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  2.4 Have You Earned Your Tomorrow – Edgar Guest Appreciation- About the Poet, title and Poem - ‘Have You Earned Your Tomorrow’ was written by Edgar Guest (1881-1959). He was a British-born American poet and writer for Newspapers and Magazines. He was known as the ‘People’s Poet’ for his simple style and optimistic tone of writing. This poem is motivational. It was first published in 1916. In this poem, the speaker is asking to the readers whether they have done anything to improve the life of another human being or not. The title is apt, suitable, and meaningful. It suggests verbal questions to the readers to rethink the treatment that they are giving to others. The Theme- This poem is motivational. 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’. The language/ poetic devices used in the poem- The style and tone of the poem ar...

2.6 Money - William H.Davies   Appreciation -  Read the extract carefully and write an appreciation of the poem, considering the following points. ✳️About the poet and the title ✳️The theme ✳️ Poetic style, Language, and poetic devices. ✳️ Special feature  ✳️Values  ✳️Your opinion about the poem 1.About the poet and the title- William H. Davies (1871-1940) was a Welsh poet and writer. This poem is taken from 'The Soul's Destroyer and Other Poems".  2. The theme - The theme of the poem is true/real happiness, the importance of money, and true friendship. The poem tells us about the rich man who wants to be a poor man to find real happiness. It is when we do not have money or have lost our money, we realise how important money is. At the end, the poet says that now he doesn't have money, but he has true friends, though they may be few.  3 . Poetic style, Language, poetic devices- The poem has five stanzas of 4 lines each. The rhyme scheme of the 1 to 4 stanz...

  2.2 The Sower        Figures of Speech 1. Sitting in a porchway cool. Ans- Inversion- The words are not in the correct prose order. The correct prose order is "Sitting in cool porchway". 2. Sunlight, I see dying fast. Ans- Personification- ‘Sunlight’ has been given the human quality of 'dying'. Alliteration- The sound of the letter 's' is repeated for poetic effect. Inversion- The words are not in the correct prose order. The correct prose order is " I see sunlight dying fast". 3. "Twilight hastens on to rule". Alliteration The sound of the letter 't' is repeated for the poetic effect. Personification- ‘Twilight’ has been given the human quality of 'hastening'. 4. "Shadows run across the lands". Ans- Consonance The sound of the letter 's' has been repeated in the line. Personification- ‘Shadows’ have been given the human quality of 'running'. 5. "But a Sower lin...