About the Author Robert Herrick
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Born on 24 August
1591
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Died on 15 October
1674
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17th
century English lyric poet and cleric
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Best known for Hesperides, a book of
poem.
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Notable works: ‘To
the Virgins, To make Much of Time’.
Robert
Herrick (1591-1674) is a well-known
poet of 17th century. His poem have simplicity, lucidity and brevity. This poem
deals with the perishable nature of Daffodils which ultimately suggest the transitory
existence of all human beings. Nothing is static in this world. Marked by
a note of sadness, the poem has philosophical overtones.
Word
Meaning:
Well known: जानेमाने , Simplicity: सादापन, Perishable: नष्ट हो जाना, Nature,: स्वभाव, Ultimately: अंत में, Suggests : सुझाव देना, Transitory: अल्प कालिक, क्षणिक, Existence: अस्तित्व, Human beings: मानव जाति , Nothing: कुछ नहीं, Static: स्थाई , World: संसार , Marked:चिन्हित करना, Note: नोट , Sadness: उदासी, Philosophical: दार्शनिक, Overtones :मकसद, उद्देश्य, Lucidity: स्पष्टता, Brevity : संक्षिप्तता.
A.
Work in small groups and answer the following questions orally:
Q. 1.
Which is your favourite flower ? Why do you like it ?
Ans. My Favourite flower is
lotus. I like it because it blossoms in mud which always guide me as a man can
do everything from everywhere.
Q.2.
A flower blossoms and decays. Can it be compared to the life of a human
being ?
Ans.
Yes, it can be compare to the life of human beings because like a flower a
human being born, smiles, makes his life joyful and at last goes to death.
TO
DAFFODILS BY ROBERT HERRICK
Fair Daffodils, we weep to see
You haste away so soon;
As yet the early-rising sun
Has not attain'd his noon.
Stay, stay,
Until the hasting day
Has run
But to the even-song;
And, having pray'd together, we
Will go with you along.
We have short time to stay, as you,
We have as short a spring;
As quick a growth to meet decay,
As you, or anything.
We die
As your hours do, and dry
Away,
Like to the summer's rain;
Or as the pearls of morning's dew,
Ne'er to be found again.
About the Poem
1.
Compares human
life with the life of daffodils.
2.
Sad because the
life of daffodils is very short.
3.
A note of sorrow
at the fast dying of daffodils.
4.
Asks the daffodils
to stay until the day ends with the evening prayer.
5.
Talks of the time
of day, which is also symbolic of the stage of life.
6.
Early rising sun
is youth ; noon is middle age.
7.
The speaker ends
the stanza by saying that when “we” have prayed with the daffodils, “we will go
along with you.”
8.
After praying
together he wants to go with them because we human also have a very temporary
life.
9.
Men have short
spring or youth which ends up very quickly.
10.
Their life is as
short as the rain of summer season which comes for a very short period of time.
And the dew drops in the morning which vanish away and never come.
Figure of speech Used in this poem
1.
Apostrophe - ‘fair daffodils’
2.
Alliteration - ‘ we weep’
3.
Personification - the poet
personifies the daffodils by making a conversation with these beautiful
flowers.
4.
Similes- ‘as short as
spring’ and as quick as a growth to meet decay’
5.
Metaphor - pearls of morning dew
Theme
of this poem
1.
The short-lived
nature of life.
2.
Like the flowers
we humans have a very short life in this world.
3.
Beauty is not
going to stay forever.
4.
This is shown in
the words as haste, run, short, and quick.
Word Meaning:
Short : अल्पकालिक, even song: चर्च कि
शाम कि प्रार्थना,
spring: वसंत, growth: विकास, Decay: सड़ना, क्षय होना, Dry away: सूख गया, Summer: गर्मी, pearl: मोती, dew: ओस, ne'or: कभी नहीं
TO
DAFFODILS BY ROBERT HERRICK
SUMMARY :
'To
Daffodils' poems has been written by a well-known poet of 17th century Robert
Herrick. 'To Daffodils'
कविता सतरहवीं सदी के जाने-माने कवि रॉबर्ट हैरिक द्वारा लिखी गई
है। This poem deals with the perishable nature
of Daffodils यह कविता Daffodil के
नष्ट होनेवाला स्वभाव का वर्णन करती है which ultimately suggests the transitory existence of all human
beings. जो सभी मानव जाति के क्षणिक ठहराव को दर्शाती है। The Daffodils blooms in the morning Daffodil सुबह
में खिलता है and when the
sun-light sprays on
it और जब सूर्य की रोशनी उस पर पड़ती है, it starts to fade and till noon it
vanishes. तो मुर्झाना शुरू हो जाता है और
दोपहर तक उसकी समाप्ति हो जाती है। The poet tells in this poem similarly like the daffodils the human
beings also born and goes to death इस कविता में कवि कहता
है कि Daffodil की तरह
ही मानव जन्म लेता है और मर जाता है।. Like Daffodils the human beings have also short time to stay in
the world. Daffodil की
तरह ही मानव के पास भी संसार में रुकने का बहुत कम समय होता है। We never be found again offer our death. मरने
के बाद हम पुनः कभी दिखाई नहीं देते।
B. 1. Answer the following questions very briefly
:
Q. 1. To whom does the speaker address in the
poem ?
Ans. The speaker addresses to a flower named
Daffodils in the poems.
Q.2. Why does the speaker weep to see fair
daffodils?
Ans. The speaker weeps to see fair daffodils
because it hastes away so soon.
Q. 3. What does the speaker want the daffodils to
do?
Ans. The speaker wants the daffodils to stay
until the hasting day has run.
Q. 4. What time of day does the speaker say it
is?
Ans. The speaker says it is at the
early-rising sun has not attained his noon.
Q. 5. Name three things that, according to the
speaker, 'die away'.
Ans. The three things
according to the speaker 'die away' are 'daffodils', 'human beings' and 'dew'.
Q. 6. Why does the speaker repeat the word 'stay'
in this poem?
Ans. The speaker
repeats the word 'stay' in the poems because he wants to see the daffodils till
whole day.
Q. 7. What does the summer's rain symbolise in
this poem ?
Ans. The summer's rain
symbolises in this poem as it does not stay for a long time.
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