LAKSHMAN TEACHES

  THE BEGGAR                                                                          DR AMMANGI VENUGOPAL      About the poet Dr. Ammangi Venugopal, a prolific writer penned the poem ‘The Beggar’ in Telugu with the title Bichchagadu. It is rendered in English by Elanaga. Dr. Ammangi wrote five anthologies of poems, some short stories, many essays and ten short stories. He is the first recipient of Sri Kaloji Narayana Rao award instituted by the Government of Telangana in 2015. About the poem The poem ‘The Beggar’ portrays the pathetic plight of farmers. Consisting of just sixteen lines, the poem de...

  A RED RED ROSE                                                                                         ROBERT BURNS A Red Red Rose is a poem composed by Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns. It was first published in 1794 in a collection of traditional Scottish songs set to music. This  poem was inspired both by a simple Scots song he had heard in the country and by published ballads from the period. The poem has the form of a ballad and is meant to be sung aloud. It describes the speaker’s deep love for his or her beloved and promises th...

TS INTER FIRST YEAR ENGLISH- POETRY HAPPINESS                                                                                                  CARL SANDBURG About the poet The present poem “ HAPPINESS ” is written by Carl Sandburg , an American poet . He is the winner of three Pulitzer prizes. Sandburg is popular for his work ‘Biography of Abraham Lincoln’. About the poem The present poem “ HAPPINESS ” is extracted from his collection of poems called “ Chicago Poems. “The poem is written in free verse with a va...