The brook english presentation

Made by Ajit Kumar of Class IX , Ishan International Public School for English Activity.

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us, for completing this project effectively and
moreover on time.
We are equally grateful to GopalSir .He gave us
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project and correcting our doubts. We thank our
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6. THE
BROOK

8. Born 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

11. '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.

12. • 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).

15. haunts: places frequently visited
by
coot: a type of water bird with a
white spot on the forehead
hern: heron, (another kind of
water bird)
sally: emerge suddenly
bicker: (here) flow down with a
lot of noise
thorpes: a village
trebles: high pitched tune
eddying: spiral movement of
water
babble: sound made when one
talks gaily

16. fallow: land left uncultivated to regain
fertility
foreland: piece of land that extends into
the sea
mallow: plant with hairy stems and
leaves and pink, white or purple flowers
lusty trout: a big freshwater fish
grayling: another type of fish
hazel: a small tree or bush with edible
nuts
forget-me-nots : a type of flower
shingly: covered with small rounded
pebbles
cresses: pungent leaved plant like a
cabbage

19. 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.