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BEAUTIFUL HANDS
ABOUT THE POET
Ellen M.H. Gates (1835-1920) was born in Torrington,
Connecticut (USA). Her poems "The Home of The Soul' and
"Eternity" are famous for their religious theme.
ABOUT THE POEM
The poem has four stanzas in it each having four couplets in
it. The rhyming scheme in this poem is abcbdefe' where every last word of
second verse rhymes with the last word of fourth verse and the last word of
sixth and eighth verse rhymes and this is repeated in all stanzas. The theme of
the poem is explicit as the title and the theme is nearly the same i.e. both
show that the poetry is about the beautiful hands. Anyone reading this poem can
judge easily that whose hands the poetess is referring to. In the last line of
the poem, the poetess clearly says that she will clasp her mother's hand, so
there is nothing implicit in it. The mood throughout the poem is serious,
appreciating and also predicting one. The tone. of the poem is as if it is
sighing with a fear of losing something valuable and also appreciating one.
This shows that poetess is in fear of losing her mother and she tries o express
her value in her life.
SUMMARY
In this poem, the poetess praising her mother's hands which
revealed her love for her mother. She says that although her mother's hands are
not beautiful, they are appealing for her. With the passage of time, her mother
has grown old and now her hands have become feeble and full of wrinkles. These
hands can be a dream of a sculptor who can visualize the beauty of the hands of
a mother. These hands are dearer to her as these hands worked tirelessly to
protect her children and to provide them the enjoyments of life. The poetess is
feeling very sorry, when a childhood memory came into her mind. That memory
reminded her of the working of the never resting hands of her mother, while she
was playing games with her siblings. One cannot pay his or her mother for the
care she takes in bringing her children up. The only thing one can do is to
take care of them in their old age. The poetess is too much anxious when she
thinks of her mother's ending life. It is difficult for poetess to live without
her but she also hopes that these hands should be rewarded with victory as God
will bless her when she will reach again get a chance of clapping these hands.
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Q.No.01:
Whose hands does the poetess praise in the poem "The Beautiful
Hands"?
Ans: Ellen M.H. Gales, an American poetess is
the writer of the poem "The Beautiful Hands” in this poem, she praise the
hands of her mother.
Q.N0.02: What
is the Central idea of the poem "The Beautiful Hands"?
Ans. The
poem Beautiful Hands" gives an idea that a mother spends all her life in
giving comfort and care to her children. She performs her duty with such a love
and affection that no one ca estimates the worth of her work. She is in fact a
blessing of God for the world. It is also said that, "Give me good mother and I will give you
a good nation” also recognizes the love sacrifices of a mother.
Q.No.3: In
the first stanza of the poem "The Beautiful Hands", the poetess
praises the hands to their beauty what words tell us that they are not pretty
in physical sense?
Ans. The second line of first stanza "they are
neither white nor small tells us that these beautiful hands are although not
beautiful but they are too caring.
Q.No.04: Why
does the poetess say that these hands are the dream of a sculptor?
Ans. The
poetess consider these hands to be a sculptor’s dream because they are having
loving touch and caring hold. These
hands protect a child, give security to them and keep them away from the hardship
of daily pieces of work.
Q.No.05:
What according to the poetess will her mother's hand bear in paradise?
Ans. According
to the poetess, her mother will be rewarded in paradise after her death. She
worked with great efforts in bringing her children up. Her palms shower the
love of affection and are the source of
comfort and relief to the children. In fact these palms, due to t tenderness of
love will bear victory in getting a higher place in paradise
C.
Idoms:
With a high hand: disregarding the
feelings of others.
Example:
He settled matters with a high hand and ignored the requests of all concerned.
Exercises:
He is most unpopular because he decides matters without regarding the feelings
of others. (Substitute the idiom).
Answer:
He is the most unpopular because he decides matters with a high hand.
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