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  The Hand That Rocks The Cradle is The Hand That Rule The World Ø ABOUT THE POET: The poem is written by William Ross Wallace (1819-1881). He was born in Lexington Kentucky, He was a lawyer by profession, but spent more time on literature. His patriotic songs were very popular during the civil war. Ø ABOUT THE POEM: "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle Is The Hand That Rules The World" is the poem which describes the great role of a mother in bringing up her children. The theme of the poem is based on the sacrifices of a mother, and it is explicit in its style. The tone of a poem is declarative one. It looks as if the poet is addressing the women and stresses the role of a mother to be a divine one. The poem has four stanzas each having four couplets.     Ø SUMMARY: In this poem. the poet prays to God to bestow His blessings upon all mothers without any distinction of race. color or social status. He says that angels Q1 guard them everywhere in the world, whe...

  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 ...