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The Eagle, poem by Alfred Tennyson describes eagle in poetic way very expressively. The eagle is standing on rocky cliff. The cliff is sharp and jagged, but the eagle can hold on to it, because its claws are crooked. The cliff is so high that it looks closer to the sun than to the earth. There is no other thing than the eagle and he is surrounded by clean blue sky. There is a sea crawling beneath the cliffs. The eagle watches something, we don't know what but suddenly it falls like a thunderbolt. So poet compares eagles' speed with thunderbolt. So this is very short and simple poem where poet describes the eagle.

'A True Story' is a short story by American writer Mark Twain. It is a story about slavery of Negroes in south America. The story begins with its protagonist Aunt Rachel, a sixty year old negro servant. She was cheerful and hearty. The narrator is Misto C who talks with Rachel and tells her story. He asks, "Aunt Rachel, how is it that you've lived sixty years and never had any trouble?" This question prompts Rachel's story. Rachel's husband and seven children were sold in auction. Aunt Rachel spends her lifetime waiting for them. Rachel goes on to lament that of her seven children, she has seen only one since that day. Sometime later, during or immediately after the Civil War, Rachel comes to work as a cook for a group of Union Army officers in New Bern, North Carolina. One Friday night, a platoon of black Union soldiers enters her kitchen. Shortly thereafter, she sees a familiar face and reunites with her son. Rachel ends by answering the question that...

'The Mother' is a short story by William Somerset Maugham. It is a story about very possessive and jealous mother who killed her son's fiance because she couldn't bear anyone with her son. Story opens with quarrel in tenement. New lodger La Cachirra was violently quarreling with the porter. Everybody was curiously watching and nobody know who the women is. It was said that she had spent seven years in prison and come out just one month before. One day young boy comes asking for La Cachirra. Rosalia, one of the tenant gives address to him. He was her son Currito. She was so passionate for her son. When she noticed affection between his son and rosalia, she begun to hate rosalia very much. One day all families gather and Currito joins them. Rosalia dances with him and this makes La Cachirra furious. Next morning she meets rosalia and begins to quarrel with her. She said that if you don't leave Currito alone, I'll kill you. That morning she leaves her but one d...

'Blow up with the ship' is a short story by 19th century writer Wilkie Collins. It is a thriller story. The story is narrated in first person. The narrator was sent to sea when still a boy and became a mate at the age of twenty five. The setting is sea during the year 1818, when the Spanish colonies in South America were fighting for independence. The writer sailed in the ship named, ‘The Good Intent’. The ship was laden with gun powder. It was sent to help a revolution. She had a crew of eight. As the ship contained gun powder, They were not allowed to smoke or light the lanterns. But the Captain used to light the candle when he went to bed or when he looked over his charts on the cabin table. Therefore the regulations didn’t apply to him. Finally they reached the coast of South America and a boat came towards them rowed by two men, one was an Irishman and the other was an evil-looking native pilot. The native pilot was “skinny, cowardly, quarrelsome fellow”. He picked qu...

In this short poem poet talks about his love for beautiful things. Poet likes to find beautiful things and adore them. God can be praised for making all these beautiful things and man in his bad days can honour pleasurable things so he can feel good. Poet himself wants to make some beautiful thing and wants to feel pleasure in making it. It may have nothing meaningful like dream, but poet wants to feel that joy which comes when making something own self.

'Yousouf is a poem by James Russel Lowell. It is a moral poem which teaches us about goodness. Poem opens with a stranger, who comes to Yousouf's tent one night. He asks for food and shelter and says that the tribe calls him 'The good' and that's why he has came there. Yousouf takes him in and says that the tent is God's. He entertains stranger in night and in morning gives him gold and swiftest horse for his further journey. Yousouf's kind treatment awakens stranger's inner spirit and he confesses that he is Ibrahim who have killed Yousouf's son. But Yousouf does not become angry and offers more gold and says that black thought should be kept away from us. You are avenged and my son is sleeping in peace.

The slave's dream is a poem by H.W. Longfellow. It is the poem about Negro slave in America. In The Slave’s Dream, a negro slave is lying in a farm and remembers his native land. He dreams of his past life when he was roaming freely on the African continent. He remembers his beloved and affectionate family and tears fall onto the sand.  He is probably a warrior and leader of a tribal clan and is well respected. He rides around on his horse with his sword and is watching out for any impending doom. He follows the amazing flight of flamingo birds and reaches a human settlement of huts. He then wanders all around the breathtaking African landscape with its fascinating wildlife. The poet is talking about people coming together and raising their voices for freedom. During this point in the dream, the “slave” smiles at the thought of the advent of freedom and liberty across the landscape. The “slave” then passes away, finally resting in peace, oblivious to the torture of the “oversee...