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Poem : Devotion to work

Write down the theme of the following poem  (Not more than 50 words) Devotion to work Amidst killer speeds I stand Facing the traffic, stretching my hand. I am seen on kids' books and as cartoons everywhere Educating people and asking them to beware  Of the errafic traffic and the signboards Seen on almost all the roads. So that you're safe I see each one of you But my sweat, my plight on the road sees who? Be it sunny or rainy , For your safety I must be Vigil and agile, on the middle Standing erect, as fit as a fiddle. Oh! My ear hurts! Oh! My head aches! Oh! Look at the weather...such unpredictable days! But I cannot swerve; I must be on duty. I care for your safety. Be it noisy or dusty; Be it sunny or rainy; I must be on duty. I care for your safety. The Theme : ‘Devotion to work’ is the central theme of the above poem. The speaker of the poem works for sound traffic management and thus ensures the safety of the people. He is active, vigil and careful about his duty. To...

Poem : Chastity on Women

Write down the theme of the following poem  (Not more than 50 words) Chastity on Women Go and catch a falling star, Get with child a mandrake root, Tell me where all past years are, Or who cleft the devil's foot, Teach me to hear mermaids singing, Or to keep off envy's stinging,         And find         What wind Serves to advance an honest mind. If thou be'st born to strange sights, Things invisible to see, Ride ten thousand days and nights, Till age snow white hairs on thee, Thou, when thou return'st, wilt tell me, All strange wonders that befell thee,         And swear,         No where Lives a woman true, and fair. The Theme : The central theme of the above poem/song is the ‘Chastity of Women’ . The poem/song suggests that it is almost impossible to find a chaste and faithful woman. The poet relates a chaste woman to some unreachable things on earth. To find a chaste woman is as imp...

Poem : Justice - H. W. Longfellow

Write down the theme of the following poem  (Not more than 50 words) Justice H. W. Longfellow (1807 – 1882) Once in an ancient city, whose name I no longer remember. Raised aloft on a column, a brazen statue of justice Stood is the public square, upholding the scales in its left hand. And in its right a sward, as an emblem that Justice presided Over the laws of the land, and the hearths and homes of the people. Even the birds had built their nests in the scales of the balance. Having no fear of the sword that Hashed in the sunshine above them. But in the course of time the laws of (the land were corrupted; Might took the place of right, and the weak were oppressed, and the mighty Ruled with an iron rod. Then it chanced in a nobleman’s palace That a necklace of pearls was lost, and ere long a suspicion Fell on an orphan girl who lived as a mind in the household. She, after a form of trial condemned to die on the scaffold. Patiently met her doom at the foot of the statue of Justice. ...

Poem : The Cloud - Percy Bysshe Shelley

Write down the theme of the following poem  (Not more than 50 words) The Cloud Percy Bysshe Shelley I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun. I wield the flail of the lashing hail, And whiten the green plains under, And then again I dissolve it in rain, And laugh as I pass in thunder. I sift the snow on the mountains below, And their great pines groan aghast; And all the night 'tis my pillow white, While I sleep in the arms of the blast. Sublime on the towers of my skiey bowers, Lightning my pilot sits; In a cavern under is fettered the thunder, It struggles and howls at fits; Over earth and ocean, with gentle motion, This pilot is guiding me, Lured by the love of the genii that move In the depths of the purple sea; Over the rill...

Poem : To The Cuckoo - William Wordsworth

Write down the theme of the following poem  (Not more than 50 words) To The Cuckoo William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850) O blithe New-comer! I have heard, I hear thee and rejoice. O Cuckoo! shall I call thee Bird, Or but a wandering Voice? While I am lying on the grass Thy twofold shout I hear; From hill to hill it seems to pass, At once far off, and near. Though babbling only to the Vale Of sunshine and of flowers, Thou bringest unto me a tale Of visionary hours. Thrice welcome, darling of the Spring! Even yet thou art to me No bird, but an invisible thing, A voice, a mystery; The same whom in my school-boy days I listened to; that Cry Which made me look a thousand ways In bush, and tree, and sky. To seek thee did I often rove Through woods and on the green; And thou wert still a hope, a love; Still longed for, never seen. And I can listen to thee yet; Can lie upon the plain And listen, till I do beget That golden time again. O blessèd Bird! the earth we pace Again appears to be An uns...

Poem : From on The Receipt of My Mother’s Picture - William Cowper

Write down the theme of the following poem  (Not more than 50 words) From on The Receipt of My Mother’s Picture William Cowper (1731 – 1800) Oh that those lips had language! Life has pass’d With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips are thine – thy own sweet smiles I see. The same that oft in childhood solaced me. Voice only fails, else, how distinct they say, ‘Grieve not, my child, chase all thy fears away! The meek intelligence of those dear eyes (Blest be the art that can immortalize. The art that baffles Times’ tyrannic claim To quench it) here shines on me still the same. Faithful remembrancer of one so dear. Oh welcome guest, though unexpected, here! Who bid’st me honour  with an artless song, Affectionate, a mother lost so long, I will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own; And, while that face renews me filial grief. Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief. Shall steep me in Elysian reverie. A momentary dream that thou art she....

