HSC-Theme Writing – 01
Write down the theme of the following poem (Not more than 50 words). (Unit-4: Lesson-21)
Song: “Blow, blow, thou winter wind”
BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind
As man’s ingratitude;
Thy tooth is not so keen,
Because thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude.
Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho! unto the green holly:
Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly:
Then, heigh-ho, the holly!
This life is most jolly.
Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky,
That dost not bite so nigh
As benefits forgot:
Though thou the waters warp,
Thy sting is not so sharp
As friend remembered not.
Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho! unto the green holly…
THEME:
The contrast between nature and human beings is nicely depicted in the poem, The ingratitude of human being is shown to be harsher and crueller than the winter wind. Again, breach of trust anti betrayal of friends and relatives are shown to be crueller and harsher than the forces of nature.
HSC-Theme Writing – 02
Write down the theme of the following poem (Not more than 50 words). Unit-5: Lesson-3]
The Schoolboy by WILLIAM BLAKE
I love to rise in a summer morn,
When the birds sing on every tree;
The distant huntsman winds his horn,
And the skylark sings with me:
O what sweet company!
But to go to school in a summer morn,-
O it drives all joy away!
Under a cruel eye outworn,
The little ones spend the day
In sighing and dismay.
Ah then at times I drooping sit,
And spend many an anxious hour;
Nor in my book can I take delight,
Nor sit in learning’s bower,
Worn through with dreary shower.
How can the bird that is born for joy
Sit in a cage and sing?
How can a child, when fears annoy,
But droop his tender wing,
And forget his youthful spring!
O father and mother if buds are nipped,
And blossoms blown away;
And if the tender plants are stripped
Of their joy in the springing day,
By sorrow and care’s dismay,-
How shall the summer arise in joy,
Or the summer fruits appear?
Or how shall we gather what griefs destroy,
Or bless the mellowing year,
When the blasts of winter appear?
THEME:
The presentation of innocence as freedom from constraint and self-consciousness is the main theme of the poem. Here the child starts out taking pleasure in an uninhibited life, full of trust in his world, both natural and human. The fragility of this state is clear from images as ‘blossoms’ and ‘tender plants are stripped.’ The child soon experiences the ‘woe’ in life leading to failure and betrayal.
HSC-Theme Writing – 03
Write down the theme of the following poem (Not more than 50 words).[Unit–7: Lesson-5]
‘Out, Out—’
BY ROBERT FROST
The buzz saw snarled and rattled in the yard
And made dust and dropped stove-length sticks of wood,
Sweet-scented stuff when the breeze drew across it.
And from there those that lifted eyes could count
Five mountain ranges one behind the other
Under the sunset far into Vermont.
And the saw snarled and rattled, snarled and rattled,
As it ran the light or had to bear a load.
And nothing happened: the day was all but done.
Call it a day, I wish they might have said
To please the boy by giving him a half hour
That a boy counts so much when saved from work.
His sister stood beside him in her apron
To tell them ‘Supper.’ At the word, the saw,
As if to prove saws knew what supper meant,
Leapt out at the boy’s hand, or seemed to leap—
He must have given the hand. However it was,
Neither refused the meeting. But the hand!
THEME:
The way how modern mechanical society forced a young boy and his sister to become victims of its atrocities is nicely shown here. The young boy, though supposed to spend his time in playing, is bound to work in a sawmill being pressed by the cruelty of reality which is another important factor here.
HSC-Theme Writing – 04
Write down the theme of the following poem (Not more than 50 words). [Unit-9: Lesson-1]
Translation of Jibanananda Das’s “Banglar Mukhh Amii Dekhiyachi”
I have seen Bengal’s face, that is why I do not seek
The beauty of the earth any more: I wake up in the dark
And see the dawn’s magpie-robin perched under the parasol-like huge leaf
Of the fig tree – on all sides, I see mounds of leaves of
Black plum – banyan – jackfruit – oak – pipal lying still;
Their shadows fall on the spurge bushes on zedoary clumps;
Who knows when Chand near Champa from his madhukar boat
Saw such oaks – banyans – gamboge’s blue shades
Bengal’s beauty incomparable.
Behula too someday floating on a raft on Gangur’s water –
When the full moon of the tenebrous twelfth night died on the river’s shoal –
Saw countless pipals and banyans beside the golden corn,
Alas, heard the tender songs of shama – and one day going to Amara.
When she danced like a torn wagtail in Indra’s court
Bengal’s river field, wild violets wept at her feet like anklet bells.
