Haunted Houses The Glove and the When Great Trees Fall A Considerable Speck The Power of Music
Lions
Poet H.W. Longfellow Leigh Hunt Maya Angelou Robert Frost Sukumar Ray
Year of 1858. Part of 1836. In The New 1987. Read as a tribute 1939. In the Atlantic 1923. Part of Ray's
Publication Longfellow's collection of Monthly Magazine. at the funeral of her Monthly. Some other collection of nonsense
poems 'Birds of friend and fellow writer references mention 1942. verse 'Abol Tabol'.
Passage'. and Civil Rights activist Translated into English
James Baldwin. by Prof Sukanta
Chaudhury.
Structure Ten stanzas of four lines Narrative ballad with four Free verse with five A single stanza poem in Rhyming couplets
each with a regular ABAB stanzas of six lines each stanzas of varying blank verse (unrhymed (AABB) with a simple,
rhyme scheme and and an AABBCC rhyme lengths. The lack of iambic pentameter) with singsong meter.
consistent meter. First scheme. rhyme and consistent a conversational rhythm.
person narration. meter creates a sense of First person narration.
natural, powerful flow. It
is a tribute poem.
Themes The past and present, Chivalry and honor, Grief, profound loss, Curiosity, the value of life Humor, absurdity, the
memory, the spiritual foolishness vs. true love, resilience, and the vast (no matter how small), unpredictable and chaotic
world, and the lingering and the conflict between impact a great person human arrogance, and effects of art, and satire.
presence of life. vanity and integrity. has on the world. the nature of intelligence.
Meaning The poem explores how The poem is a critique of The poem uses the The poem meditates on A humorous and
places are "haunted" by a society that values metaphor of a falling tree the idea that even the nonsensical story about
the memories and spirits dangerous public to describe the smallest life possesses a music's absurd power to
of the past, showing that displays of chivalry and catastrophic, world- "considerable" mind and cause chaotic and
history is a lingering vanity over true honor altering grief that follows worth, challenging human irrational effects on the
presence in the world. and genuine love. the death of a great arrogance. world around it.
person.
While some readers may While some readers may
seek to find deeper seek to find deeper
political or religious political meanings within
meanings within the text, the text, there is
there is inadequate inadequate evidence to
evidence to support such support such
interpretations. interpretations.
Lions
Poet H.W. Longfellow Leigh Hunt Maya Angelou Robert Frost Sukumar Ray
Year of 1858. Part of 1836. In The New 1987. Read as a tribute 1939. In the Atlantic 1923. Part of Ray's
Publication Longfellow's collection of Monthly Magazine. at the funeral of her Monthly. Some other collection of nonsense
poems 'Birds of friend and fellow writer references mention 1942. verse 'Abol Tabol'.
Passage'. and Civil Rights activist Translated into English
James Baldwin. by Prof Sukanta
Chaudhury.
Structure Ten stanzas of four lines Narrative ballad with four Free verse with five A single stanza poem in Rhyming couplets
each with a regular ABAB stanzas of six lines each stanzas of varying blank verse (unrhymed (AABB) with a simple,
rhyme scheme and and an AABBCC rhyme lengths. The lack of iambic pentameter) with singsong meter.
consistent meter. First scheme. rhyme and consistent a conversational rhythm.
person narration. meter creates a sense of First person narration.
natural, powerful flow. It
is a tribute poem.
Themes The past and present, Chivalry and honor, Grief, profound loss, Curiosity, the value of life Humor, absurdity, the
memory, the spiritual foolishness vs. true love, resilience, and the vast (no matter how small), unpredictable and chaotic
world, and the lingering and the conflict between impact a great person human arrogance, and effects of art, and satire.
presence of life. vanity and integrity. has on the world. the nature of intelligence.
Meaning The poem explores how The poem is a critique of The poem uses the The poem meditates on A humorous and
places are "haunted" by a society that values metaphor of a falling tree the idea that even the nonsensical story about
the memories and spirits dangerous public to describe the smallest life possesses a music's absurd power to
of the past, showing that displays of chivalry and catastrophic, world- "considerable" mind and cause chaotic and
history is a lingering vanity over true honor altering grief that follows worth, challenging human irrational effects on the
presence in the world. and genuine love. the death of a great arrogance. world around it.
person.
While some readers may While some readers may
seek to find deeper seek to find deeper
political or religious political meanings within
meanings within the text, the text, there is
there is inadequate inadequate evidence to
evidence to support such support such
interpretations. interpretations.
