In this poem, Emily Bronte describes what the past, the present and the future is like. Read and see if you too think the same.
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Anita E. Posey wonders where all the creatures go at night. We have homes, and many other creatures do. But many others do not have homes. What do they do at night? Where do they go? This is what the poet tries to express through her poem. Let us recite it loud.
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I want to do many things. I want to learn singing and dancing. I want to learn how to play the guitar. And I have to go to school and complete my homework. I also help my parents so that they help me.But there just isn’t time!
Read about what the poet, Eleanor Farjeon, wants to do.

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‘Throwing a Tree’ shows that nature plays victim to man and his ruthless pursuit of progress. Thomas Hardy wants to express his anger towards the harm caused to nature by man’s self-centered activities. Thomas Hardy is against any kind of activity that cause nature to suffer and it shows through the pessimism that he expresses through people throwing trees.
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I was very pleased when I first wrote a letter. Each time I write a letter now, I have exactly the same feeling like Margaret G. Rhodes. Let us go through the poem.
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Homework bothers me too. I hate it when I have to miss my favourite TV show to finish my homework. And just like the poet Russell Hoban, I wish children were never ever loaded with homework. Do you agree to what he has to say in this poem?
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