SUMMARIES OF THE POEMS

1. TRY AGAIN

SUMMARY
     "Try Again" is a moralizing poem composed by a British poet, William Edward Hickson. In this poem, the poet tells us the importance of trying again in case we fail in doing something. He says that we should continue trying again tell we succeed. 
     The poet says if we fail in our first attempt, we should not get disappointed. We should try again because then we will become courageous. If we persist because of this courage, we will conquer. The poet admits that when we try again, we may fail once or twice. However, if we keep on trying, we will succeed. If we do not win a race we should not give up trying again in shame. Moreover, if we find our task difficult to accomplish, we should not lose heart. Time will bring us our fruit of labour. We can also do what other people can do but it needs patience. 
     In short, this little poem gives us a big lesson. It gives us a message of hope, courage, hard work, perseverance and optimism. We should always keep this message in mind to be crowned with victory in our lives. 

2. THE RAIN

SUMMARY
     "The Rain" is a beautiful and symbolic poem composed by a Welsh poet William Henry Davies. In this poem the poet describes the beauty and effects of two great phenomena of Nature; rain and sunshine. 
     It is raining and the poet is present near a tree. The poet feels that the leaves of that tree are gulping raindrops like humans. The upper leaves after quenching their thirst pass on the drops to the lower leaves. The falling of raindrops on leaves creates a "sweet noise" which appeals to the poet. When the sun comes out after the rain stops, the sun will fill each dark, round drop present on the leaves with its wondrous light. The sight of shinning raindrops will be very lovely. But this scene will only be possible if the sun shines brightly. And so, the poet hopes for a bright sun. 
     In short, this poem shows the poet's love for nature and his starkly realistic understanding of society and laws of nature. The emergence of bright sun after heavy rain gives us a message of hope, optimism and happiness.


3. PEACE

SUMMARY
     "Peace" is a metaphorical poem composed by a German poetess Dr. Silvia Hartmann. In this poem, the poetess describes negative and positive aspect of wind which is destructive when in rage but most of the time is peaceful, calm and gentle.
     When the wind is in a fierce mood, it is a monster of destruction. Like a monster it roars and breaks things apart. It is so catastrophic that it completely destroys all man's work. This may be anything ever built by man. Everywhere its havoc is the same. It levels everything to the ground. In its rage it throws broken thinks in the air whirling and flying. However, this is not its real nature. The truth is that it is usually peaceful when the sky is bright blue. It is calm and quiet like whispers coming from far away. Alas! people do not give any importance to this aspect of wind.
     In short, the poem awakens a consciousness of soothing effect of wind in us that ultimately subdues its evil power. It encourages us to appreciate peace, love and benevolence instead of thinking about bad things or war. It gives us a lesson that we have to experience storms to enjoy peace. 

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