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V.Balasubramani
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Pranams to all,
Greetings to All Teachers.
While I was schooling, I don’t exactly remember the Standard, it was English Language period and in English Text, in poetry section, we had the following poem:
A PIPER
by: Seamus O'Sullivan
PIPER in the streets today
Set up, and tuned, and started to play,
And away, away, away on the tide
Of his music we started; on every side
Doors and windows were opened wide,
And men left down their work and came,
And women with petticoats coloured like flame.
And little bare feet that were blue with cold,
Went dancing back to the age of gold,
And all the world went gay, went gay,
For half an hour in the street today.
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When my English Teacher was explaining the meaning of the poem line by line, he thought for a while when he reached the seventh line i.e. ‘And women with petticoats colored like flame’. Probably he would thought how to describe exactly the colour of flame. At that time, he saw the garbage being burnt inside in a corner of the school premises and there was roaring fire. He called us all, asked us to watch, then explained us that now you can see the flames, that was the colour mentioned in the poetry.
A simple instance to show how teachers really took personal interest in teaching lessons to students on those day,
Let us appreciate them and Greet them for their noble service to the society.
With regards
A Piper' is reprinted from An Anthology of Modern Verse. Ed. A. Methuen. London: Methuen & Co., 1921.
Greetings to All Teachers.
While I was schooling, I don’t exactly remember the Standard, it was English Language period and in English Text, in poetry section, we had the following poem:
A PIPER
by: Seamus O'Sullivan
PIPER in the streets today
Set up, and tuned, and started to play,
And away, away, away on the tide
Of his music we started; on every side
Doors and windows were opened wide,
And men left down their work and came,
And women with petticoats coloured like flame.
And little bare feet that were blue with cold,
Went dancing back to the age of gold,
And all the world went gay, went gay,
For half an hour in the street today.
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[TD][/TD]
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When my English Teacher was explaining the meaning of the poem line by line, he thought for a while when he reached the seventh line i.e. ‘And women with petticoats colored like flame’. Probably he would thought how to describe exactly the colour of flame. At that time, he saw the garbage being burnt inside in a corner of the school premises and there was roaring fire. He called us all, asked us to watch, then explained us that now you can see the flames, that was the colour mentioned in the poetry.
A simple instance to show how teachers really took personal interest in teaching lessons to students on those day,
Let us appreciate them and Greet them for their noble service to the society.
With regards
A Piper' is reprinted from An Anthology of Modern Verse. Ed. A. Methuen. London: Methuen & Co., 1921.
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