Questions and Answers

What does the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow compare our heartbeats to in his poem ‘A Psalm of Life’? Why does he compare those?

Explain this line  ”And smiled a smile that was, I think, the brightest that I’ve seen” from Stanza 6 of Michael Mack’s poem ‘Small Pain in My Chest’.

Give the main theme or central idea of the poem ‘Small Pain in My Chest’ written by Michael Mack. / What is the poem Small Pain in My Chest all about? / What is the poet’s message here?

What does “The darkest evening of the year” suggest in the poem ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’? Why the evening is called ‘the darkest’?

In the poem ‘I Believe’ by Brucellish K Sangma, what is the ‘role assigned’ that the poet is talking about in the line “…I’ve to complete / The role assigned to me here”?

Explain the meaning of ‘forlorn and shipwrecked brother’ in the poem ‘A Psalm of Life’ by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

What does the poet say in response to the mournful complaints? Explain the Biblical reference made here.

The marks left on the space of time are compared to the footprints that we leave on the sand. But those footprints are just temporary. So does the poet think that our effort could have a temporary effect?

Give some examples to approve that the doctor’s mind ran at high speed whereas his body crept behind, as he says it in line 45-46 in Vikram Seth’s poem “The Doctors Journal Entry for August 6,1945”

What does the poet Brucellish K Sangma actually mean when she says ‘I firmly believe’ in her poem ‘I Believe’?