XII English Flamingo Poems Revison Notes

Fear of loss or separation from the
Kamala Das is a sensitive writer who old aging mother. It talks about the
captures the complexities of human anguish of the daughter over her
relationships in her poems. mother's advancing age and the fear
of permanent separation from her.
1. Ageing is a natural process 7. Outside, poet sees vibrant

beyond human control. signs of life - young trees,
children playing.
2. We have warm relationships
with older people like our 8. At airport, mother's face
parents. looks pale, resembling late
winter's moon.
3. It's painful to see parents
grow old and need care. 9. Poet feels sadness and
helplessness at leaving her
4. Kamala Das' poem "My mother.
Mother at Sixty-six" explores
mother-daughter relationship. 10. Despite sadness, poet tries
to smile to hide her pain.
5. Poet describes ride to
airport with her old mother. 11. Poem ends with acceptance
of life's realities and the
6. Mother appears old and inevitability of ageing and
tired, lacking youthful energy.
1. SIMILE
3. PERSONIFICATION :
• Her face is ashen like that of a corpse.
• Trees sprinting
• wan, pale as a winter's moon
2. REPETITION
• Thought away..... Thought away.
• Smile and smile and smile
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Retrospection and
Pablo Neruda poems are full of easily understood Introspection are the
images that enhance the beauty of the poem. He two important themes
also won the Nobel Prize in the year 1971 of the poem.
1. Poem starts with poet urging 8. Examples of humanity's

silence for self-introspection. destructive activities: killing
whales, ignoring health for
2. Offers to count till twelve for monetary gain, wars.
everyone's peace.
9. Poet believes silence will
3. Symbolism: Language unites, inspire compassion and
brotherhood.
arms symbolize work.
10. Warns against complete
4. Poet wants us to stop
inactivity, desires end to cruelty
speaking and moving
and violence.
temporarily.
11. Encourages appreciation of
5. After-effects visualized as nature and its cycles.
serene and thought-provoking.
12. Life and death are part of
6. Predicts 'sudden strangeness' nature's continuous cycle.
but positive outcomes.
13. Poem ends with call for
7. Silence helps reflect on self silent introspection and move
and humanity's actions. towards a humane future.
1. Alliteration:
2. Anaphora: Two consecutive lines
‘we will’ – ‘w’ sound is repeated starting with the word ‘Let’s’
we would’ – ‘w’ sound is repeated, let’s not speak in any language,
‘sudden strangeness’ – ‘s’ sound is let’s stop for one second,
repeated,
‘his hurt hands’ – ‘h’ sound is repeated 3. Assonance: use of vowel ‘o’ (victory
‘wars with’ – ‘w’ sound is repeated, with no survivors, would put on clean
‘clean clothes’ – ‘c’ sound is repeated clothes and walk about with their
we were, so single – minded brothers)

1. Beautiful objects bring eternal joy, treasured in our minds.
2. Beauty brings joy even amidst disease, suffering, and

John Keats was a British poet. disappointment.
Although he was trained to be
surgeon Keats decided to devote 3. Objects of beauty leave lasting impressions, continue to
himself wholly to poetry. bring joy when absent.
4. Joy from beauty never fades, increases when remembered.
7. Beauty can be found

1. "A Thing of Beauty" is about
everywhere, even in
appreciating beauty in everything.
ordinary things like the
2. Beauty brings joy and becomes sun and trees.
more attractive as we enjoy it.
8. Poet gives examples of
3. Close observation reveals beauty in flowers, rills, and
stunning features of beautiful
stories.
things.
4. Memories of beautiful things 9. Beauty is an endless and

are etched into our minds. immortal source of joy.
5. Beautiful things provide lasting 10. Memories of beautiful

happiness and peace.
experiences never fade.
6. Humans are closely connected
to nature, which uplifts our mood. 11 Beauty is a blessing
from God, symbolized by
7. Beauty helps us forget worries references to heaven.
and troubles.
1. Alliteration: 4. Metaphor:
Sleep-Sweet Band Bind, Noble nature, Immortal drinks ( beautiful objects of nature
some shape are forever like a neverending portion of a
drink)
2. Anaphora:
Use of same word in two consecutive lines (of 5. Imagery:
noble natures- Of all the unhealthy) Bushes full of musk roses (sprinkling of fair
musk rose blooms), books describing valor of
3. Antithesis: fighters (grandeur-..mighty dead), god
opposite words placed together (old and providing us with best things (pouring from
young) the heaven’s brink)

