The Brook.....Class 9th ppt

2. ALFRED LORD TENNYSON
Tennyson wrote a number of phrases that
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron
have become commonplaces of the
Tennyson, FRS (6 August 1809 – 6 October
English language, including: "Nature, red
1892) was Poet Laureate of the United
in tooth and claw", "'This better to have
Kingdom during much of Queen
loved and lost / Than never to have loved
Victoria's reign and remains one of the
at all", "Theirs not to reason why etc..
most popular poets in the English
language
Tennyson was a craftsman who polished
Tennyson was first a student of Louth
and revised his manuscripts extensively.
Grammar School for four years (1816–
Few poets have used such a variety of
1820)[3] and then attended Scaitcliffe
styles with such an exact understanding
School, Englefield Green and King Edward
of metre; like many Victorian poets, he
VI Grammar School, Louth. He
experimented in adapting the quantitative
entered Trinity College, Cambridge in
metres of Greek and Latin poetry to
1827,[4] where he joined a secret society
English.
called the Cambridge Apostles

4. 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 the 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 through out 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 dies and also emerges with its
final destination but it never ends to
flow........

5. I come from haunts of coot
and hern, I come from haunts of coot and hern.- The
I make a sudden sally brook starts from a place the coots(kind of
duck) & herns(commonly known as herons)
And sparkle out among the spend most of their times.
fern,
I make a sudden sally,-The brook suddenly
To bicker down a valley. rushes down.
And sparkle out among the fern,-As the brook
flows it sparkles because of sun rays, and it
flows through a ground which mostly have
grasses and flowerless plants(fern)
To bicker down a valley.-The brook flows down
a valley making noisy sounds.

6. By thirty hills I hurry down,-Here the brook
swiftly flows down many hills. There are not
By thirty hills I hurry down, literally 'Thirty hills' but the poet make's the
Or slip between the ridges, line creative by using 'Thirty' and not 'many'.
By twenty thorpes, a little Or slip between the ridges,-The brook
town, 'slips'(quickly moves)between long narrow
hilltops.
And half a hundred bridges.
By twenty thorps, a little town,-The brook
flows down by many villages(Thorp-Old word
for village) -again the poet tries to make the
line creative by using 'Twenty'-not literally
'Twenty villages' , and it flows down a little
town as well.
And half a hundred bridges.-The brook flows
and passes by/through many bridges-not
literally 'Half a hundred' bridges.

7. Till last by Philip's farm I
Till last by Philip's farm I flow-The
flow brook flows by a farm probably
To join the brimming owned by a man named Philip.
river,
To join the brimming river,-After the
For men may come and farm he flows to join a overflowing
men may go, river.
But I go on for ever.
For men may come and men may
go, -
But I go on forever. Men/people have
a short life spam but the is immortal
so it has a longer life spam and hence
goes on 'forever'.

8. I chatter over stony
ways, I chatter over stony ways,
In little sharps and trebles, -As the
In little sharps and brook flows it chatters(makes a
trebles, interesting and musical sound)
over stony ways.
I bubble into eddying
bays, I bubble into eddying bays, -When
the brook flows backward it
I babble on the pebbles 'pushes' the air and makes
bubbles.
I babble on the pebbles, -As the
brook moves it makes sound
because of the pebbles.

9. With many a curve
my banks I fret With many a curve my banks I fret-The
brook flows curvily because at one point
By many a field and the path curves and it wears away.
fallow, By many a field and fallow,-The brook
flows by many fields and bare places
And many a fairy (fallows), probably the soil is infertile
which is why the land is bare and no
foreland set plants grow.
With willow-weed . And many a fairy foreland set
With willow-weed & mallow -There are
and mallow. many pieces of land sticking out in the
brook (called foreland)which have some
plants such as 'Willow-weed & mallow'.
Where colorful & bright birds, insects &
butterflies come which look like fairies
from far away.

10. Here the poet says:
I chatter, chatter, as I I chatter, chatter, as I flow:
flow The river as it flows creates
high pitched noises while
To join the brimming flowing and it is a continuous
river, rapid talk.
To join the brimming river :
For men may come and The brook is immortal as it
men may go, never ends but mixes and
joins the brimming river
But I go on for ever. For men may come and men
may go, But I go on for ever :
Here as a man dies and are
transitory but the brook is
permanent and it flows on

11. I wind about, and in
I wind about, and in and and out: The brook
moves in a zigzag
out, manner
With here a
With here a blossom blossom sailing, : It
sailing, carries blossom
flowers and take
And here and there a lusty them away
trout, And here and there
a lusty trout, And
And here and there a here and there a
grayling:
grayling, Here the brook
carries all kinds of
flowers and fishes
like trout and
grayling and it
serves as a source
of sustenance to
other living beings

12. And here and there a And here and there a foamy lake,
foamy flake Upon me, as I travel:
Upon me, as I travel Here the river as it moves fast
Becomes a frothy river with flake
With many a silvery water With many a silvery water break
break Above the golden gravel:
Above the golden gravel, This frothy water in the brook
Looks silvery as it travels over
Golden colored stones or
Pebbles.

13. And draw them all along,
and flow
To join the brimming river
For men may come and
men may go, Here the brook carries several
But I go on for ever. Things along itself like foams,
Leaves, ferns and pebbles etc.
In the end the brook joins the
Brimming river.
Poet explains that life of a man
Is mortal and he points out
, the brook has a perenniality
And it goes on flowing forever…

14. I steal by lawns and
grassy plots,
I slide by hazel covers;
I move the sweet
forget-me-nots Here the poet says that now the
That grow for happy Brook is silent and it silently
Moves along the lawns and the
lovers. Grassy plots and it slips by the
Small hazel plants and also carries
Forget me not flowers that
Are thrown by happy lovers
and the Brook moves quietly and
Gently through the plants….

15. I slip, I slide, I gloom,
I glance,
Among my skimming
swallows;
I make the netted Here the poet says that
The swallows fly very close
sunbeam dance To the surface of water
Against my sandy In search of food and the
shallows. Brook traps the sunbeams
In its sandy shallows and
makes them dance and
the brook moves on happily
And observes everything….

16. I murmur under moon
and stars
In brambly
wildernesses;
I linger by my shingly Here the brook flows through
Wilderness which is covered
bars; With thorny bushes and brook
I loiter round my Also lingers because there are
Shingles on its bed and these
cresses; Create obstruction in flow.
The brook loiters about
Comfortably because it has got
To move round the broad leaved
Cresses plants……….

17. And out again I curve
and flow
To join the brimming
river,
For men may come and
men may go, Here the poet says that
But I go on for ever. The brook curves and turns
To join the bigger lakes and
Seas and men comes and goes
But the brook is immortal
And flows through out the life

18. PARALLEL WITH HUMAN LIFE: When the brook
emerges from the mountains , its movement is
very noisy and quick and it is very energetic. It
is in a rush to achieve its goal of joining the
overflowing river. Similarly, man in his youth is
very lively, agile, energetic and active.
The brook in its early stages is very fast and
overcomes all the hurdles, hard objects, stones
and pebbles in its journey. This can be
compared to man in his youth who is
enthusiastic and can strive and accept all the
challenges that come in his way.
During the journey, the brook takes along with
it silt, gravel, blossoms and fish. Similarly man
also takes away different people he comes
across along with him, in some way, to
accompany him ahead in the journey of life.
When the brook comes closer to the river, its
movement becomes slow and smooth, which
can be compared to man in his old age, who
becomes very calm, gentle, soft and lethargic.
The difference between the two is that the
brook is eternal and keeps flowing on forever,
while man reaches his final destination after
his old age by meeting the horns of death.