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WELCOM
WELCOME
TEACHING OF POETRY
PRESENTATION BY DIVYA.D.S
ENGLISH OPTIONALROLL NO: 10REG. NO:16514306010SREE NARAYANA TRAINING
COLLEGE,NEDUNGANDA.
CONTENTS Introduction About the poetpoemWord studySentence makingContrasts used Tone of the poem Images of middle aged womenConclusion Reference
INTRODUCTION
EVEN PAST FIFTY - SHANTA SHELKE
Even past fifty portrays a woman who fights the odds of life in the midst of all troubles and tribulations. She trifles with and negates all her acute problems and the horrifying realities of life.
ABOUT THE POET
Shanta shelke(1922-2002)
Born in pune, Maharashtra, is a poet , journalist, teacher, translator and composer. Her poems deal with the problems that Indian women face.
EVEN PAST FIFTY
She’s past fifty ;
yet she’s still
a little girl at heart,
for whom the house is a doll’s house,
and running the household
a childhood game.
She has travelled a long road; but her little feet
Are not yet fatigued.
Catastrophes to her
Are still like the evil spirits
In children’s stories
Whom she fights with blades
Of grass; wipes the sweat
From her brow; hits hard;
Sometimes wins, sometimes loses,
Her sword broken.
Difficult questionsShe has simplified for herself;fitted the tangle Into a simple frame;On her face She has made distaste smile,Like moonlight that makes
everything smooth.But some times totally in despair, A flower crumpled in a fist, sheRises again, smiles, or sings to
herself,Though hers is not a musical
voice.
I saw her the other dayAfter a long time; she talkedWith her usual, irrepressible
intensity;But I, for the first time, Noted the hair fast becoming
white,Noted, for the first time, and
with a pang,The hollowness of the froth Rising above the stream of her
life
Contd..
Word study word Meaning
Catastrophe a terrible event in which there is lot of destruction, suffering or death.
Fatigued extremely tired
Crumpled crushed
Irrepressible full of energy and confidence that you never seem unhappy
Froth mass of small bubbles on the surface of a liquid
Sentence making• Catastrophe
The black sea is facing an ecological catastrophe as a result of pollution
• Fatigued
Sreeja looked fatigued after a long journey• Crumpled
Tom flattened the crumpled paper against his knee• Irrepressible
You cannot keep her quiet for long; she is irrepressible• Froth
You can see froth rising above the streams in rainy days
Contrasts used
Running the household - a childhood game
Catastrophes in life - evil spirits in children’s stories
Distaste - smileFlower - crumpled flower
TONE OF POEM
SympathySorrowPathosWistfulnessfantasy
IMAGES OF MIDDLE AGED WOMEN
• A little girl at heart• Lives in doll’s house• Travelled a long road yet not
fatigued• Fight with blades of grass• Wipes the sweat from her brow• Holds a broken sword• Made distaste smile• A flower crumpled in a fist
BRIEF SUMMARY
‘Even past fifty’ is a poem about a women who faces the hardships of life with a smiling face and a cheerful heart. She can be any middle/lower class woman in India whose life is nothing but an incessant toil, ceaseless struggle and tiresome journey. Yet she is not ready to admit defeat and she rises again smiling and singing to herself. Her house which demands a great deal of service and scarifies from her part, looks like a doll’s house for her. She continuous her fight with the catastrophes of life with a broken sword.