Hi friends!! Today I would like to share a Poem "The Nation United" which is written by Walt Whitman and also i share the hard words meaning and the figure of speech. This will be helpful for the TNPSC group exams.
The Nation United
A Noiseless, Patient Spider
A Noiseless Patient Spider
I mark’d where on a little promontory it stood isolated,
Mark’d how to explore the vacant vast surrounding,
It launch’d forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself,
Ever unreeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them.
And you O my soul where you stand,
Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space,
Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing, seeking the spheres to connect them,
Till the bridge you will need be form’d, till the ductile anchor hold,
Till the gossamer thread you fling catch somewhere, O my soul.
A Noiseless Patient Spider
I mark’d where on a little promontory it stood isolated,
Mark’d how to explore the vacant vast surrounding,
It launch’d forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself,
Ever unreeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them.
And you O my soul where you stand,
Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space,
Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing, seeking the spheres to connect them,
Till the bridge you will need be form’d, till the ductile anchor hold,
Till the gossamer thread you fling catch somewhere, O my soul.
Walt Whitman
| S.No | Hard Words | Meanings |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | promontory | high point of land standing out from the coastline |
| 2 | launch'd | sent out |
| 3 | ceaselessly | endlessly |
| 4 | musing | contemplating |
| 5 | venturing | entering |
| 6 | fling | throw |
| 7 | filament | fine thread |
| 8 | gossamer | fine strand |
Figures of Speech
Personification
A Noiseless patient Spider
A Noiseless patient Spider
Alliteration
Mark'd how to explore the vacant vast surround
Mark'd how to explore the vacant vast surround
Oxymoron
Till the gossamer thread you fling catch somewhere Oh my soul
Till the gossamer thread you fling catch somewhere Oh my soul