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                         Oops! How's That Again? Summary       Oops! How's That Again? Is a humorous essay written by an American writer, Roger Rosenblatt. In this essay the writer classifies verbal errors into five categories along with several examples for each and tries to explain some linguistic and psychological reasons behind them.       Tongue slip is the most common type of verbal error. It happens when a person intends to say one thing but happens to say something else. It can have shameful effect on both the speaker as well as the listener. For. Eg, A businessman wished Prince Charles a long life and conjugal happiness with Lady Jane. But in fact he was engaged to marry Lady Diana and Lady Jane was his former beloved.        Faux Pass is another type of verbal error. It takes...

    1.     'Concrete Cat' is an example of a concrete poem, how?       This poem is made for eye. This poem doesn't concern much with emotions. The capitalized 'A' in ear is for pointed ear, 'Y' for wide eyes, 'U' for cat's mouth. Similarly the worlds 'stripe' is for stripes of the cat and 'upside' mouse indicates dead mouse and the cat killed it. The poem is very fully and humorous. The poet is successful to give the concrete structure of the cat with the help of individual letters and words.

                         Keeping Things Whole Summary         The poem, Keeping Things Whole was composed by a Canadian Poet, Mark Strand. In this poem the poet presents the fragmentation talking place among things and people giving rise to the feeling of chaos, alienation, exile and identify crisis. So, he pleads for unity, integration and wholeness.      The people and things in this world have been fragmented because of politics, religion, cast system, economy geography and so on. This fragmentation has given rise to the feeling of chaos, alienation, exile and identify crisis. The speaker of this poem feels exactly the same. When he goes to a field, he finds himself detached, dislocated and missing. It is always the case wherever he goes, he finds himself alienated and missing.     When he walks, he divides...

                                  Unchopping a Tree Summary        Unchopping a Tree is a persuasive disclosure written by an American writer, W.S Merwin. In this essay, the writer seems to be describing the process to be describing the process of chopping a tree but his real purpose is to show the difficulty involved in the project of unchopping a tree.     A tree that has already been chopped down is going to be unchopped. The process begins with assembling the leaves, twigs and branches and putting them back to their respective places. While doing so, the help of ants, mice and squirrels is expected but they won't help. At the next step, the nest of birds and nets of spiders are to be repaired. It is really an impossible job because human beings do not have the same to...

                           The Poplar Field Summary      The poem, The Poplar Field was composed by a pre-romantic English poet and translator, Willaim Cowper. In this poem, the poet expresses his nostalgic feelings for the destruction of Poplar trees on the bank of The Great Ouse.           The Poplar trees that grew on the bank of The Great Ouse have been cut down. As a result, the shadow of the trees and their whispering sound have vanished away from the site. After the trees have been cut down, the wind does not blow there any longer and the river doesn’t receive their image on its surface any more. The trees that once lent shadow to the poet are lying on the grass to become his seats. After its natural habitat has been destroyed, the black bird has migrated to the shelter of Hazel t...

                   The Three Day Blow Summary       The Three Day Blow is a dramatic story written by an American novelist and short story writer, Ernest Hemingway. In this dramatic story the writer x-rays the mental ordeal that one of the characters goes through using an analogy of the three day blow.              This dramatic story begins with the description of setting(time and place ) in which the characters are located to act out their assigned roles. It has just stopped raining and the first forceful wind of autumn is blowing through the bare apple trees. One of the characters, Nick is seen climbing up a hill through orchard. As he reaches to the cottage on the top of the hill another character, Bill comes out of the cottage. They spent sometime watching the scenery downward and go into the cottage. Sitting in...

                       A Worn Path Summary      'A Worn Path' is a controlled story of unconscious heroism written by an American writer, Eudora Welty. This story narrates a long, dangerous and tiring journey made by an old negro woman, Phoenix Jackson from her home valley to the city of Natchez in order to bring some medicine for diseased grandson.   She Reached to the bottom of hill where there was a creek and a log laid across it. Lifting her skirt and leveling her cane before her. She marched across the creek and took rest for some time under a big tree. While resting, she had a dream of a Negro boy coming to her holding a plate with a cake on it. Afterwards, she went through a barbed wire fence spreading her knees and stretching her fingers like a baby. Then she reached to a cotton field where she was reminded of her encounter with a bull and a t...

                      Look at a Teacup Summary         The essay, Look at a Teacup was written by an American writer, Patricia Hampl. In this essay the writer reflects on the history of her mother Looking at the Teacup given to her by her mother.          The teacup described in this essay was first bought by the writer's mother in 1939 when the second World War began principally between allies and Axis powers. It was also the year when the writers mother got married with an American-Czech. The teacup was produced in Czechoslovakia and the writer's mother had bought it as a memory from her homeland and had given to the writer as a Souvenir. There are images of flowers printed on the inside wall of the teacup. The flowers are of different types and colors. They seem to be falling into the bottom from differe...

                Speaking of Children Summary         Speaking of Children is an extract from a celebrated volume, 'Mother's Day or the view from in here,' by Barbara Holland. In this extract the writer points out the advantages of single child and the disadvantages of plural children. She argues in favor of having a single child for peace, privacy and prosperity in married life.     Single child is just like an organ of the parents body. The child can be taught anything, taken anywhere and brought up anyway. With a single child, the parents are still themselves. They do not need to modify their former lifestyle. A single child is just like an electric toothbrush or Yorkshire terrier. It means the parent merely acquired an extra thing. As a single child is outnumbered by the parents, the child can easily be brain washed.      Plural ch...

                   My Heart Leaps Up when I Behold Summary:          The poem, My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold was composed by Romantic poet and devotee of nature, William Words worth. In this poem, the poet exemplifies, his philosophy of poetic creation.         The speaker fills overjoyed at the sight of a rainbow in the sky. He used to have the same happiness in his childhood. The joy of looking at a rainbow in the sky has continued upto his present stage manhood and he wishes for its continuation upto his old age. If this natural continuation of happiness is interrupted, he would rather die. In the seventh line of the poem, the poet uses a paradox, " The Child is Father of the man ". In this paradox, the poet shows interrelationship among past present and future. Finally, he wishes to spend his days paying deep and sincere respect to nature as he does...