EXTRCT 2. UNIT2.3.
Q. Write the Appreciation of the poem below with the help of given points.
The woman was old and ragged and gray,
And bent with the chill of a winter's day:
The streets were white with a recent snow,
And the woman's feet with age were slow.
At the crowded crossing she waited long,
Jostled aside by the careless throng
of human beings who passed her by,
Unheeding the glance of her anxious eye
Down the street with laughter and shout,
Glad in the freedom of school let out',
Came happy boys, like a flock of sheep,
Hailing the snow piled white and deep;
Past the woman, so old and gray,
Hastened the children on their way.
None offered a helping hand to her,
So weak and timid, afraid to stir,
Lest the carriage wheels or the horses' feet
Should trample her down in the slippery street.
At last came out of the merry troop
The gayest boy of all the group,
He paused beside her and whispered low,
T'll help you across, if you wish to go.'
Her aged hand on his strong young arm
She placed, and so without hurt or harm
He guided the trembling feet along,
Proud that his own were young and strong;
Then back agar to his friends he went,
His young heart happy and well content.
'She's somebody's mother, boys, you know,
For all she's aged, and poor and slow;
And someone, some time, may lend a hand
To help my mother - you understand?
If ever she's old and poor and gray,
And her own dear boy so far away."
'Somebody's mother' bowed low her head
In her home that night, and the prayer she said
Was: 'God be kind to that noble boy,
Who is somebody's son and pride and joy.
- Mary Dow Brine
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The poem ‘Somebody’s Mother’ is written by Mary Dowe Brine. The main theme of this poem is that we
should always be unselfish and help others. In this poem a young boy helps an old woman cross the
road. He knows that she is somebody’s mother and hopes that someday someone will help his mother if
he is not around for her. The poet wants to convey to us that we should have compassion and kindness
for all others in this world. The rhyme scheme is aabbcc in stanzas 3 and 6 and aabb in all the remaining
stanzas. Inversion is an example of figure of speech. ‘At the crowded crossing she waited long.’ The
correct prose order is : She waited long at the crowded crossing. The main feature of this poem is to
have compassion and kindness for others like the young boy had for the old woman. It leaves the reader
with a thought provoking message and a good feeling in the heart after reading this poem. My favourite
lines are ‘At last came out of the merry troop
The gayest boy of all the group;
He paused beside her and whispered low,
‘I’ll help you across, if you wish to go.’
I like the poem because of the
compassion and kindness shown by the young boy and the message that we must help others.
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