Marking Scheme of Poetic Appreciation.

Title:-                    1/2. Mark. 

Name of the Poet:- 1/2. Mark 

Rhyme Scheme:-     1. Mark

Figures of Speech (anyone) 1 Mark. 

Theme/Central Idea:- 2 Marks. 

📌Important Instructions:- You have to write the Poetic Appreciation in the paragraph which covers the above points. The following points will be helpful for you to write Poetic Appreciation. 

Please note that even though points are given for poetic appreciation we must write an appreciation in the form of a meaningful paragraph that covers all the points including the Title, the poet's Name, Rhyme Scheme Figures of speech Theme or central idea, special feature, and why I like this poem.

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Poetic Appreciation of 'Where The Mind is Without Fear' 

Poem No 1

 1. Where The Mind is Without Fear 

Title 

 Where The Mind is Without Fear 

Name of the Poet 

 Ravindranath Tagore.

Rhyme Scheme 

 No Rhyme scheme as it's free verse. 

The figure of Speech 

 Alliteration, metaphor. (Into the dreary desert sand of dead habits) 

Synecdoche. (Where the mind is led forward by thee) 

Central idea 

 The speaker of the poem is wishing for complete freedom from the British. He also Appeals to God for Educational, economic, social, and cultural freedom for the people of India. 



 

 

Poetic Appreciation of "All the world is a stage". 

Poem No 

 2. All The World's A Stage. 

Title 

 All The World's A Stage.

Name of the Poet 

 William Shakespeare 

Rhyme Scheme 

 No Rhyme scheme as it's blank verse. 

The figure of Speech 

 Metaphor. (All The World's A Stage.) 

Simile. (Sighing like a furnace. ) Repetition, Transfer epithet, Onomatopoeia, Inversion. 

Central idea 

 The poem is taken from Act II Scene VII of the Play "As You Like It" speaker of the poem is comparing the world with the Stage of the drama, where we play seven different roles. Like Infants, schoolboys, lovers, soldiers, Adults and old age. It's a monologue by Jacques, a fool from the paly "As You Like It"


Poetic Appreciation of "Animals ". 

Poem No 3

3. Animals 

Title 

 Animals. 

Name of the Poet 

 Walt Whitman.


Rhyme Scheme 

No Rhyme scheme as it's free verse. 

The figure of Speech

Repetition(I stand and look at them long and long.) 

Hyperbole. ( I think I could turn and live with animals.)

Central idea 

 The Poet compares humans with animals and finds that the animals are more satisfied than humans that's why the poet is comfortable with animals rather than humans. Animals are superior to humans in all situations. They have all the virtues and humans have all the vices. 


Poetic Appreciation of "The Pulley". 

Poem No 5

 5. The Pulley 

Title 

  5. The Pulley 

Name of the Poet 

 George Herbert.


Rhyme Scheme 

baba 

Figure of Speech

Alliteration (When God first made man.) 

Antithesis. (Let him be rich and weary)

Paradox, Pun, inversion, Synecdoche, Metaphor. 

Central idea 

 The Poet compares the mechanical device Pulley With the feeling of restlessness, with help of which God can drag the humans back to Him.  God uses anxiety to keep humans under His control. as the pulley lifts the heavy objects, so does anxiety drag humans to God.


Poetic Appreciation of "The Night Of The Scorpion ". 

Poem No 6

 6. The Night of The Scorpion

Title 

  6. The Night of The Scorpion

Name of the Poet 

 Nissim Ezekiel.


Rhyme Scheme 

Free verse, so no rhyming words 

Figure of Speech

Alliteration (Parting with his poison flash.) 

Simile. (Ten peasants came like a swarm of flies.)

Metaphor, Onomatopoeia.                    

Central idea 

 The mother's selfless love for her children. The intimacy of the villagers for each other. lack of scientific approach but loving and caring for each other. The father of the poet shows his love and care for his wife and applies all scientific methods to remove the effect of poison.

                     


Poetic Appreciation of "Will to Win ". 

Poem No 4.

  4. Will to Win

Title 

   4. Will to Win

Name of the Poet 

 Berton Braley.


Rhyme Scheme 

No specific rhyme scheme, rhyme is used randomly.

Figure of Speech

Alliteration (The green grew broad.) 

Antithesis. (Ten days and nights with sleepless eyes) 

metaphor

Central idea 

 What we should do and what we should avoid to achieve success in life. It's a success mantra of life.

  

Poetic Appreciation of " A Thing of Beauty Joy Forever". 

Poem No 7

 7. A Thing of Beauty Joy Forever"

Title 

   7. A Thing of Beauty Joy Forever"

Name of the Poet 

 Johan Keats 


Rhyme Scheme 

There is a regular rhyme Scheme, the rhyme scheme is aabb

Figure of Speech

Alliteration (The green grew broad.) 

Antithesis. (Ten days and nights with sleepless eyes) 

metaphor

Central idea 

 Beautiful things give us unending joy and change our lives. Every beautiful thing in nature has a great impact on the life of humans and it is the source of neverending joy.

  

Poetic Appreciation of "The Height of the Ridiculous". 

Poem No 8

 8. The Height of the Ridiculous 

Title 

   8. The Height of the Ridiculous 

Name of the Poet 

 Oliver Wendell Holmes.


Rhyme Scheme 

Free verse, so no rhyming words 

Figure of Speech

Alliteration (The green grew broad.) 

Transferred Epithet. (Ten days and nights with sleepless eyes.)

hyperbole transferred epithet, repetition, Onomatopoeia 

Central idea 

 This is the humorous poem that tells us that the poet tried to write the humorous poem and finally decided not to write the humorous poem again.

  

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