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  The Laburnum Top Poem Explanation The Laburnum top is silent, quite still In the afternoon yellow September sunlight, A few leaves yellowing, all its seeds fallen. Laburnum – a short tree with hanging branches, yellow flowers, and poisonous seeds In the above lines, the poet says that he saw a Laburnum tree whose leaves were yellow. The tree’s top is still and silent in the day time of September month. It is autumn season and all the seeds of the tree had fallen. The poet has used the word ‘yellow’ for leaves and sunlight. Yellow symbolizes silence, death, and beauty. He describes the whole scene of the tree with this colour. Till the goldfinch comes, with a twitching chirrup A suddenness, a startlement, at a branch end. Then sleek as a lizard, and alert, and abrupt, She enters the thickness, and a machine starts up Of chitterlings, and a tremor of wings, and trillings — The whole tree trembles and thrills. Goldfinch – a small singing birds with yellow feathers ...

  प्रतिबन्धपुरम का महाराज इस कहानी का नायक है। वह ‘ टाइगर किंग ’ के नाम से भी विख्यात हुआ (जाना गया)। जब उसका जन्म हुआ तो ज्योतिषियों ने उसी समय भविष्यवाणी की थी कि एक दिन बाघ राजा को वास्तव में मरना पड़ेगा। दस दिन की आयु के राजकुमार ने भविष्यवक्ताओं को ‘ ओ बुद्धिमान भविष्य द्रष्टाओ! ’ कह कर सम्बोधित किया। उसने उन्हें उसकी मृत्यु का ढंग बताने को कहा। मुख्य ज्योतिषी ने कहा कि मृत्यु शेर (बाघ) द्वारा आयेगी। राजकुमार गुर्राया , “ बाघों को सावधान कर दो! जबे युवराज बीस वर्ष की आयु में वयस्क हुआ , तो उसका राज्य उसके हाथ में आ गया। प्रतिबन्धपुरम राज्य में कई जंगल थे। उनमें बाघ भी थे। महाराजा ने बाघ का शिकार करना आरम्भ कर दिया। जब उसने पहली बाघ मारा तो राजा रोमान्चित हुआ। उसने राजकीय ज्योतिषी को बुलवाया। वृद्ध व्यक्ति ने कहा , “ महाराजाधिराज , चाहे आप इस ढंग से 99 बाघ मार दें किन्तु आप को 100 वें बाघ से अत्यन्त सावधान रहना चाहिए। यदि वह 100 वें बाघ को मार पाया , तो ज्योतिषी ने प्रण किया कि वह ज्योतिष की अपनी सभी पुस्तकें फाड़ डालेगा तथा उन्हें आग लगा देगा। ”   राज्य में महाराजा ...

 About the author Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami (10 October 1906 – 13 May 2001),commonly known as R. K. Narayan , was an Indian writer known for his work set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi . He was a leading author of early Indian literature in English along with Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao . Narayan's mentor and friend Graham Greene was instrumental in getting publishers for Narayan's first four books including the semi-autobiographical trilogy of Swami and Friends , The Bachelor of Arts and The English Teacher . The fictional town of Malgudi was first introduced in Swami and Friends . Narayan's The Financial Expert was hailed as one of the most original works of 1951 and Sahitya Academy Award winner The Guide was adapted for film (winning a Filmfare Award for Best Film ) and for Broadway. The present extract is from Swami and Friends. Summary The headmaster entered the class with slightly flushed face and a hard ominous look in his ey...

  Excuses Excuses by Gareth Owen Late again Blenkinsopp? What’s the excuse this time? Not my fault sir. Who’s fault is it then? Grandma’s sir. Grandma’s? What did she do? She died sir. Died? She’s seriously dead alright sir. That makes four grandmothers this term Blenkinsopp And all on PE days. I know. It’s very upsetting sir. How many grandmothers have you got Blenkinsopp? Grandmothers sir? None sir. You said you had four. All dead sir. And what about yesterday Blenkinsopp? What about yesterday sir? You were absent yesterday. That was the dentist sir. The dentist died? No sir. My teeth sir. You missed the maths test Blenkinsopp! I’d been looking forward to it sir. Right, line up for PE. Can’t sir. No such word as “can’t” Blenkinsopp No kit sir. Where is it? Home sir. What’s it doing at home? Not ironed sir. ...

                                  Introduction to the poem                The poem “Keeping Quiet” written by Pablo Neruda discusses the need of maintaining peace and silence. He stresses upon being quiet and harmless to the human beings, animals and environment. He suggests that in order to maintain peace and harmony, it is required to stop and introspect ourselves. Keeping Quiet Summary “Keeping Quiet” is a peace poem written by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. The poet asks humanity to count numbers from one to twelve - twelve being the number of hours shown in a clock or the number of zodiac signs. He requests everyone not to speak because languages create barriers between people. The moment when everyone stops moving their body will be very special and different as we have never experienced such a moment before.        ...

                                           Summary              This poem by Stephen Spender gives a vivid description of a school classroom in a slum and the children in the class. The faces of the children are dull. Their appearance shows that they are unwanted. The children have gloomy faces. Their heads hanging low in sadness due to being poor. They have diseased bodies inherited from their parents and are victims of poverty. At the dim end of the room, sits one child who has bright eyes which seem to dream - of playing outside with squirrels. He is different from the others in the dim, dark room. The walls of the classroom are dirty. People have donated different charts and images which have been put up on them. One of them is a picture of the great playwright Shakespeare. His head is bald and resembles the rising Sun. The next poster...