Summary and Analysis of From the Life of the Folk Poet Ysinno by Lakdas wikkramasinha Ysinno cut the bamboo near Haniketta , And from those wattles made his hut And had nothing to cover it with, nothing Like a hundred and sixty Bales of straw. So he made his way to the Walauva at Iddamalgoda … Read more
Analysis of Anne Ranasinghe’s Poem Sati SUBJECT-MATTER: The Indian traditional ritual Sati Pooja. A Hindu custom in which the young wife of a very old dead husband leaps into his pyre and commits suicide. Usually she is forced by her in laws to do so. MAIN THEME: The woman in Indian society is treated with … Read more
Patrick Fernando’s Fisherman Mourned By His Wife Summary and Analysis Fisherman Mourned By His Wife Poem When you were not quite thirty and the sun had not tanned you into old-boat brown when you were not quite thirty and had not begun to be embittered like the rest, nor grown obsessed with death, then you … Read more
Richard de Zoysa’s Gajaga wannama Poem Summary Analysis Gajaga wannama Poem The elephants are out. Last night they marched Gorgeous through streets, caparisoned like kings, Electric radiance shattering the night, Laden with relics, talismans and things. Dawn came. And they were tethered in their stalls (The back garages of an Institute of Education) Where they … Read more
Daya Disanayake’s Poem Interview Summary and Analysyis I didn’t bring my C.V. Name – Date of birth – Address – G.C.E. O/L five, three A/L bio one C, Two S any job will do One hundred thousand square pegs vying for half a dozen round holes the carpenter keeps on turning out thousands more of … Read more
Daya Disanayake’s Poem Kite Summary and Analysyis Poem Against the deep blue sky the multi-coloured kite flew over the top of the green trees heavy with fruit the golden green waves on the ripening rice field stared up at the blue and red tail on the kite at the other end of the thread the … Read more
Kamala Wijeratne‘s Musical Summary and Analysis Higher National Diploma in English – HNDE Poem Singing they went Those troops of youth Looking so smart In their green -brown uniforms Happy they were As they drummed with their hands And sang their songs And beat their boots in rhythm The truck trundled to the north Was … Read more
Monuments Poem Summary & Analysis by Kamala Wijeratne Higher National Diploma in English – HNDE Monuments Poem The bus sweeps past the swinging trees And the road unwinds long and cold The chassis creaks with the load And jolts to a halt by the road. The bus stops for a moment to load And I … Read more
A Soldier’s Wife Weeps Summary & Analysis Kamala Wijeratne Last Saturday when you went back from leave I watched until you disappeared over the bend And’ long after until my breast gave a great heave And lit lamp before the Buddha and prayed no end On Wednesday when the crow cried on the dead branch … Read more
Unworthy Gift, Poem By Rabindranath Tagore The poem ‘Unworthy Gift’ by Rabindranath Tagore expresses the importance of spirituality over materialism. The poem conveys this idea throughout the incidents which takes place near Jumna river between the great Sikh teacher Govinda and his disciple Ragunath. Stanza 1 Far below flowed the Jumna, swift and clear, Above … Read more