The Brook

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INDEX Ishan logo Welcome Self introduction Index Acknowledgement Introduction of poem and Information on poet7. The Poem The Brook(Video)8. Summary of poem9. Photographs10. Word Meaning11. Literary devices12. Conclusion13. Thanking you

ACKNOWLEDGEMNT

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THE BROOK-Alfred Lord Tennyson

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IntroductionThe poem, 'The Brook' is a metaphor of the human life in the form of river. The poet has realistically drawn a parallelism between the journeys of the brook with the life of a man. He significantly relates the brook to human life to the sad reflection that man's life is impermanent compared with the relative permanence of a river.

Alfred Lord TennysonBorn on August 6, 1809, in Somersby, Lincolnshire, England, Alfred Tennyson is one of the most well-loved Victorian poets. Tennyson, the fourth of twelve children, showed an early talent for writing. At the age of twelve he wrote a 6,000-line epic poem. Tennyson wrote a number of phrases that have become commonplaces of the English language, including: "Nature, red in tooth and claw", "It's better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all", "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die", "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure", "Knowledge comes, but Wisdom lingers", and "The old order changeth, yielding place to new". He is the ninth most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations after Shakespeare and others.In 1859, Tennyson published the first poems ofIdylls of the Kings, which sold more than 10,000 copies in one month. In 1884, he accepted a peerage, becoming Alfred Lord Tennyson. Tennyson died in 1892 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

1809-1892

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D0 YOU KNOW ?*Tennyson was extremely near-sighted.

*He had trouble even seeing to eat without the aid of a monocle.

*Would compose most of his work in head.

*Would only write them down at the urging of others

The Brook

SUMARRY'The Brook' is an example of Tennyson's exquisite versification. He had a rare capacity for creating music out of simple words. Tennyson makes the brook narrate its history- the history of its origin, its meandering and uneven journey through forest and hills and open spaces until it joins the 'brimming river'. The Brook originates from a source on the highlands filled with mountain forest cover, where the wild birds of coot and heron are found in plenty. Its rushing waters touch all the ferns that grow on its banks till it reaches the open valley. In its initial rushing journey, the brook passes through the slopes of thirty hills and flows beneath more than four dozen bridges. Then it touches twenty different villages before reaching a little town. Before joining the main river, the brook passes by Phillip's farm. As it comes rushing down the hills, its waters produces different musical notes as it dashes against the stony pebbles. The brook makes its presence felt when it passes through the different fields of uncultivated lands and many front lying promontory lands where the weeping willows grow. It winds about with immense power and its cool pleasant waters brings all kinds of fresh water fish to a lively activity.

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The brook forms the foamy flake which is accumulated at the shores where gravels gather in plenty, as it continues to travel down the hills. Sometimes it overflows and incur upon the grassy plots in the lawns. It even overflows to the grounds of Hazel plants and touches the sweet forget-me-nots. All the different sounds and movements that a stream makes as it flows are charmingly conveyed through the words used with exquisite delicacies of feeling. The trees on the banks, the fish playing about, the blossoms floating on the water, the stretches of darkness and light are vividly reflected on the flowing verse. Above all, the spirit of joy and freedom comes through eloquently.Each morning when the sun rises, the rays and the beams hit the waters and brightly reflect the shiny dance of the active movement of the brook on the sandy banks. When evening sets in and total darkness covers the surroundings of the countryside, the flow of the brook continues to murmur under the light of the moon and stars. The effect of the brook on the shores in the daytime is as much as in the night. Tennyson significantly relates the brook to human life to the sad reflection that man's life is impermanent compared with the relative permanence of a river (men may come and men may go, But I go on forever).

The BrookCootHeron

Forget-Me-Not

GraylingLusty Trout

Word-Meanings

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Refrain: Formenmaycomeand men may go, But I go on for everPairs of rhyming words:hern, fern;sally, valley;down, town;ridges,bridges; flow, go; river, ever.ways, bays; trebles, pebbles; fret, set; fallow, mallow; flow, go; river, ever.out, trout; sailing, grayling; flake, break; travel, gravel; flow, go; river, ever.plots, forget-me-nots; covers, lovers; glance, dance; swallows, shallows; stars, bars; wildernesses, cresses; flow, go; river, ever.Onomatopoeia:Chatter & MurmurPersonification:1.I make the netted sunbeam dance2.I murmur under moon and stars

Literary Devices

RepeatitionChatter,Chatter

Alliteration:

1.A sudden sally 2.hills I hurry3.twenty thropes 4.Philips Farm I flow 5. babble on the pebbles6.a field and fallow7.a fairy Foreland 8.with willow-weed and mallow9.a foamy flake10.golden gravel 11.I slip,I slide,I gloom, I glance 12.skimming swallows 13. sandy swallows 14.murmur under moon.

Conclusion The poet has realistically drawn a parallelism between the journey of the brook with the life of a man. The poet says as in the childhood a child is very agile, energetic and lively , like that only the brook in the beginning stage of its life is very powerful, enhancing and it keeps on flowing with a great rush and enthusiasm throughout its life .it falls from great heights and menders around the wavy path, and when it approaches on plain it becomes very slow and continues to flow eternally .like the brook a man toward the end of his life he becomes slow in his moves and ultimately meets the horns of death and the brook also emerges with its final destination but it never ends to flow.

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