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Title: English Poem A MAN OF WORDS AND NOT OF DEEDS
Description: English Poem A MAN OF WORDS AND NOT OF DEEDS
Description: English Poem A MAN OF WORDS AND NOT OF DEEDS
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A MAN OF WORDS AND NOT OF DEEDS
Poem with translation and explanation
Main idea
In this poem the poet tells us about the harms of
laziness
...
He should do
some good deeds
...
When the snow falls on it, it
looks white like a bird
...
When the sky roars, it looks like a
lions
...
When your back smarts
...
When
the heart bleeds, the person dies
...
“A man of words and not of deeds
...
Context: In this poem, the poet tells us about the
harms of laziness
...
He
should do some good deeds
...
Lines 1-2
A man of words and not of deeds
Is like a garden full of weeds
Explanation: The poet says that a man who only
talks is idle
...
He is like a
garden full of weeds
...
Deeds are the real fruit of
words
...
Lines 3-4
And when the weeds begin to grow
It’s like a garden full of snow
Explanation: The poet says that when the weeds in
a garden begin to grow, they occupy the whole
garden
...
Rather the failing snow increases its
barrenness
...
Lines 5-6
And when the snow begins to fall
It’s like a bird upon the wall
Explanation: The poet says that when the sown
falls, everything becomes white
...
It looks as if white birds are
sitting on the walls
...
Lines 7-8
And when the bird away does fly
It’s like an eagle in the sky
Explanation: The poet mocks the inactivity of idle
people
...
They
may boast of the bird
...
Instead of admitting their fault
...
The flying bird looks like
an eagle to them
...
The idle people do not feel
ashamed of their idleness
...
Lines 9-10
And when the sky begins to roar
It’s like a lion at the door
Explanation: The poet says that the sky roars when
there is a lightning and thunder
...
Here
that poet personifies the sky
...
When the door breaks, it brings
miseries of life
...
It means that your back
breaking responsibilities are increased
...
If your back smarts, it means it hurts you with a
stinging pain
...
It
means you feel its cut in your soul
...
When the heart bleeds, it wounds the very
soul
...
the poet wants to say that the
wound of soul is fatal
Title: English Poem A MAN OF WORDS AND NOT OF DEEDS
Description: English Poem A MAN OF WORDS AND NOT OF DEEDS
Description: English Poem A MAN OF WORDS AND NOT OF DEEDS