Presentation on the poem - "THE RIVER"

1. WELCOME

2. Anjana Reghunath
English
Roll No:3
C.S.I.College of Education,
Parassala

3. The River
Carolin Ann Bowles

4. Caroline Ann Bowles

5. Profile of Caroline Ann Bowles
Born :6th December, 1786
Place :Hampshire, United Kingdom
Occupation :A Renowned poet
Spouse :Robert Southey
Popular Works : The Primrose, Gracious Rain,
To Death, Chapter on Churchyard,
Tales of the Factories
Died :1854

7. THE RIVER
River,river,little river!
Bright you sparkle on your way;
O’er the yellow pebbles dancing,
Through the flower and foliage glancing,
Like a child at play.
River,river!swelling river!
On you rush through rough and smooth;
Louder,faster,brawling,leaping,
Like impetuous youth.
River,river!brimming river!
Broad and deep,and still as time;
Seeming still, yet still in motion,
Tending onward to the ocean,
Just like mortal prime.
River,river!headlong river!
Down you dash into the sea,-
Sea that line hath never sounded,
Sea that line hath never rounded,
Like eternity.

8. Appreciation of the poem
The river is the poem which describes a river in all its vitality
and splendor. In the first stanza the poet address river as a little river which seems
to be bright and sparkle. It is flowing over the yellow pebbles, flowers ,leaves like
a child at play. Here the poet describes the movement of the river on a smooth
passage.
In the second stanza the poet address the river as swelling river
because as it moves on it take wider passages louder and faster over rocks
sweeping the rose flowers on the banks like an impetuous youth. Through this the
poet describes the movement of the river when it comes down.
In the next stanza the poet addresses river as brimming river. It
is moving fastly in its depth but disguised as still on the surface. But it is tending
toward ocean just like a mortal prime.
In the final stanza the poet addresses the river as headlong river
because it is joining with sea in all its silence. Because it is now joining the eternal
peace of sea.

9. Rhyming Words
Way- Play
Dancing- Glancing
Smooth-Youth
Leaping-Sweeping
Motion-Ocean
Prime-Time
Sounded -Rounded

10. Figure of Speech
Simile:
A figure of speech involving the
comparison of one thing with another thing
of a different kind to make a description
more emphatic or vivid
Eg: “Through the flowers and foliage glancing,
Like a child at play”.

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