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1. ROMEOAND JULIET, , -William Shakespeare, Summary: (Act-I, Scene-V), , Romeo:, , Old Lord Lord Capulet hosts a grand supper. Romeo attends it in disguise to see Roseline., , There he s sees Juliet on the dance floor. Her beauty fascinates him very much. He expresses, , j his implicit feeling for her ina poetic style and says that her beauty shines so brilliantly that, i the light emanating from her face surpasses the brightness of the torches. He uses several, r similes to describe her beauty. In the dark night, Juliet shines as brilliant as a rich jewel in an, Ethiope’sear. He tries to define her beauty in terms of value and says that her beauty is too, , rich for the use of this world, and too valuable to this earth. Thus, he sees a | divinity in her, , ‘beauty. He thinks that her true beauty i is s beyond any calculation. At night on the dance, , floor, Juliet shines above the other ladies as a white dove trooping witha flock of crows., , He feels the spell ofher divine beauty and waits impatiently for the dance to come to an, , end. After the dance he wishes to go to the place where Juliet stands and wants to touch, , ' her hand to make his rude hand blessed. (..... “I'll watch her place of: stand, And, touching, “hers, make blessed my rude hand.”) Romeo falls in love with Juliet. He asks himself whether, , his heart has fallen in love with anyone else until that night. Romeo tells his eyes to deny that, , they have seen a true beauty till that night. Thus, Romeo feels that he is truly in love with, , : Juliet., , Summary: (Act-III, Scene-II), , Juliet:, Juliet impatiently waits for night and Romeo to come} She sees the glow and brightness of, the day at night in the company of Roméo} Ce “Come night, come Romeo; come, thou, , : day in night.” "She says that, Romeo comes lying upon the wings of night and looks whiter, than new snow onaraven’s back.'S She eagerly prays to night to fall quickly because only, the night makes it possible for them to meet each other freely-{J {Juliet longs to see Romeo, and humbly prays to the gentle and black-browed night to give her Romeo to hed! She, , , , , , , , , en he dies. This will make the sky (the foe of heaven) so fine that the whole world, in love) with night and thereafter people in the world will prefer ni ight today forever., aise the night and Romeo and stop worshipping the garish sun. . Thus, Juliet, er beloved Romeo and their love eternal and constant as the little stars.

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3. ON CHILDREN, , - Kahlil Gibran, , Summary:, , The poem “On Children’ by Kahlil Gibran presents a critique of the usual expectations of, parents about their children and urges them to introspect/The poem focuses on the lives of, children and the responsibility of parents; [talso speaks about the different levels of freedom, the children must have in shaping their lives. |, , Che prophet categorically states, “Your children are not your children”. Here, the prophet, does not want the parents to be very possessive of their children{He is of the opinion that, children are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through parents, but not from them. Though the children live with their parents, they cannot own them., Parents can only house the bodies of their children but not their souls. Parents can give, them their love but not their thoughts. Children have their own thoughts. As life always, moves forward, parents should not try to make their children like them., , |The prophet wants the parents to realize that children are the gift of God {Parents are just, the ‘bows’ in the hands of the Archer (God) {The children are the living arrows sent forth?”, So the parents should be stable and bend to the will of the Archer/The children can excel, (go swift and far) in life only ifthe bows (parents) are ready to bend gladly in the hands of, the Archer (God). God loves both the parents and children. He has a definite plan for their, future. So, parents should give enough freedom to their children for shaping their lives., They should not impose their ideas on them. They should respect the individuality of their, children. They should show selfless love towards their children and encourage them to, excel in life.

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6. WHEN YOU ARE OLD, - WB. Yeats, , ¥t, Summary:, The poem ‘When You Are Old’ by W.B. Yeats brings out the contrast between transient, nature of beauty as against permanence of love. It is written to express the writer’s true, and unforgettable love. The speaker imagines his beloved in future when she is old. When, she is old, grey, sleepy and nodding by the fire, the speaker wants her to read the book of, poems he is now writing. He wants her to read slowly and dream of the soft looks her, eyes once had and the many men who loved her physical beauty (‘glad grace’). She, should also recall the man who loved her ‘pilgrim soul’. His love was true, constant and, undying. The speaker claims that he loved her inner beauty, her pilgrim soul and the sorrows of her changing face because his love is sincere. He loved her with the same intensity, when her face changed. By the time she realizes the value of true love, it would be too late., He intends to persuade her to pay attention to him before it is too late. If she does not do, so, she can only bend down near the glowing bars and regret over the loss end: ;, He tells her at the end that if she continues to ignore him and be indifferent, lose him. She would realize with a regret that her love fled,, dof stars. When she realises his true love, she would r, erstand his selfless love for her. ih, , , , , , , , soon she will, amid the crow, wants her to und

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10. HEAVEN, IF YOU ARE NOT HERE ON EARTH, , -Kuvempu, , Summary:, , Heaven If You Are Not Here On Earth by Kuvempu, celebrates the power of the poet., The poem describes the beauty in nature that makes the earth a heavenly place., , Almostall people living on the earth believe in the existence of heaven. It is believed to be, a beautiful place which is the abode of God, angels and nymphs. But in this poem, the poet, breaks the myth of heaven. According to the poet, if heaven is not found on earth it cannot, be found anywhere else/If we ourselves cannot be gods, then, there can be no gods. If we, , “/ ourselves aren’t heavenly nymphs, the nymphs are not elsewhere., , The poet finds God in nature. According to the poet, heaven is found in the beauty of, nature. The roaring stream that rushes fast, the rolling surf at the edge of waves, the tender, sunshine; the greenery, the gentle sun, the splendour of harvest and the moon light make, this earth, heaven! By saying that we ourselves are § gods and nymphs and heaven lies all, over, the poet creates the feeling of heaven on earth)According to him, the poet creates, heaven on earth by imbibing and spilling the song of nectar..The poet, who experiences, heaven in the beauty of nature, describes it through his nectar filled words. Thus, the poet, feels that the earth is more beautiful than heaven and breaks the my!