A Different History * By Sujata Bhatt She explores values and believes She gives the universal theme of “acceptance of all cultures”. Lines run in religious and relevant tome but the poet immediately shifts to bitterness and wonder. She uses free verse‚ repeated words and questions to make the poem stronger. There are both types of word used. Formal and informal. Formal: Dead‚ sacred‚ emigrated Informal : shove‚ small‚ toss. The poem is a free verse si it relates to how the Indian
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because the poem is written in English and talks about the disadvantages of English. 1. The 3 lines shows that India is such a beautiful country that the “great Pan” emigrated here. Great pan is known to be a lover of nature and beauty. This may show the absence of beauty in the foreign countries that he chose this country. The other countries believe he is dead because he is not seen there anymore because he doesn’t live there anymore. The culture of India is also known to be the most diverse and
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How has perception of beauty has changed How has the perception of beauty changed through time? There have been many different views of beauty from the renaissance years to the modern day views on what beauty is‚ it is very intriguing to know why people see beauty in those ways and why it has changed - from curvaceous to thin‚ from pale to sun tanned‚ beauty has changed in so many ways we probably wouldn’t imagine. Starting in the renaissance years (1400s – 1600s) the large‚ and in today’s opinion
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The Pied Piper is a very familiar and popular children’s folktale. Children all over have heard different versions of this story‚ a stranger who comes to a town to rid them of their infestation of rats. That is really all most people remember of this tale‚ but to actually read the entire story there is a lot more to the story than previously thought. The people of Hemlin are distraught and searching for a solution to rid themselves of horrible rats that have consumed their town. The stranger
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vanished at the hands of the Pied Piper. The mystery remains as to what happened to them‚ however‚ the children disappeared because they left to colonize areas east of the town. Around the time of the legend‚ thousands of Germans were migrating from Lower Saxony and Westphalia to the east (Karacs). The children settled in today’s east Germany and Poland‚ as an exodus of Hameln children left during the colonization of eastern nations such as Pomerania and Prussia (“The Pied Piper legend”). While going
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A Different History By- Suajata Bhatt The poem ‘A Different History’ is set in India. In the first paragraph the poet describes how the world is developing at a fast pace and leaving behind culture‚ morals‚ value‚ spirituality etc. But India on the other hand has managed to sustain its tradition and modernity. “Great Pan is not dead; he simply emigrated to India Here‚ the gods roam freely Disguised as snakes or monkeys; every tree is sacred” Pan is the Greek god of nature. This reference
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the poem in a way that it can be said to be about different histories‚ different cultural backgrounds but also about‚ the poet Sujata Bhatt’s own past. In another context‚ it could also said to be about history itself‚ relating to Greek mythology and Indian religion that is centuries old. As a child‚ the poet had to move from country to country and may be reminiscing about how life would have been if she had never left India. A history different to the one she had experienced. In the poem Sujata
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Comment closely on “A Different History”‚ paying particular attention to how Bhatt presents differences. In the poem “A Different History” by Sujata Bhatt‚ the poet speaks about culture identity‚ the importance of language‚ and religion. Bhatt describes the history of India during the British colonization days‚ from her point of view – from the side of the oppressed. Her strong diction portrays her emotions clearly. The varied structure and tone between the two stanzas of the poem highlights the
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Browning’s narrative poem ‘The Pied Piper of Hamlin’ can be viewed as ‘A Child’s Tale’ to a substantial extent because of the mystical and supernatural themes explored in the poem. However others may argue the poem is viewed as an adult’s tale due to elements of political and government satire and religious imagery which occur throughout the poem. ‘The Pied Piper of Hamlin’ can be regarded as a child’s tale as Browning has included this as a subtitle therefore explicitly stating it. This provides
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The idea of beauty is different for all of us Everybody has different experiences‚ skills and knowledge therefore it is the case that the idea beauty is different for all of us. Different people have different view on what is and what is not beautiful; this is evident through the diverse interpretations people receive from creations that we make‚ in particular the form of art known as graffiti. Another way through which we can contemplate on the perspectives of beauty‚ is to consider the fact that
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