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 (e-content developed by Prof. (Dr) N A Jarandikar) The poem ‘The Seven Stages’ is written by Meena Kandasamy. Meena Kandasamy is the Indian poet.Caste issues and gender inequality are the main themes of her poetry. The poem ‘The Seven Stages’ deals with a sad love story. This story may happen in any part of India. The lovers are cursed by the caste issues. The society does not accept their marriage, and they are killed brutally. In one sense, the poem brings forward the issue of ‘honour killing’ in India. The poem begins with a warning to the beloved, her lover and the readers.  The poet warns the beloved not to lose her love and the lover. The poet asks the lover not to ignore her advice about the precious love, not to lose his love. The poet asks the readers to consider the tragic incident as a dream. She asks them to defy this dream. At the beginning of the poem, the poet refers to the seven stages of love as cherished by Sufi tradition. These seven stages of love are as f...

  Q. 5 B II) Morphological Analysis Morphological Analysis करण्यासाठी खालील गोष्टी माहित करून घ्या :  सर्वप्रथम दिलेल्या शब्दाचा word class माहित करून घ्या. उदा. Noun, verb, adjective, adverb. हे ओळखण्यासाठीचे काही सर्वसाधारण नियम पुढीलप्रमाणे आहेत :  Noun: १. Noun चे -s/-es लावून अनेकवचन होऊ शकते. उदा. Boys; villages; chairs  २.  -tion शब्द हे noun वर्गातील असतात. उदा. Examination; competition; generation (Verb ला -tion लावल्यानंतर noun तयार होते.) ३.  -ment; -ness हे शब्द noun वर्गातील असतात. उदा. Development; enjoyment; happiness; kindness Adjective: १.  -er/-est लागणारे शब्द हे adjective असतात. उदा. Taller; tallest २. -al  हे शब्द adjective वर्गातील असतात. उदा. Musical; natural (Noun ला -al लावल्यानंतर adjective मिळते) Verb: १. -ize/-ify हे शब्द verb असतात. उदा. Modernize; simplify २. -en/-ate  हे शब्द verb असतात. उदा. Widen; originate Adverb: १. -ly हे शब्द सहसा adverb असतात. उदा. Slowly; happily (Adjective ला -ly लावल्यानंतर Adverb मिळ...

Introduction: Patrick Fernando is a Sri Lankan poet. He is one of the important writers from Sri Lanka. The dark, tragic and serious tone is the main feature of Fernando’s poetry which can be seen through his poem, ‘Elegy for My Son’. As the title suggests the poem is an elegy. Elegy is a type of poem where the poet expresses his feelings over the loss of someone who is near and dear to him. Patrick Fernando’s poem “Elegy for My Son” is a touching expression of a father’s grief over the loss of his son. Instead of directly talking about his son’s death, the poet uses the image of a young tree that suddenly dies. This tree becomes a symbol of the son—young, full of life, and deeply loved. The sudden death of the tree shows how unexpected and painful the loss was. The poem: The poem begins with a question. The poet asks, the earth, wind and sunshine must have some terrible power, otherwise how can a young tree die in a single day? The poet says he has taken every care for planting and te...