This document contains summaries of several literary works and poems, including The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mirror by Sylvia Plath, and Snake by D.H. Lawrence. It also lists and defines common literary devices such as alliteration, metaphor, and personification. The overall document provides overviews of classic poems and stories, along with analyzing their key messages and literary elements.

1. DISCUSSION
ON
LITERATURE
READER , M.C.B.
AND ACTIVITIES
CLASS X

2. STORY
TIME

3. LIFE SKILLS
 * DECISION MAKING
 * PROBLEM SOLVING
 * CREATIVE THINKING
 * CRITICAL THINKING
 * EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
 * INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP SKILLS
 * SELF AWARERNESS
 * EMPATHY
 * COPING WITH EMOTIONS
 * COPING WITH STRESS

4. POETRY

5. THE FROG AND THE NIGHTINGALE
 It lays bare the manipulation and
hypocrisy of the unscruplous
people who apply all means to
survive and thrive in the
competitive world.

6. MESSAGE
 In order to live in this world, one
must have worldly wisdom. One
must know one’s limitations and
capabilities to be able to decide
the course of one’s life.

7. LITERARY DEVICES
 * ALLITERATION
 * PUN
 * IRONY

8. MIRROR
- SYLVIA PLATH
 It is a monologue. That reveals
who the mirror is, what it does
and how it reflects the life of the
people who view themselves in
it.

9. MESSAGE
 It conveys the message that
rather than living in the world of
illusions, we need to change our
attitude and learn to face and
accept reality without indulging in
self pity.

10. LITERARY DEVICES
 *METAPHOR
 * SIMILE
 * ALLITERATION
 * PERSONIFICATION

11. NOT MARBLE NOR THE GILDED
MONUMENTS
-WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

 It brings out the futility of statues
and ornate monuments raised by
the rich and the powerful to
immortalize themselves.

12. MESSAGE
 It conveys the message that great
and noble souls leave an indelible
impression on the fellow beings
and they are remembered by
posterity for a long time to come.

13. LITERARY DEVICES
 * Personification
 * Repetition
 * Transferred Epithet
 * Imagery
 * Allusion

14. OZYMANDIAS
-P.B.SHELLEY
 It brings out the truth of the statues and
sculptures that the rich and the mighty get
carved out to immortalize themselves. The all
Consuming power of time wipes their name
from the face of earth and their statues are
torn down from the high pedestals.

15. MESSAGE
 One should live a modest and
unpretentious life and withdraw
from the world with a sense of
resignation.

16. LITERARY DEVICES
 * ALLITERATION
 * SYNECDOCHE

17. THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
- S.T. COLERIDGE
 Written by S.T. Colleridge, is one
of the greatest poems of English
Literature. It is written in the form
and style of a folk ballad. It has
the theme of Christian concept of
sin, its punishment and
redemption.

18. MESSAGE
 Those who harm and torture
others can never experience
peace of mind. Guilt keeps on
pricking the mind. The sinner as
well as those who support sin are
punished sooner or later in life.

19. LITERARY DEVICES
 * SIMILE
 * METAPHOR
 * ALLITERATION
 * PERSONIFICATION
 * REPETITION
 * RHYME SCHEME

20. SNAKE
- D.H. LAWRENCE
 Written by D. H. Lawrence, is a
nature poem with a difference. It
describes the beauty of a snake
and relates an interesting incident
.

21. MESSAGE
 It is written on the theme of the
need of Man’s mutual and
peaceful coexistence with the
other creatures in the world.
Parallel to this theme runs the
theme of guilt and sin that Man
commits.

22. LITERARY DEVICES
 * ALLITERATION
 * REPETITION
 * TRANSFERRED EPITHET
 * SIMILE
 * ALLUSION

23. GROUP
PRESENTATION