IMPORTANT

B.A English (A)

Short Stories: First Five

One Act Plays: First, Second &Third
Poems: First Twelve
Modern Essays: First five, 8, 9, 13 and 15
Novel:
Characters (Manolin & Santiago), Symbolism, Fight With
Sharks, Adventure with Marlin, The Old Mans Physical
Features, Theme of the novel, Self Communing of the old man
and A Note on The Old Man as an Idealist.
Leisure
Poet: W.H Davies
What is this life if full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep and cows.
No time to see when woods we pass
Where squirrel hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see in broad daylight
Streams full of stars,like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty s' glance
And watch her feet, how can they dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life if,full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
Reference:
These lines have been taken from the poem, "Leisure" composed by W.H.Davies

Context:
In this poem the poet is of the view that the present age man is passing a very busy
life and he has no time to enjoy the beauty of the nature .This is why his life is full of
tensions and sorrows. The poet suggests that the modern man has some spare time to
enjoy the beauty of nature in order to get real enjoyment in his life.

Explanation:
In the given lines the poet is of the view that the modern man is so busy in his or her
life that he is totally ignorant of the beauties of nature and nature is offering all this
free of cost. The poet has used personification in the given lines. In personification ,
the poet endowers the qualities of animate to inanimate objects and things.