Bihar board 12th English 100 Marks 5 Most Important Essay 2025

(1) MY GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSE Kamala Das

‘My Grandmother’s House’ is a wonderful poem written by Kamala Das. In this poem, the poetess describes a particular house, where she spent sweet days of her childhood.

The poetess says that she lived with her grandmother in the same house during her childhood. The house belonged to her grandmother. She got love from her grandmother in that house. Everything was very good round the house. But, when her grandmother died and the speaker began to live in other place, the condition of the house become very bad. Everywhere round that house became pitiable. Bushes grew around it and snakes were moving there. The house became silent. The speaker went there to see the house. When she reached there, she got earlier love. She saw the house damaged. Everything was changed. But, still she feels pride, because she got love very much in this house. The poetess says that his grandmother’s death shocked her and she felt as if her blood became cold as the moon.

Thus, in this poem the poetess wants to tell that how she lived with her grandmother in the house, where she was too young.

(ii) SWEETEST LOVE I DO NOT GOE– John Donne

‘Sweetest Love I Do Not Goe’ is a love poem written by

“John Donne”. In this poem the poet describes the importance of true love in human life.

The poet is going away from his beloved. She becomes very sad. The poet consoles his beloved over a temporary separation. He says that he is going away from her but not because he is tired of her or helps to find a better match for him. He is parting, because he wishes to die in jest. One day he has to die. So, before death he wants to keep himself happy. The poet assures his beloved that he will come back just as the sun comes back. He promises that he will return faster than the sun. He tells her that this parting is nothing in comparision to the final parting which comes with death. So, she should not shed tears over his departure. He further says that even if he dies, he will be present in her. So, there is no question of separation.

Thus, the poet means to say that true lovers cannot be separated even by death. They are never parted from each other

(iii) THE SOLDIER

The Soldier is a war poem written by Rupert Brooke. This poem is a sonnet. In this poem, the poet describes his feelings of love for his country.

The poet is himself a soldier and he has gone to fight in another country for his country. According to him, a soldier lives and dies for his country. The poet wants to die in battle for

his country. He says that if he dies in a foreign land fighting for his motherland, he will be buried in that land. He wants the plot of land, where his dead body will be buried, should be treated as part and parcel of England. He remembers his country with fondness, because he was born and brought up there. He loves the nature of his country from the bottom of his heart. He loves the lights and sounds of his country. He remembers his friends. He says that his country has given him flowers to love, ways to walk and the air to breathe. All these things show the poet’s deep love for his motherland. 21

Thus, in this poem, the poet shows his patriotism for his country. This poem is a patriotic poem which is full of love for England.

(iv) The Earth 

H.E. Bates

“The Earth” is a short and interesting story written by H. E. Bates, In this story, the writer describes the laziness of the parents and the selfishness of their simple-minded son who drives them away from their home.

In this story, Johnson was a tenant farmer. He was kind- hearted person, but he was very lazy. He did not work hard. He believed more in luck than work. He had no land of his own. He had rented it from Sanders. He had a simple-minded son named Benjy. He was worried about his son. On the advice of doctor, Johnson built a wire coop in a corner of his farm and gave him some hens to keep engaged in work. Benjy took interest in keeping hens and knew all the tricks of the trade. Johnson also opened a passbook for him to keep his money. Benjy’s parents had saved a lot of money for him. When they gave him the passbook, he did not say a word of gratitude. He opened the passbook, looked at the amount and put it in his pocket. Benjy’s parents did not feel good, when he silently put the passbook in his pocket.

When Benjy knew the trick of the trade, he began to earn money. He deposited a lot of money in his account. When he started earning money, he forgot his parents. He purchased the land from Sanders that his father had rented. When he was about forty, he married Florence against the wishes of his parents. Florence was one of Benjy’s employees.

Gradually, Benjy became indifferent to his parents. He did not treat his parents justly. He became so cruel that he drove them out of his home.

Thus, in this story we find that a selfish and cunning son deceived his parents and too much trust became the reason of the tragedy of the parents

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