John's Online English Notes

  On Saying Please -           A. G. Gardiner Summary:   The essay ‘On Saying Please’ was written by A.G. Gardiner. He was a famous English essayist of the Twentieth Century. He wrote essays on a Pen Name ‘Alpha of the plough’. He drew the ideas for the essays from the real time life situations. His essays were delightful, humorous, and thought provoking. His essays appeared in volumes such as Prophets & pillars of society, etc. with funny sketches of famous personages. The Present essay ‘On saying please’ was one among his best works. According to the essay, a lift man threw a man out of the lift. The Lift man did not like the high handed behavior of the man. He asked the man to speak with him properly, but the man did not and so the lift man became angry on him and threw him out of the lift. The man felt humiliated with the behavior of the lift man and complained the officials of the building to take action on the l...

  I – Semester, English   On his having arrived at the age of 23   -         John Milton Summary :   The Poem “on his having arrived at the age of 23” was written by John Milton. He was a famous poet of his time. He wrote many poems. Out of them, the present Poem was considered as a personal meditative sonnet. It was written in 1632, soon after the completion of his graduation at Cambridge University.   According to the Poem, The poet considered time as a subtle thief which stole his young days away from him. He compared with that of a bird and mentioned that it had taken away his 23 years of age without any perfect mental maturity. He stated that his youth was like a spring season which had no bud or blossom to show. The poet unhappily stated at the end of the octave that his Physical appearance did not match with his mental maturity levels properly and so he complained unhappily that God had blessed some peo...

  I – Semester, English   Grammar – Unit 3   Homonyms, Homographs, homophones   I.Fill in the blanks in each of sentences with a single Homoym   A Snake Bit him. Add a Bit of salt.   1.she wrote a new play . The children went to play in the park.   2. I was asked to pen a few lines of verse. The sheep are not in their Pen. She uses a brush pe n for Calligraphy   3.The lime tree is found in temperate regions. Let’s lime up the house before the guests arrive.   4.We didn’t realise the scal e of the pandemic. The symphony is in the scale of C minor. You need to scale the fish before cooking it.   5. Watch out for fraudulent calls and e-mails. She got me an expensive watch for my birthday. II.Fill in the blanks with the correct homophones from the options given in the box below.   1.I am bored of board games. 2.She rode her bike down the road 3.Our Principal is a ...

  I Semester – English   Unit – 3   Ulysses -         Alfred Tennyson Summary:   The Poem ‘Ulysses’ was written by Alfred Tennyson. He was a famous Victorian Poet. The Present Poem was written in 1833 and published in 1842 in the second volume of poetry. It is a popular example of dramatic Monologue. According to the poem, Ulysses, a great warrior declared that he could nod not stay in his kingdom in a relaxed manner, He proudly mentioned that his name became the synonym of adventure; He craved to move even in the old age by giving his kingdom to his beloved son, Telemachus. Ulysses stated that he had travelled to various regions and due to that reason he understood various people, their mannerism, their culture, their kingdoms, their governments, etc. He boasted that he had come across enemies sometimes and so he fought with them in order to achieve his goal. Ulysses felt proud to state that he had fought with equ...