KUCTEANCHAL

WELCOMETOPOWER POINT PRESENTATION

BY SUMI C BABUENGLISH OPTIONAL REG.NO:13975022

IN THE COUNTRY WILLIAM HENRY

DAVIES

ISSUE :- LACK OF DUE CONSIDERATION TOWARDS MARGINALIZED GROUPSSUB ISSUE :- POVERTY AND SUFFERING RESISTANCE AGAINST EXPLOITATION

William Henry Davies

• Born in New part,Monmounthshive,Wales[1871]• Popularly Known as W.H Davies• Welsh poiet, writer• First book The Soul’s Destroyer (1905)• Notable work – The autobiography of a Super-Tramp• Most of his poetry is on the subject of nature or life on the road and exhibits a natural simples earthy style• He died in 1940

PoemThis life is sweetest; in the woodI hear no children cry for food;I see no woman, white with care;No man, with muscles wasting here.

No doubt it is a selfish thingTo fly from human suffering;No doubt it is a selfish man,Who shuns poor creatures sad and wan

But it’s a wretched life to faceHunger in almost every place;Cursed with a hand that’s empty, whenThe heart is full to help all men.

Can I admire the statue great,When living men starve at it’s feet?Can I admire the park’s green tree,A roof for homeless misery?

When I can see few men in need,I then have power to help by deed,Nor lose my cheerfulness in pity-Which I must do in every city.

For when I am in those great places,I see ten thousand suffering faces;Before me stares a wolfish eye.Behind me creeps a groan or sigh.

New Words

wasting - strength of the body creature - an animal especially a non humancan - of an unnaturalshun - to avoid some body wretch - unhappy personadmire - to regard with wonder pleasure

Rhyming Words

wood - foodcare - hereman - wan

face - placewhen - mengreat - feetthing - suffering

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