PRESENTED BY : SHAIK ASAF ALI, TGT ENGLISH, JNV ANANTAPUR
THE SQUIRREL
1st Poem from HONEY COMB
Author
Mildred Bowers Armstrong
Mildred Bowers earned her bachelor's degree from North-Western University in 1923; she also studied at Mount Holyoke College, the University of Chicago, and the University of Wisconsin. Bowers titled her first volume of poetry, Twist O' Smoke, after the pseudonym she used in college. Bowers titled her first volume of poetry, Twist O' Smoke, after the pseudonym she used in college. Twist O' Smoke won the 1928 Yale Younger Poets Prize and was published by Yale University Press. Bowers also published verse in periodicals under her married name.
WORD POWER
TEASE –
make fun or attempt to provoke in play fully way
OVER COAT – A long warm coat
GRAY – It is a very common colour
You may have seen a squirrel sitting on the ground eating a nut.what did it look like?Here is poet’s description of just such a squirrel
THE SQUIRREL
He wore a question mark for tail,
An overcoat of gray,
He sat up straight to eat a nut.
He liked to tease and play,
And if we ran around his tree,
He went the other way.
Summary
In the poem 'The Squirrel' the poet Mildred Bowers Armstrong describes a squirrel that he observes in his garden. The poet describes how the squirrel, covered in gray fur, sits in an upright position on a tree branch eating a nut. His tail looks like a question mark because of its bent shape. The happy and lively squirrel loves to play with the poet and her friends. Whenever they ran around his tree, he would run to the other side of the tree. The poet tells us about the nature of the squirrel that it is innocently naughty and likes to tease anyone who comes near him.
PRESENTED BY ASAF ALI SHAIK
T.G.T ENGLISH JNV LEPAKSHI