Poetry

Poetry writing is such a great talent. There are so much of great poems written by such great endowed poets and here I will be musing over 3 of my all time favorites

The first is perhaps the top in my list of most influential poems. It’s written by Alfred Lord Tennyson. And its "Home they brought her warrior dead". It’s a touching poem about a warrior who was dead in a war and they would have brought his body to his home. His young wife, who was overcome with so much sorrow, would refuse to move or even cry. All her friends and maidens worried that if she does not burst out, she will die. So they come out with plans to make her cry out and help her burst out emotionally. They start by praising her husband, his noble deeds, how true friend was he and so on and so forth. The wife refuses to move. Then a lady removes the face cloth from her dead husband's body, thinking that seeing her dead husband face, she may break down. Even then the wife's eyes ejected no water. It was then an old experienced nurse by the name Rose, takes her child and places her baby on her knees. Like summer tempest comes tears in her eyes and she cries, "Sweet my child I live for thee"...It is such a sorrowful poem which shows an admirable couple. A couple, who were deeply in love and who were living solely for each other. An experienced nurse who knew to read peoples’ heart. A fatherless baby. These characters are built so strong in a mere 16 line poem. This was in my fourth grade syllabus and was part of my recitation exams! The complete poem is over here - "http://quotations.about.com/cs/poemlyrics/a/HomeTheyBrought.htm"

It’s time for some nature admiration. Poets admire nature just like painters. It is perhaps their favorite subject! Now it’s time to talk about the world famous poem "The Daffodils", written by the nature poet "William Wordsworth". Wordsworth explains in this poem that he was wandering lonely when he saw a field of daffodils. The sight of these yellow colored flowers fills him with pleasure when he lies down in a vacant or pensive mood and thinks about these daffodils.
The lyrics are so rhythmic that you can sing a lively song out of this poem. Do check it out at "http://www.love-poems.me.uk/wordsworth_daffodils.htm"

The other poem that this blog is going to talk about is "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost. Perhaps you will know this poem when I tell its last 2 lines
"And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep. "
These were Jawaharlal Nehru's favorite lines. The poet was perhaps returning from some work back home and he stops by woods that were filled with snow. He stops his horse and starts admiring the woods. He then realizes he has chores to do and has miles to go before he reaches his destination.

There is so much in poetry and in the poet's thoughts. This is only a drop in the ocean of poetry.