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 Om namo bagavathe sri vasudevaya 🙏 Thy golden Light came down into my brain And the grey rooms of mind sun-touched  became A bright reply to Wisdom's occult plane, A calm illumination and a flame. Thy golden Light came down into my throat, And all my speech is now a tune divine, A paean-song of Thee my single note; My words are drunk with the immortal's wine. Thy golden Light came down into my heart Smiting my life with Thy eternity; Now has it grown a temple where Thou art And all its passions point towards only Thee. Thy golden Light came down into my feet, My earth is now Thy playfield and Thy seat . The Golden light is a sonnet ( 14 lines)written in the style of Shakespearean sonnet containing three  quartains and one couplet. Rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg. The repetition of Thy at the beginning of every stanza is Anaphora, a figure of speech.  The Poet reveals his intense  spiritual experience and enlightenment.Golden light is the symbol of div...

 M y days among the dead are past around me I behold , whenever these casual eyes are cast the mighty minds of old my never failing friends are they with them I take delight in weal. And seek relief in woe and while I understand and feel how much to them I owe my cheeks have often been bedew'd with tears of thoughtful gratitude. My thoughts are with the Dead, with them     I live in long-past years, Their virtues love, their faults condemn,     Partake their hopes and fears, And from their lessons seek and find Instruction with an humble mind. My hopes are with the Dead, anon     My place with them will be, And I with them shall travel on     Through all Futurity; Yet leaving here a name, I trust, That will not perish in the dust Quest ions 1)what is the central idea of the  poem 2)who are mighty minds 3)who are the  poets  friends and how are they never failing 4)explain my cheeks have often been.............gratitude Question...

  The Lamb BY  WILLIAM BLAKE Little Lamb who made thee           Dost thou know who made thee  Gave thee life & bid thee feed.  By the stream & o'er the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing wooly bright; Gave thee such a tender voice, Making all the vales rejoice!           Little Lamb who made thee           Dost thou know who made thee           Little Lamb I'll tell thee,          Little Lamb I'll tell thee! He is called by thy name, For he calls himself a Lamb:  He is meek & he is mild,  He became a little child:  I a child & thou a lamb,  We are called by his name.          Little Lamb God bless thee.  Little Lamb God bl...

Sri Aurobindo's poem  A Tree    A tree beside the sandy river-beach   Holds up its topmost boughs  Like fingers towards the skies ,they cannot reach,  Earth-bound, heaven-amorous.  This is the soul of man. Body and brain  Hungry for earth our heavenly flight detain.   ( Later edition of this work: The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo.- Set in 37 volumes.- Volume 2.- Collected Poems.- Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 2009.- 751 p)  A tree  by sri Aurobindo is a six line spritual poem containing a quartain and a couplet. abab rhyme scheme in quartain. He speaks about attaining higher level of sprituality in humans.Tree is used as a metaphor. A Tree beside river is with its branches upwards like fingers towards heaven.Though the boughs try to reach skies it cannot touch the sky. The poet talks about tree's positivity to reach Supreme God. Tree is deep rooted to the earth and immovable,still tries to reach divine. whereas the man is...

Analysis of the poem Still I Rise BY MAYA ANGELOU The main theme of the poem 'Still I Rise ' is racism. She is up against the major problem that is racial difference,.Negritude writers aim was the celebration of 'blackness' . They attempted to rescue blackness from its definition in negative terms. Maya addressed the issue of 'colour discrimination' "I "in the poem is undoubtedly the poet 'Maya'. Addressee in the poem 'you" is white skinned person. In the first stanza itself the poet attacks the historians who have recorded their history, culture as primitive abd as inferior human race. this reminds us of Edward Said' lines in his book ' Orientalism' that Occidents or the west recorded their observations based on commonly held assumptions about the 'orient' as exotic and immoral. The speaker asks his addressee to see whether she has broken ,bowed head and lowered eyes. the poet arrogant nature may embarrass hi...