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Story : A Wolf And a Crane

Write down the theme of the following story  (Not more than 50 words) A Wolf And a Crane There lived a wolf in a wood. He killed a lamb, but as he went on eating the flesh, a bone stuck in his throat. This gave him pain and he went about not knowing what to do. He was howling on in agony. While moving here and there, suddenly he saw a crane at a distance. He asked the crane to came towards him and requested it to help in his great trouble. The wolf lured the crane that it would give a lot of rewards. The greedy crane immediately agreed. It put its long beak into the wolf’s throat and removed the piece of bone. The wolf was relieved of his pain. Then he crane asked for the reward. The wolf laughed at the crane and said, “Why? You have already had sufficient rewards in having been permitted to draw out your beak and head in safety from the moth and jaws of a wolf.” The crane was very much disappointed and ran away to save its life. The Theme : This famous story of wolf and crane tell...

Story : A Hare and A Tortoise / Slow And Steady Wins The Race

Write down the theme of the following story  (Not more than 50 words) A Hare and A Tortoise Or, Slow And Steady Wins The Race “Why do you move along so slowly?” said a hare to a tortoise. “Let me show you how to get over the ground.” “You think I am slow, do you?” replied the tortoise. “Let us run a race to the cross-roads. I think I an beat you.” “Do you hear that?” said the hare to a fox, who was standing near. “Could anyone even think that such a slow-coach could beat me in a race?” “It would be a good joke if he did.” said the fox. “Do you wish to run a race? I will be the judge, if you care to have me.” “That suits me wel.” answered the hare. “I agree.” said the tortoise. So the fox marked off a place for starting, and set up a stake at the goal. The hare and the tortoise stood side by side, and at the command. “Go!”, from the fox, they began the race. The hare bounded along and was very soon far hear of the tortoise. He said to himself, “I think I shall take a little nap befo...

Story : A Lesson for a Bad Tempered Boy

Write down the theme of the following story  (Not more than 50 words) A Lesson for a Bad Tempered Boy Once there was a young boy with a high temper. The boy’s father wanted to teach him a lesson, so he gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper he must hammer a nail into their wooden fence. On the first day of this lesson, the little boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. He was really mad! Over the course of the next few weeks, the little boy began to control his temper, so the number of nails that were hammered into the fence dramatically decreased. It wasn’t long before the little boy discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Then, the day finally came when the little boy didn’t lose his temper even once, and he become so proud of himself, that he couldn’t wait to tell his father. Pleased, his father suggested that he should now pull out one nail for each day that he could hold his temper. Several weeks we...

Story : Look Before You Leap

Write down the theme of the following story  (Not more than 50 words) Look Before You Leap Once upon a time, there was a hungry fox that was looking for something to eat. He was very hungry. No matter how hard he tried, the fox could not find food. Finally he went to the edge of the forest and searched there for food. Suddenly he caught sight of a big tree with a hole in it. Inside the hole was a package. The hungry fox immediately thought that there might be food in it, and he became very happy. He jumped into the hole and when he opened the package, he saw there were a lot of food, bread, meat and fruit in it! An old woodcutter had placed the food in the tree trunk while he cut down trees in the forest. He was going to eat it for his lunch. The fox happily began to eat. After the fox had finished eating, he felt thirsty and decided to leave the trunk and drink some water from a nearby spring. However, no matter how hard he tried, he could not get out of the hole. Do you know why?...

Story : The Discovery of Shoes

Write down the theme of the following story  (Not more than 50 words) The Discovery of Shoes Long ago, people lived happily under the rulership of a king. Once, the king decided to go visiting places of historical importance and pilgrim centres at distant places. He decided to travel on foot to interact with his people. People of distant places were very happy to have a conversation with their king. They were proud that their king had a kind heart. After several weeks of travel, the king returned to the palace. He has quite happy that he had visited many pilgrim centres and witnessed his people loading a prosperous life. However, he had one regret. He had intolerable pain in his feet as it was his first trip on foot covering a long distance. He complained to his ministers that the roads weren’t comfortable and that they were very stony. He could not tolerate the pain. He said that he was very much worried about the people who had to walk along those roads as it would be painful for...

Story : Good Things Remain Forever / Two Friends & Their Friendship

Write down the theme of the following story  (Not more than 50 words) Two Friends & Their Friendship Or, Good Things Remain Forever John and James were friends. They fought for many reasons but never gave up their friendship. They went in search of a job and visited many places to earn more money. They passed through various places, villages, towns, forests, beaches, and were supporting each other all the way throughout their journey. One day, they reached a desert and they had a very little food and water. John told James to eat half the quantity of food, and then once they got very tired and felt like they not making a step. They could eat another half and saved water for later use. However, James disagreed. He wanted to drink water as he was very thirsty. They quarreled each other to have water. John slapped James and they walked in silence. They decided to have food and continue their journey. James wrote in sand, “My best friend slapped me!” They shared the meagre amount o...

Story : Education in Sub-continent

Write down the theme of the following story  (Not more than 50 words) Education in Sub-continent In the Bengali Language there is a modern maxim which can be translated, ‘He who learns to read and write rides in a carriage and pair.’ In English there is a similar proverb, ‘Knowledge is power.’ It is an offer of a prospective bribe to the student, a promise of an ulterior reward which is more important than knowledge itself…. Unfortunately, our very education lies been successful in depriving us of our real initiative and our courage of thought. The-training we get in our schools has the constant implication in it that it is not for us to produce but to borrow. And we are casting about to borrow our educational plans from European institutions. The trampled plants of Indian com are dreaming of recouping their harvest from the neighboring wheat fields. To change the figure, we forget that for proficiency in walking, it is better to train the muscles of our own legs than to strut upon...

Story : Two Brothers And Their Possessions

Write down the theme of the following story  (Not more than 50 words) Two Brothers And Their Possessions There were two brothers in a village. One was Karim by name and the other was Bashir. Karim was elder brother of Bashir. They began to grow up gradually. Suddenly their father died. They fell in problem to some extent. Karim was cleverer than Bashir. The younger was very simple and honest. Karim always made his brother do difficult work and himself did not do any work. They had two things. One was a cow and the other was a palm tree. One day the two brothers divided their properties Karim took the back part of the cow and gave the front to his brother. In the same way, Karim himself took the top of the palm tree and gave the bottom to his brother. Karim began to drink milk and juice of the palm tree. One day a clever man in the village, advised Bashir to cut down the palm tree of his own portion and stopped feeding the cow. Then the problem was wolved. The Theme : Wisdom is ess...

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...