Poem : Sonnet 18 - William Shakespeare

Write down the theme of the following poem  (Not more than 50 words) Sonnet 18 William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate; Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date; Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm’d; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimm’d; But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st; Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st; So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. The Theme : The poet starts the praise of his dear friend without ostentation, but he slowly builds the image of his friend into that of a perfect being. His friend is first compared to summer in the octave, but, at the start of the beauty can and should be j...

Poem : Ode to the West Wind - Percy Bysshe Shelley

Write down the theme of the following poem  (Not more than 50 words) Ode to the West Wind Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 – 1822) I O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being, Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing, Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red, Pestilence-stricken multitudes: O thou, Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed The winged seeds, where they lie cold and low, Each like a corpse within its grave, until Thine azure sister of the Spring shall blow Her clarion o'er the dreaming earth, and fill (Driving sweet buds like flocks to feed in air) With living hues and odours plain and hill: Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere; Destroyer and preserver; hear, oh hear! II Thou on whose stream, mid the steep sky's commotion, Loose clouds like earth's decaying leaves are shed, Shook from the tangled boughs of Heaven and Ocean, Angels of rain and lightning: there are spread On the blue surface of ...

Poem : No man is an island - John Donne

Write down the theme of the following poem  (Not more than 50 words) No man is an island John Donne No man is an island, Entire of itself, Every man is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less. As well as if a promontory were. As well as if a manor of thy friend’s Or of thine own were; Any man’s death diminishes me, Because I am involved in mankind, And therefore never send to know for whom bell tolls; It tolls for thee. The Theme : The poem implies the idea of interrelationship of people. People are not isolated islands. They are related to each other. If one person dies, all the other persons are affected. Actually, no one is self-reliant, everyone is dependent on others. (কবিতাটি মানুষের মধ্যে পারস্পরিক সম্পর্কের প্রতি ইঙ্গিত করে। মানুষ কোন নিঃসঙ্গ/বিচ্ছিন্ন দ্বীপ নয়। তারা একে অন্যের সাথে সম্পর্কিত। যদি কোন লোক মারা যায় তাহলে সকল লোকজনই ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত হয়। সত্যিকার অর্থে কেউ-ই স্বয়ংস্পূন্ন নয়, সকলেই একে অপরের ওপর নির্ভরশী...

Poem : A Poet to His Beloved - W. B. Yeats

Write down the theme of the following poem  (Not more than 50 words) A Poet to His Beloved W. B. Yeats I bring you with reverent hands The books of my numberless dreams White woman that passion has worn As the tide wears the dove-gray sands, And with heart more old than the horn That is brimmed from the pale fire horn That is brimmed from the pale fire of time; White woman with numberless dreams I bring you my passionate rhyme. The Theme : The poem expresses the deep love of the poet to his lover. The poet wrote this poem as a part of one of his proposals of marriage to a young woman. He fell in love with the young woman and remained faithful even though she married another man. He also says how his love for her has grown the longer. It is as if he already is married to her in his heart of hearts. He in fact admired her for her convictions and determination. (কবিতাটি প্রেয়সির জন্য কবির গভীর ভালবাসার কথা প্রকাশ করছে। একজন মহিলাকে তার দেয়া বিবাহের প্রস্তাবগুলোর অংশ হিসেবে কবি এই কবি...

Poem : If Those I loved were lost - Emily Dickinson

Write down the theme of the following poem  (Not more than 50 words) If Those I loved were lost Emily Dickinson If those I loved were lost The Crier’s voice would tell me – If those I loved were found The bells of Ghent would ring – Did those I loved repose The Daisy would impel me. Philip – when bewildered Bore his riddle in! The Theme : Human beings are accountable to the Creator for their deeds. After death, the sinners would be punished and the well-doers would be rewarded, and their fine examples would become known to all throughout the world. So, when we are in danger of sinning, we should look ‘in’ or ‘inward’. (মানুষকে তার কর্মকান্ডের জন্য সৃষ্টিকর্তার নিকট জবাবদিহি করতে হয়। মৃত্যুর পরে পাপিরা শাস্তি পাবে আর যারা সৎকর্ম করেছেন তারা পুরস্কৃত হবে এবং তাদের সুন্দর দৃষ্টান্ত বিশ্বব্যাপী সকলের জানা হবে। তাই আমরা যখন অপরাধ করার মত বিপদের মধ্যে থাকি তখন আমাদের উচিৎ আমাদের অন্তকরণের দিকে তাকানো।) Previous Poem - 69 - Next Poem Poem & Story List

