer.

4. In Sicily golden snakes are poisonous.

5. The education of the poet urged him to kill the snake.

6. But his instinct told him to love all creatures.

7. The poet was happy because the snake came to his house as a guest.

8. He felt honoured.

9. The education compelled him to kill the snake.

10. At last he threw a log at the snake.

11. The snake disappeared.

12. He felt sorry for his mean act.

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