On The Grasshopper And The Cricket​ ​.pptx

This presentation is on class 8 poem On The Grasshopper And The Cricket​

1. On The Grasshopper And The Cricket By-John Keats

2. Jhon Keats 

3. Jhon Keats

4. Sonnet

5. About the poem This is a symbolic poem, in this :- 'Grasshopper' is used as symbol of summer. 'Cricket' is used as a symbol of winter.

6. Let's began to the sonnet "On The Grasshopper And The Cricket"

7. The poetry of earth is never dead: When all the birds are faint with the hot sun, And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead, That is the grasshopper’s — he takes the lead In summer luxury — he has never done With his delights, for when tired out with fun He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.

8. The poetry of earth is ceasing never: On a lone winter evening when the frost Has wrought a silence, from the stone there shrills The cricket’s song, in warmth increasing ever, And seems to one in drowsiness half lost; The grasshopper’s among some grassy hills.

9. Glossary  Faint -  बेहोश Ease -  आराम Ceasing -  बंद करना Hedge -  झाडी Shrills -   high and unpleasant sound Luxury - बहुत आरामदेह Weed -  ख़रपतवार Drowsiness -  उनींदापन , ऊँघ

10. Summary In this poem, the poet has described about the poetry of Earth has never ended. It stills alive in  harsh and harshest condition. When all the birds and singing creature conceal themselves among the cooling trees because of the hot summer, there lives a creature who sings still. That creature is the 'grasshopper' who sings and delights everyone. When all the birds fly out and become faint because of the cold winter, there lives a creature who sings still. That creature is the 'cricket' who sings from stones and make everyone delightful. This is why "The poetry of earth is never dead".

11. Rhyme scheme It has two rhyme schemes Rhyme scheme of octave - abbaabba Rhyme scheme of sestet - cdecde

12. Figure of speech  Personification - Personification occurs when a thing or abstraction is represented as a person. That is the grasshopper’s — he takes the lead The cricket’s song Metaphor : It compares two different items that share a characteristic.  The poet compared the earth's poetry and the grasshopper singing.

13. Thank You Tthis was presented by Navin Kumar