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        visit website  https://sugarybloom.blogspot.com/ CHAPTER – 4  HOW SOON HATH TIME  - John Milton About the author John Milton was an English poet ,polemicist,pamphleteer, and a civil servant during the commonwealth era of England.A scholarly man of letters, Milton’s prose and poetry deal with contemporary issues and reflect the religious flux and political upheaval of England of his time. He is best known for his epic poems ‘Paradise Lost’ and ‘Paradise Regained’. Writing in English, Latin, Greek and Italian, he achieved international fame and his celebrated ‘Areopagitica’ (1644) written in condemnation of pre-publication censorship is among History’s most influential and impassioned defences of freedom of speech and the press. He is regarded as one of the greatest English writers of all time. How Soon Hath Time, a Petrarchan sonnet, is believed to have been written by Milton on his birthday . Milton begins the poem in a tone of frustration and ...

  visit website   https://sugarybloom.blogspot.com/ CHAPTER – 2  PHOENIX OF BEAUTY  -Dr. Saumitra Chakravarty  Short answer Questions 1. What happened “the day after”?  The day after, the little bud opened. 2. What did the little bud see around?  When the little bud opened to a beautiful future, all that she saw was the death of the long stems or the tired petals which were very active and shining the previous day. 3. In the second stanza of the poem, the little bud looked up at the sun and uttered .............. a. a death cry    b. her birth cry     c. a cry for rescue  4. What does the little bud desire for? The bud desires for innocence to prevail in the world of guilt. The young little bud wants its  life, innocence and  beauty to prevail longer. 5. The little bud raises its head from a bed of purity. True or False?  False. Click here for  Jonathan Livingston Seagull   The Hoop    H...

  visit website  https://sugarybloom.blogspot.com/ JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL Richard David Bach   About the author Richard David Bach is an American novelist and pilot. Richard Bach is the author of three books on the mystique of flying. During the past decade or so, he has edited a flying magazine, and written more than a hundred magazine articles and stories. A former US Air Force pilot, he is now seldom without an aeroplane.Livingston Seagull is a novella written in 1970. He has written several books of fiction such as A Gift of Wings (1974), Illusions: The Adventure of a Reluctant Messiah and non-fiction related to flying. Majority of his works are about flying that shows his great passion for it. Most of Bach's books have been semi autobiographical, using actual events from his life fiction to illustrate his philosophy. Bach's books espouse his philosophy that our physical limits and mortality are mere appearance. Give us a role model-APJ Abdul Kalam   ...

    https://sugarybloom.blogspot.com  The Last Leaf O'Henry About the author William Sydney Porter-  American short story writer is known by his pen name  O Henry. While in prison, he began writing short  stories in order to support his daughter  Margaret. His first published story was 'Whistling Dicks Christmas Stocking '(1899). He  used the pseudonym Oliver Henry only once and  changed his pen name to O. Henry, not wanting  his readers to know that he was in prison. He has  written nearly 600 short stories which are  known for witty plot, surprise endings, warm  characterization of awkward and difficult  situations. Short Answer Questions : 1. What does "places" refer to? In a little district west of Washington Square the streets have run crazy and broken themselves into small strips.These are called "places" and they make strange angles and curves. 2. Whom did Mr. Pneumonia infect? Mr.Pneumonia had infected J...