1. Poem reflects on life of ignored roadside
stand owner.
Robert Frost is an American 2. Owner desires acceptance from city people,
even without purchases.
poet of the twentieth century
3. Growth and development unequal between
who mostly wrote about
cities and villages.
characters, people and 4. Villagers often dissatisfied and unhappy
due to disparities.
6. Politicians exploit poor

1. Poem depicts stall owner's rather than help them,
efforts to renovate his stall, indulging in luxury and
essential for livelihood. laziness.
2. City money aids city growth, 7. Poet sympathizes with

benefiting city dwellers. stall owners' longing for
customers, often in vain.
3. Traffic passing stall consists
of expensive vehicles owned by
city people. 8. Country dwellers lack
resources and comforts,
4. Traffic rarely stops to buy unable to match city
from stall, instead for other lifestyle.
reasons like admiring scenery
or artwork. 9. Poet briefly considers
mercy-killing as solution
5. Stall owners aspire for better to poverty, but returns to
lives, promised by politicians but sanity.
not fulfilled.
1. Metaphor: Trusting Sorrow
2. Oxymoron & Alliteration: ‘Greedy good-doers’ and ‘beneficent beasts’ of

prey.
3. Personification: 1) A roadside stand that too pathetically pled
4. Transferred Epithet: (a) Polished traffic (b) Selfish cars

1. It depicts how a woman's husband and
societal expectations contribute to this
American poet Adrienne Rich. It oppression.
talks about the burden faced by
women in marital life, which she 2. The continuous dominance and control
depicts through the character Aunt exerted over the woman weaken her both
Jennifer physically and emotionally.
5. The weight of her

1. The poem introduces Aunt
suffering is metaphorically
Jennifer as a married woman
represented by her heavy
engaged in embroidery work
wedding ring.
featuring tigers.
6. The poem suggests that
2. The tigers symbolize Aunt Aunt Jennifer may only
Jennifer's desire for freedom find freedom from her
and fearlessness, contrasting oppression in death, as
with her oppressed reality. even then, the ring will
remind her of her
3. Aunt Jennifer reminisces hardships.
about her youthful
confidence and grace before 7. Despite her oppression,
marriage. Aunt Jennifer's desire for
freedom is represented
4. Her marriage has left her through her artwork
weak and jittery, as depicted featuring the fearless
by her trembling fingers while tigers.
knitting.
1. Alliteration : ‘f’ sound is repeated in finger fluttering

‘p’ is repeated in prancing proud
2. Anaphora: use of same word in two consecutive lines (they do not … and
they pace in…)
3. Metaphor: Use of topaz to describe the yellow color of tigers (Bright

topaz)

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Fear of loss or separation from the

1. Ageing is a natural process 7. Outside, poet sees vibrant

1. Poem starts with poet urging 8. Examples of humanity's

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2. Beauty brings joy even amidst disease, suffering, and

4. Joy from beauty never fades, increases when remembered.

7. Beauty can be found

4. Memories of beautiful things 9. Beauty is an endless and

5. Beautiful things provide lasting 10. Memories of beautiful

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6. Politicians exploit poor

2. City money aids city growth, 7. Poet sympathizes with

1. Metaphor: Trusting Sorrow

2. Oxymoron & Alliteration: ‘Greedy good-doers’ and ‘beneficent beasts’ of

3. Personification: 1) A roadside stand that too pathetically pled

4. Transferred Epithet: (a) Polished traffic (b) Selfish cars

Watch detailed video

5. The weight of her

1. Alliteration : ‘f’ sound is repeated in finger fluttering

3. Metaphor: Use of topaz to describe the yellow color of tigers (Bright

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