Poem : On First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer - John Keais

Write down the theme of the following poem  (Not more than 50 words) On First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer John Keais (1795 – 1821) Much have I traveled in the realms of gold. And many goodly states and kingdoms seen; Round many western islands have I been Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told. That deep-brow’d Homer ruled as his demesne; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold; Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken; Or like stout Cortez, when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific – and all his men Look’d at each other with a wild surmise –  Silent, upon a peak in Darien. The Theme : The poet has travelled in many sports of the world, he has greatly wondered. But he is mostly surprised when he has seen Chapman’s translation of Homeric literary works. To his it is more than a conquest of a conqueror. (কবি বিশ্বের অনেক স্থান ভ্রমণ করেছেন, অনেক অভিভূত...

Poem : The Isles of Greece - Lord Byron

Write down the theme of the following poem  (Not more than 50 words) The Isles of Greece Lord Byron (1788 – 1824) The isles of Greece the isles of Greece Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where delos rose, and Phoebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The Seian and the Teian Muse, The hero’s harp, the lover’s lute, Have found the fame your shores refuse; Their place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires’ ‘Islands of the Blest’ The Theme : The Greeks are involved in war for their independence. All things including poet’s pen, artist’s harp and lute, and Homer’s birthplace are in the dead silence during war. Everything around is mute. The poet mourns for this pathetic picture in war-hit Greece. (স্বাধীনতার জন্য গ্রীকরা যুদ্ধে জড়িত। যুদ্ধের সময় কবির কলম, শিল্পীর বাদ্যযন্ত্র ও হোমারের জন্মস্থাসত্ব সবকিছু পুরোপুরি নীরব নিঃস্তব্ধ চারপাশের সবকিছু নিশ্চুপ। কবি যুদ্ধ আক্রান্ত...

Poem : Patriotism - Sir Walter Scott

Write down the theme of the following poem  (Not more than 50 words) Patriotism Sir Walter Scott (1771 – 1832) Breathes there the man with soul so dead. Who never to himself hath said, “This is my own, my native land!” Whose heart hath ne’er within him burn’d As home his footsteps he hath turn’d From wandering on a foreign strand? If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell; High though his titles, proud his name. Boundless his wealth as with can claim; Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentered all in self. Living, shall forfeit fair renown. And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonour’d and unsung. The Theme : He who loves his own country is a patriot. He is honoured even after his death. On the contrary, an unpatriotic man is unsung and unhonoured. He who is a traitor dies doubly. A man devoid of love for his own country must be marked well despite his much power and pelf. In thi...

Poem : On His Having Arrived at The Age of Twenty-Three - John Milton

Write down the theme of the following poem  (Not more than 50 words) On His Having Arrived at The Age of Twenty-Three John Milton (1608 – 1674) How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth. Stol’n on his wing my three-and-twentieth year! My hasting days fly on with full career. But my late spring no bud or blossom shew’th. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth That I to manhood am arriv’d so near. And inward ripeness doth much less appear, That some more timely-happy spirits endu’th. Yet, be it less or more, or soon or slow, It shall be still in strictest measure ev’n, To that same lot, however mean or high. Toward which Time leads me, and the will of Heav’n. All is, if have grace to use it so. As ever in my great Task-Master’s eye. The Theme : Time flies very fast. On having arrived at the young age man realizes that he is near to manhood. In his youth he imagines many things. But after the youth he doesn’t think so, rather he becomes realistic. Such process is for all wh...

Poem : The Passionate Shepherd to His Love - Christopher Marlowe

Write down the theme of the following poem  (Not more than 50 words) The Passionate Shepherd to His Love Christopher Marlowe (1564 – 1593) Come live with me and be my Love. And we will all the pleasures prove That hills and valleys, dales and fields. Or woods or sleepy mountain yields. And we will sit upon the rocks, And see the shepherds feed their flocks By shallow rivers, to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals. And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies; A cap of flowers, and a girtle Embroider’d all with leaves of myrtle. A gown made of the finest wool Which from our pretty lambs we full; Fair-lined slippers for the cold, With buckles of the purest gold. A belt of straw and ivy-buds With coral clasps and amber studs! And if these pleasures my thee move. Come live with me and be my Love. The shepherd swains shall dance and sing For thy delight each May morning; If these delights thy mind my move. Then live with me and be my Love. The Theme : It is ...