জীবনানন্দ দাশ:
বাংলার মুখ আমি দেখিয়াছি, তাই আমি পৃথিবীর রূপ
খুঁজিতে যাই না আর : অন্ধকারে জেগে উঠে ডুমুরের গাছে
চেয়ে দেখি ছাতার মতন বড়ো পাতাটির নিচে বসে আছে
ভোরের দোয়েলপাখি -চারিদিকে চেয়ে দেখি পল্লবের স্তূপ
জাম – বট -কাঠালের — হিজলের – অশখের করে আছে চুপ;
ফণীমনসার ঝোপে শটিবনে তাহাদের ছায়া পড়িয়াছে;
মধুকর ডিঙা থেকে না জানি সে কবে চাঁদ চম্পার কাছে
এমনই হিজল -বট -তমালের নীল ছায়া বাংলার অপরূপ রূপ
দেখেছিল; বেহুলার একদিন গাঙুড়ের জলে ভেলা নিয়ে –
কৃষ্ণা দ্বাদশীর জোৎস্না যখন মরিয়া গেছে নদীর চরায় –
সোনালি ধানের পাশে অসংখ্য অশ্বত্থ বট দেখেছিল, হায়,
শ্যামার নরম গান শুনেছিলো -একদিন অমরায় গিয়ে
ছিন্ন খঞ্জনার মতো যখন সে নেচেছিলো ইন্দ্রের সভায়
বাংলার নদী মাঠ ভাঁটফুল ঘুঙুরের মতো তার কেঁদেছিলো পায়।
THEME:
This poem expresses the poet’s pure love for his native land. The poet provides a picturesque description of the transparent beauty and grace of his land. He is reluctant to see anything more after he has seen the unique beauty of this country. In his view, the country is full of attractive sight, sound, shade, the song of birds, fields and rivers. The ancient people and even the mythical character Behula observed this beauty of nature. The poet also -hints at the sadness of the people at the end of the poem.
HSC-Theme Writing – 05
Write down the theme of the following poem (Not more than 50 words).1Unit-10 : Lesson-21
Dreams
LANGSTON HUGHES
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
THEME:
The poet here has highlighted the importance of dreams in men’s lives. He says that nothing can be achieved if there -is no dream in life. To fulfil the desire and achieve goals, one must dream. Without dreams, the prospect of improving life is impossible because no dream means no dreams achieved. A life without dreams has no purpose. It becomes weary, monotonous and lifeless. So one must not stop dreaming because dreams bring comfort, solace and hope in the real world.
HSC-Theme Writing – 06
Write down the theme of the following poem (Not more than 50 words). (Unit-12: Lesson-11)
The Lake Isle of Innisfree
BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.
And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet’s wings.
I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core.
THEME:
Being tired of urban life, the poet here longs for the peace and tranquillity of Innis free, a place free from urban noise and chaos. So, he wants to build a cabin there with clay and reeds to live in. There he will have a garden with exactly nine bean rows. There will be dim midnight, bright noon and musical evening. Really, the poet talks about absolute peace where rapid industrial progress in modern society is creating hectic madness among people running attar material progress only abandoning nature.
HSC-Theme Writing – 07
Write down the theme of the following poem (Not more than 50 words). (Unit-12: Lesson-11)
September 1, 1939
W. H. AUDEN, 1907 – 1973
I sit in one of the dives
On Fifty-second Street
Uncertain and afraid
As the clever hopes expire
Of a low dishonest decade:
Waves of anger and fear
Circulate over the bright
And darkened lands of the earth,
Obsessing our private lives;
The unmentionable odour of death
Offends the September night.
THEME:
The poem depicts the poet’s uncertainty-and fear regarding the outbreak of the Second World War. Sitting in a bar, the poet observes that the people who are the victims of World War II have lost their mind and so all the hopes and aspirations of future development diminish away. This is the decade of dishonesty. Anger and fear are darkening the lands of the earth and wrecking the people’s private lives. There is nothing but the toll of death all around, which commenced on the September night.
HSC-Theme Writing – 08
Write down the theme of the following poem (Not more than 50 words).[Unit-14; Lesson-1]
She Walks in Beauty
BY LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON)
She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes;
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o’er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express,
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.
And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!
THEME:
The theme of the poem is about the exceptional beauty of a woman. This beauty is both internal as well as external. The poet here expresses his feeling when he saw the striking beauty and grace of the extraordinary beautiful woman. The poet describes her as so innocent, pure and heavenly. She is also compared to the beauty of the night and. cloudless starry skies. To the poet, she is a simple and perfect woman whose mind is at peace and full of love.
HSC-Theme Writing – 09
Write down the theme of the following poem (Not more than 50 words).[Unit-14; Lesson-1]
I died for Beauty but was scarce
EMILY DICKINSON
I died for Beauty – but was scarce
Adjusted in the Tomb
When One who died for Truth, was lain
In an adjoining Room –
He questioned softly “Why I failed”?
“For Beauty”, I replied –
“And I – for Truth – Themselves are One –
We Brethren, are”, He said –
And so, as Kinsmen, met a Night –
We talked between the Rooms –
Until the Moss had reached our lips –
And covered up – Our names –
THEME:
Beauty, truth and failure are the key factors of the poem. Again the tune of the poem is that one should not waste one’s entire life to reach a goal that will only end in failure. It is also implied that the ultimate failure of a long sought-after goal is death.
HSC-Theme Writing – 10
Write down the theme of the following poem (Not more than 50 words).[Unit-10; Lesson-2(A)]
All people dream, but not equally.
Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their mind,
Wake in the morning to find that it was vanity.
But the dreamers of the day are dangerous people,
For they dream their dreams with open eyes,
And make them come true.
THEME
The dream is the central idea of the poem. Different people have different dreams. Those people who dream unconsciously or subconsciously cannot make their dream true but those who dream consciously can make their dream fruitful.
HSC-Theme Writing – 10
Write down the theme of the following poem (Not more than 50 words).[Unit-03; Lesson-2(A)]
THE TRAFFIC POLICE
Anonymous Writer
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 erratic 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 headaches!
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.
THEME
The poem is all about the life of a traffic policeman. He is a very familiar figure all over the world. A traffic policeman leads a very risky and tiresome life but no one pays heed to him. He has to carry on his duties in all circumstances. He is always concerned about the safety of the people on the roads. (By Faysal Khan FK)
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