English With Syedah

Partition by W.H Auden Short Summary in Points: ·         Sensitive work of partition of sub-continent. ·         Radcliff was given this job. ·         Time was short. ·         Certain pressures. ·         He did not know its people, religion, atmosphere etc. ·         He was not briefed by Lord Mount Batten, no help from him. ·         He was given wrong maps, statistics etc. ·         His poor psychological condition, fear, dysentery etc. ·         Work under tremendous pressure, could not work well. Detailed Summary: The poem ‘Partition'   by WH. Auden deals with the historical event of the partition of sub-continent into India and Pakistan...

  Modern Poetry by Famous Modern Poet:  Digging by Seamus Heaney Digging is a very   representative poem of Heaney. It is a modern poem by a modern poet who loved to measure and to express in detail, his affinity and association with his past, both ancestral past and Irish past. Digging is one such poem that he does with very intense lyrical quality. We see the emotional tone that is so noticeable in this poem. Digging means to dig the ground, to prepare it for cultivation. We may dig to take out the roots or to find   vegetables like potatoes, carrots etc. that are buried in the soil. The subject of the poem is rooted in poet’s reverence, admiration and love for his farming ancestry. We see how much his heart is into the act of Irish soil and Irish farming. ·        Between my finger. . . . as a gun. In the beginning we see the word ‘ squat ’which means a resting position, when we sit on our feet but not putting our bottom to...