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Victor Hugo was a 19th century French poet, novelist, and dramatist who was a leader of the Romantic movement in French literature. He is considered one of the greatest French writers, known for works like Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The document also notes that Hugo produced over 4,000 drawings throughout his life.
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Victor Marie Hugo was a famous French writer from the Romantic period. He is considered one of France's greatest writers. Some of his most famous works include Les Miserables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The poem "The Sower" describes an old man still sowing seeds in a field at twilight. Though poor, he continues working with hope for a bountiful harvest. The observer watches him with emotion, aware it may be one of the sower's last hours of work.
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Victor Hugo was a famous 19th century French poet, novelist, and dramatist. This poem was originally written in French by Hugo and later translated to English by Toru Dutt, one of the first Indian women poets to write in English.
The poem describes an old man still sowing seeds in a field as evening falls. The speaker, sitting comfortably inside, initially sees the sower as a ragged figure. But as night deepens, the sower's silhouette dominates the field and his gestures seem grand, almost touching the starry sky, gaining the speaker's respect and appreciation for his devoted work ensuring future harvests.
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Victor Marie Hugo was a famous 19th century French poet, novelist, and dramatist. This poem describes an old sower continuing to work in his fields as evening falls. As twilight comes, shadows stretch across the land but the sower keeps sowing grain from his hands and striding across the plain. His silhouette dominates the deep furrows as night deepens, making his gestures seem august against the starry skies.
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Victor Marie Hugo was a famous 19th century French poet, novelist, and dramatist. This poem describes an old sower continuing to work in his fields as evening falls. As twilight comes, shadows stretch across the land but the sower keeps sowing grain from his hands and striding across the plain. His silhouette dominates the deep furrows as night deepens, making his gestures seem august against the starry skies.
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assignment to make sure it supports your new or revised argument. As always, I will be looking for
a clear argument, strong textual evidence, and a well-formatted and written response.
Please be sure to provide a Works Cited. This can be in any form you are most comfortable with
(AP, MLA, Chicago, Oxford, etc.), but should make it clear what is being referred to and where that
item can be found.
Please note: the 250-word limit (plus or minus 10%) applies only to the text of your argument. It
does not include the works cited or the heading information.
Sample question: What attitude does Baudelaire adopt to the poor in “Let’s beat up the poor”?
A. Student
Writing Assignment, Module 4
Although the violence depicted in Charles Baudelaire’s “Let’s beat up the poor” might appear to
reflect a negative attitude toward the poor, the prose poem itself resists articulating a clear
position, choosing instead to highlight the shortcomings in contemporary responses to the poor.
The speaker in fact draws attention early in the piece to the debates about economic and social
policy that took place in France in the period by noting that he had consumed books “dealing with
the art of making nations happy, wise, and rich” (37), but the poem’s multiple ironies mean that the
reader is left uncertain about its attitude toward the poor.
The speaker aligns himself with Socrates through a reference to his “Demon” (37), but rather
than engaging in a philosophical conversation, he decides that the best response to the pleading
gaze of a beggar is to beat him up, presumably to show him who has the power and who doesn’t.
This is not, however, an act of bravery in any way: the speaker carefully checks that there are no
policemen in the area. The beggar is initially beaten down, but then rises up to attack the speaker,
thereby asserting the political power of the proletariat. The speaker claims to be thrilled that the
beggar—the representative of the poor—has learnt that he must take responsibility for his own
future and rise up against the bourgeoisie in order to achieve equality, but the reader is left
wondering whether such lessons are to be taken seriously in any way. The focus, in.
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The sower
- 3. Victor Marie Hugo (1802-1885) was a French poet, novelist and dramatis of the Romantic Movement. He is considered one of the greatest and best known French writers. His best- known works are Les Misérables and Note-Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre- Dame). He also produced more than 4,000 drawings, which have since been admired for their beauty.
- 4. THE SOWER - VICTOR MARIE HUGO
- 5. Sitting in a porchway cool, Fades the ruddy sunlight fast, Twilight hastens on to rule Working hours are well-nigh past.
- 6. Shadows shoot across the lands; But one sower lingers still, Old, in rags, the patient stands, Looking on, I feel a thrill.
- 7. Black and high his silhouette Dominates the furrows deep! Now to sow the task is set, Soon shall come a time to reap.
- 8. Marches he along the plain, To and fro, and scatters wide From his hands the precious grain; Moody, I, to see him stride,
- 9. Darkness deepens, Gone the light, Now his gestures to mine eyes Are august; and strange his height Seems to touch the starry skies.
- 10. Porch way – small area at the entrance of a building.
- 11. Ruddy – red in colour eg : a ruddy sky
- 12. Twilight – the period of time at the end of the day after the sun has gone done.
- 13. Hasten - to say or do something without delay. eg : wishing to hasten the cure he applied the ointment in double strength.
- 14. Linger - to stay somewhere for a longer time because you do not want to leave. eg : She lingered for a few minutes to talk to the teacher.
- 15. Silhouette - a dark outline or shape of a person or an object that you see against a light background.
- 16. Furrow - a long, narrow cut in the ground, especially the one made by a plough for planting seeds in. eg : The plough cut a long furrow across the field.
- 17. Precious – valuable eg : Do not waste your precious time.
- 18. Moody – thoughtful eg : Anu was very moody and upset when she heard of her mother’s illness.
- 19. Stride - to walk with long steps. eg : she came striding along to meet me.
- 20. Gesture - a movement that you make with your hands, head or face to show a particular meaning. eg : She made an angry gesture by shaking her head.
- 21. August - impressive, worthy of respect, noble eg : The meeting was attended by an august group of people.
- 22. WORD PICTURES
- 23. • Shadows shoot across the lands • Marches he along the plain • To and fro, and scatters wide From his hand’s precious grain
- 24. ALLITERATION
- 25. Seems to touch the starry skies Shadows shoot across the lands Looking on, I feel thrill
- 27. • What is the title of the poem? • Who was the author of the poem ‘The Sower’? • What are the various activities involved in farming? • Where is the speaker sitting? • What time of the day is it?
- 28. Activity Pick out the rhyming words from the poem ‘The Sower’? eg : cule - rule
- 29. • cool - rule • Fast - past • Lands - stands • Still - thrill • Deep - reap • Plain - grain • Wide - stride • Light - height • Eyes - skies
- 30. ASSIGNMENT Prepare an appreciation of the poem ‘The Sower’.
- 31. Thank you…