Poem : Life is short but art is long

Write down the theme of the following poem  (Not more than 50 words) Life is short but art is long Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter, therefore, yet soft pipes, play on; Not to the sensual ear, but more endeared, Pipe to the sprit ditties of no tone; Fair youth, beneath the tree, thou canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare; Bold lover, never, never, canst kiss. Though winning near the goal,-yet, do not grieve; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bless. For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair! শ্রুত গান মিষ্টি, কিন্তু অশ্রুতগুলো বেশি মিষ্টি, তাই, এ কোমল বাঁশি, বেঁজে যায়; সাধারণ কর্ণের জন্য নয়; বরং অধিক প্রিয়। বিনা সুরে সরল কোনো গান বেজে চলে; গাছের নিচে সুন্দর যৌবন, তোমরা পারবে না বন্ধ করতে তোমাদের গান, না ঐ গাছগুলো হবে কখনো পত্রশূন্য; সাহসী প্রেমিক, পারবে না কখনো কখনো চুমু দিতে। যদিও খুবই কাছাকাছি- তবুও পারবে না কোনো কষ্ট দিতে সে কখনো মলিন হবে না, যদিও তোমার সে ভাগ্য নেই, চিরদিন তোমার ভালোবাসায়, আর সে সুন্দর! The Theme : ‘Life is sho...

Poem : Life is not a bed of roses

Write down the theme of the following poem  (Not more than 50 words) Life is not a bed of roses Life is a challenge-meet it. Life is a gift-accept it. Life is an adventure-dare it. Life is a sorrow-overcome it. Life is a tragedy- accept it. Life is an adventure- dare it. Life is a sorrow- overcome it. Life is a tragedy- accept it. Life is a duty- perform it. Life is a game- play it. Life is a mystery- unfold it. Life is a song- sing it. Life is an opportunity- take it. Life is a promise- fulfill it. Life is a struggle- fight it. Life is a puzzle- solve it. জীবন একটি পতিদ্বন্দ্বিতা- অবতীর্ণ হও। জীবন একটি উপহার- গ্রহণ করো। জীবন একটি দুঃসাহসিক অবিযান- এগিয়ে যাও। জীবন একটি দুঃখ- জয় করো। জীবন একটি বেদনাদায়ক ঘটনা- মেনে নাও। জীবন একটি কর্তব্য- পালন করো। জীবন একটি খেলা- খেলো। জীবন একটি রহস্য- উন্মোচন করো। জীবন একটি গান- গাও। জীবন একটি সুযোগ- গ্রহণ করো। জীবন একটি প্রতিজ্ঞা- রক্ষা করো। জীবন একটি সংগ্রাম- লড়াই করো। জীবন একটি ধাঁধা- সমাধান করো। The Theme : ‘Life is not a bed of roses’ is the...

Poem : Death - John Donne

Write down the theme of the following poem  (Not more than 50 words) Death John Donne (1572 – 1631) Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so; For those whom thou think’st thou dost over-throw Die not, poor Death; nor yet canst thou kill me. From Rest and Sleep, which but thy picture be, Much pleasure, then, from thee much more must flow; And soonest our best men with thee do go – Rest of their bones and souls’ delivery! Thou’rt slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men. And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell; And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well And better than thy stroke. Why swell’s thou then? One short sleep past, we wake eternally. And Death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die! মৃত্যু, তুমি গর্বিত হয়ো না, যদিও কেউ কেউ তোমাকে বলে শক্তিধর আর ভয়ঙ্কর, কিন্তু তুমি তো তা নও; কেননা যাদের তুমি পরাস্ত করেছ বলে ভাবছ তারা মরেনি, বেচারা মৃত্যু; পারবে না তুমি আমাকেও মারতে, বিশ্রাম আর নিদ্রা, যেগুলো তোমারই প্রতিরূপ ব...

Poem : The Crocodile - Lewis Carroll

Write down the theme of the following poem  (Not more than 50 words) The Crocodile Lewis Carroll (1832 – 1898) How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail. And pour the waters of the Nile On every shining scale? How cheerfully he seems to grin. How neatly spreads his claws, And welcome little fishes in With gently smiling jaws! কেমন করে ছোট্ট কুমিরটি তার চকচকে লেজ আরো চকচকে করে, আর নীল নদের সমস্ত পানি প্রতিটি সোনালি আঁশে ঢালে! কত না আনন্দে সে দাঁত বের করে হাসে কত সুন্দর করে তার থাবা ছড়িয়ে রাখে, আর ছোট ছোট মাছেদের স্বাগত জানায়, তার নম্র হাস্যোজ্জ্বল চোয়াল দিয়ে! The Theme : The poem is a parodic lyric where a crocodile develops with a natural perfection but hunts with a feigned gentleness. It wishes to be busy like Satan who is busy deceiving men. (কবিতাটি ব্যঙ্গরসাত্মক গীতিকবিতা যেখানে একটি কুমীর প্রাকৃতিক প্রক্রিয়ায় বেড়ে উঠে কিন্তু ছলচাতুরিপূর্ণ নমনীয়তা দেখিয়ে শিকার করে। এটি মানুষকে প্রতারিত করতে অভ্যস্ত শয়তানের মত ব্যস্ত হতে চায়।) Previous Poem - 60 - Next Po...