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   2.4 Have You Earned Your Tomorrow                     - Edgar Guest (1881-1959) Topic- Appreciation- 4 marks  About the Poet, Poem, and Title- Edgar Albert Guest was born on 20th August 1881 in England and died on 5th August 1959 in the United States. He began his writing career in 1885 when he was fourteen. He was known as the “People’s Poet” for his simple style and optimistic tone of writing.  About the Poem - This poem was first published in the Detroit Free Press in 1916.  About the title - The title suggests verbal questions to the readers to rethink the treatment that they are giving to others. The theme- This poem is a motivational, inspirational, and didactic poem. It motivates the readers to do good deeds for the others. We should give up negative actions and negative thoughts. The poem is also helpful to us in the process of ‘self-introspection’. We may bring positive change in our behavior and may ...

   2.3  There Is Another Sky A ppreciation- 04Marks With the help of the following points, write a poetic appreciation of the poem. (4) Points-  -The poet, poem & title -Theme -The language/ poetic devices used in the poem -Special features -The message, values, morals   -Opinion 1. The Poet, Poem & Title- This poem is written by Emily Dickinson . The title "There is Another Sky" suggests that a place of heaven metaphorically means their home.   There are two types of the world- - 1. Pessimistic and 2. Optimistic.  Here, the poetess indicates that there is a second (another) world with a bunch of promising expectations. So be always optimistic. Life is full of surprises or challenges so see the world  through an optimistic lens 2. The theme of the poem-  The poet is communicating to her brother Austin through the letter . She is encouraging him not to get depressed and  walk forward to achieve success in life. ' If o...