This document provides information about the Welsh poet W.H. Davies and analyzes one of his poems. It introduces Davies, noting that he was born in Wales in 1871 and published his first book in 1905. The poem discussed reflects on the suffering Davies witnessed in cities and expresses how he finds peace in nature where he does not see human suffering. The document also includes vocabulary words and rhyming words from the poem.

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3. IN THE COUNTRY
WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

4. ISSUE :- LACK OF DUE CONSIDERATION TOWARDS MARGINALIZED GROUPS
SUB ISSUE :- POVERTY AND SUFFERING RESISTANCE AGAINST EXPLOITATION

5. William Henry Davies
• Born in New part,Monmounthshive,Wales[1871]
• Popularly Known as W.H Davies
• Welsh poiet, writer
• First book The Soul’s Destroyer (1905)
• Notable work – The autobiography of a Super-Tramp
• Most of his poetry is on the subject of nature or life
on
the road and exhibits a natural simples earthy style
• He died in 1940

6. Poem
This life is sweetest; in the wood
I hear no children cry for food;
I see no woman, white with care;
No man, with muscles wasting here.
No doubt it is a selfish thing
To fly from human suffering;
No doubt it is a selfish man,
Who shuns poor creatures sad and wan
But it’s a wretched life to face
Hunger in almost every place;
Cursed with a hand that’s empty, when
The heart is full to help all men.
Can I admire the statue great,
When living men starve at it’s feet?
Can I admire the park’s green tree,
A roof for homeless misery?
When I can see few men in need,
I then have power to help by deed,
Nor lose my cheerfulness in pity-
Which I must do in every city.
For when I am in those great places,
I see ten thousand suffering faces;
Before me stares a wolfish eye.
Behind me creeps a groan or sigh.

7. New Words
wasting - strength of the body
creature - an animal especially a non human
can - of an unnatural
shun - to avoid some body
wretch - unhappy person
admire - to regard with wonder pleasure

8. Rhyming Words
wood - food
care - here
man - wan
face - place
when - men
great - feet
thing - suffering

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