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Q. 2. Appreciation of the poem
Read the following poem and write an appreciation of it with the help of given
points :
Basketful of Moonlight
O moon,
give me moonlight
baskethul or two baskets full,
with seeds of moonlight
From the city to my village
on the sides of the path.
I want to sow many
small, small moons of light.
The whole village goes to the city
daily to work
It becomes dark on its way back
as my village is quite far
The route is tough and full of
snakes and scorpions
Neither bus nor cart phes.
When my father returns home
I am asleep
And he goes back early in the moming
while I am sleeping.
O moon
give me a basketful of moonlight on loan
I want to light the dark route
so that my father retums early.
I too want to hear fairy tales
and stories from him.
O moon give me a basketful of moonlight.
I want to sow seeds of moan
on the sides of the path.
- Sunil Sharma (Translated from Dogri)
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Answers
Answer:
1.title-Basketful of moonlight
2.poet-sunil Sharma
3.theme and central idea -the central idea of the poem is the loneliness of a child in a remote village untouched by modern amenities.the child too far from the modern urban life that even his remedy for the plight of his village seems quite innocent and plane .
4.rhyme scheme-there is no rhyme scheme in the poem .the poem in the freee verse .
5.figure of speech -Repitation
reputation is the use of same word ina line either for emphasis or for poetic effect.
e.g.,"I want to sow many
small ,small moons of light ."
6.spevial features-the poemis rich in its imagery .the word potrait of the child who desire s to light the dark path to his village with moonlight will always remain in our memory .
7.why I like the poem-I like the for its simplicity . using the everyday words the poet portrays a memorable image of the child and it's his village .
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