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Nostalgia is the main theme of the poem Grandmother. In this poem the poet remembers his dead grandmother and writes about her. He draws a picture of his grandmother- all loving and inspiring. This poem presents the poets deep sense of intimacy and closeness to his grandmother even after her death. He can not forget her. He could recognize her by all senses except taste. The poet uses different images to draw the picture of his grandmother. 'Purple scarf ' and 'plastic shopping bag' is related to eyes, while the touch of ‘warm and damp’ hands appeals to skin or touch. A 'voice coming from a rock' is related to the sense of hearing; and her hands like that of 'roots' appeal to the sense of smell. The poet says that he could recognize his grandmother If he could see her face from a distance, from a mile away. He would quickly know that it was his grandmother with the purple scarf and plastic shopping bag. If he could feel hands on his head, he would know...

Jump To Download The National Curriculum Framework (NCF) advocates the promotion of skill oriented, life skill-based, employment-driven and value-based school education. It envisions developing the human capital dedicated to nation, nationality, national integrity and Nepali specialty. The English textbook for Grade 12 has been prepared following the spirit of NCF 2076 and Secondary Level Curriculum 2076 (Grade 11 and Grade12). An attempt has been made to incorporate the emerging needs of learners. The book includes the contents to develop all four language skills blended in the tasks and activities with contextual grammar and related vocabulary. The book has two sections: language development and literature. The language development section includes a range of contemporary issue-based local and global thematic texts intended to develop intensive reading skills and foster competence in grammar, vocabulary, speech and writing. The literature section includes genre-based literary te...

Simple Harmonic Motion(SHM) What is Periodic motion? The motion which repeats itself after equal intervals of time is called periodic motion . For example: the motion of planets and satellites, vibration of springs, motion of pendulum, motion of different hands in watch etc. What is Simple Harmonic Motion? The periodic motion in which particle moves to and fro (back and forth) such that the acceleration of the particle is directly proportional to the displacement from mean position and directed towards the mean position is called simple harmonic motion. i.e. for SHM, a ∝ y ( where y is the displacement from mean position) or, a = −ky ..........................(i) (Where, k is proportionality constant. Negative sign shows that the acceleration opposes the displacement from mean position.) SHM in terms of uniform circular motion(Characteristics of SHM): Equation of SHM: Consider a particle moving in a circular orbit having centre at O and radius r with uniform angular velocity ω. Let P...

The gardener -By Rudyard Kipling Description of the poem:- When Helen Turrell became pregnant she was ashamed because she was not married. She left her home in England to have the baby in the south of France. When she returned to England. She pretended the baby was really her brother’s child. The brother, George, lived in India but he had died falling off his horse. This meant Helen had to look after the child. Helen told other lies, she had to go to the south of France because she was ill. She said the child had been born in India, but had been brought to the south of France by a nurse who had been dismissed when the child become ill and she said she had given the child’s mother some money for the child. The was called Michael. Helen didn’t tell him that she was his real mother. She said she was his aunt, and that he was her nephew. Michael was sent to a private school. At school he was told he was born outside marriage. When the First World War began, Michael joined the army. He didn...

In Bed - Joan Didion “In bed” is a subjective essay written by an American writer Joan Didion. In this essay writer describes her personal experiences of having a migraine headache. The writer has migraine 3-5 times a month. In the beginning, she hesitated to share her problem thinking that it would reveal her bad attitudes, unpleasant tempers, and wrong thinking. She used to continue her everyday activities, ignoring the pain. When the pain was unbearable, she would try to lessen her pain by putting ice on the right temple. She even wished to have an operation of her brain to get rid of the pain. Both males, as well as females and the aged, as well as young, can have a migraine headache. The writer first had it when she was eight years old. It is a hereditary disease. She has it because her grandmother’s and parents had it too. Fall in the level of serotonin causes a migraine headache. Some medicines like methyser-guide can be taken as a preventive but they have quite a lot of s...

On The Vanity Of Earthly Greatness - Arthur Guiterman The poem “On The Vanity of Earthly Greatness” was composed by American poet and journalist Arthur Guiterman. In this poem, the poet shows how the greatness of the world is valueless. The tusk of an elephant which we used as a weapon in a battle has become billiard balls. The sword of Charle Magne just has become useless after his death and is rusted. The grizzly bear that used to terrify everyone with its powerful embrace has become a rug. Julius Caesar, the greatest statesman and army general of Rome has been reduced to a bust and is on the shelf. The poet himself doesn’t feel very well after his death and is also going to meet the fate of Julius Caesar. In this poem, the poet is trying to say that every living being and nonliving things lose its value, power, and greatness. Therefore the greatness we want to have in this world is also valueless because it too passes away sooner or later.

The six million dollar man By Harold J. Morowitz This essay looks at how much it would cost to make a human being. One answer is 97 cents. This is what it was said in a birthday card sent to the author. The author decided decided to check this statement. He looked up the cost 36 dollar per gram, another cost 12,000 dollar per gram and 175,500,000 dollar per gram. The author tries to explain the difference between the 97 cents figure in the birthday card and his calculation that the cost of human being is six million dollar. One reason for the difference is the chemicals cost much more than unpurified blocks of chemicals. However, even if the author bought all the chemicals, he knows he would not have a human make up the human body. Even if he could do this, the result would not act, make love or complain likes a human being. It becomes clears to the author that human being does not have a cost they are priceless. An important idea in this essay is that some t things are worth more than...