Std.10th Poem Appreciation
Appreciation 1.1 A Teenager’s Prayer
1. Title: The title of the poem is ‘ A Teenager’s Prayer’
2. Poet: This poem is composed by American poet ‘ Samuel J. Morse’
3. Rhyme Scheme: The rhyme scheme of the poem is ‘abcb’
4. Figures of Speech: The figures of speech used in the poem are ‘ Alliteration ‘, ‘ Apostrophe ‘, ‘ Metaphor ‘, and ‘Inversion’.
5. Theme / Central: In this poem the teenager prays to God to Central Idea show him / her the right way in life. Teenage is a very important stage in everyone’s life because it decides the future of the person. If they go on the right path it makes their life as well as others life better. If they choose the wrong path, it is very difficult to bring them back on the right path. The teenagers wants to do new things in their life. The poet tells that God can show them the proper way in their life. The teenager requests the God to keep himself away from the bad things and help him to lead positive and successful life. In short the teenagers wants to inculcate good habits.
1.3 Basketful of Moonlight
1. Title: The title of the poem is ‘ Basketful of Moonlight ‘.
2. Poet: This poem is composed by Indian Poet Sunil Sharma ‘.
3. Rhyme Scheme: There is no rhyme scheme in the poem. It is written in ‘ free verse ‘ Idea.
4. Figures of speech: The figures of speech used in this poem are ‘ Repetition ‘, ‘ Alliteration ‘, ‘ Antithesis ‘ and ‘ Hyperbole ‘.
5. Theme / Central: The central idea of the poem is a child’s desire to spend more time with his father. His father goes to the city for earning. He comes very late at home. The child goes to the bed by that time, so he cannot meet his father. This poem is about the child’s imagination where he thinks his father and other villagers return home early by lighting their path. In this poem a child requests the moon to give him it’s moonlight so that his father would return home early and he would listen to the stories from him. The problems of the villages are also mentioned in this poem.
Appreciation 2.1 You Start Dying Slowly…
1. Title: The title of the poem is ‘ You Start Dying Slowly… ‘
2. Poet: This poem is composed by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.
3. Rhyme scheme: There is no rhyme scheme in this poem. It is written in ‘ free verse’.
4. Figures of speech: The figures of speech used in this poem are ‘ Alliteration ‘, ‘ Metaphor ‘, and ‘Repetition
5. Theme / Central idea: The central idea of the poem is how you should lead your life. We can change our vision towards life. We must follow our passions. We must enjoy the life. To experience the beauty of life, we must travel, read, listen, praise oneself, wear different colours, making new friends, keep positive thoughts and being hopeful. You must not avoid feeling emotions, and do things that allow heart to beat fast. If you are afraid and do not chase your dreams, then your life will become meaningless and it is as good as dying slowly. The poem teaches us to live the life very cheerfully and confidently.
Std. 10th All Poem Appreciation
