write the central idea of the poem " A "A nations strength" for class 8th
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Theme
This poem reflects that Patriotism it is not found on the nationalistic Attitude of all wealth, weapons ,and powerful leaders. It is the of moral courage and strength of a nation. It lies with its people and their willingness to move their nations forward, by working together, and determination.
Connotation
Title
The Author is Stating it is not wealth or money that makes a nation it is the people in it and there pride , love for their country.
The poem is saying a Nations strength is based on men who fight for there country an the people in it.
A Nation's Strength
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803-1882)
Shifts
Attitude
Questionable, Inspirational
in "A Nations Strength" the first stanza summarized states question of how a nation comes to be. in the second stanza it shifts to an answer of what it takes. followed by the third stanza which states how its falling. the fifth stanza brings back to what makes a nation and the sixth continues the statement
Title
The people are who really matter, its nation will have success an it will become great and strong by those who fight for it
A Nation's Strength
What makes a nation's pillars high
And its foundations strong?
What makes it mighty to defy
The foes that round it throng?
It is not gold. Its kingdoms grand
Go down in battle shock;
Its shafts are laid on sinking sand,
Not on abiding rock.
Is it the sword? Ask the red dust
Of empires passed away;
The blood has turned their stones to rust,
Their glory to decay.
And is it pride? Ah, that bright crown
Has seemed to nations sweet;
But God has struck its luster down
In ashes at his feet.
Not gold but only men can make
A people great and strong;
Men who for truth and honor's sake
Stand fast and suffer long.
Brave men who work while others sleep,
Who dare while others fly...
They build a nation's pillars deep
And lift them to the sky.
Explanation:
Central Idea:
This tiny beautiful poem has been written by “R.W. Emerson.” In this short poem, he reveals the secret of a nation’s success. The success of a nation lies with its man power that is its people and not with gold and jewels.