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A Prayer for My Daughter — Revision Notes
ICSE · Class 12 · English- Short Stories : Perspectives and Reflections
A Prayer for My Daughter revision notes for ICSE Class 12 English- Short Stories : Perspectives and Reflections: 4 topics in quick points.
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Key Topics to Revise
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Poet and background
- William Butler Yeats was a renowned Irish poet and playwright and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature.
- He co-founded the Abbey Theatre and was closely connected with the Irish Literary Revival and Irish nationalist politics.
- He served as a senator of the Irish Free State and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923.
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Stanza-wise central ideas
- The poem opens with a storm outside while the child sleeps peacefully under her cradle-cover.
- The storm represents danger, unrest, and the threatening force of the outside world.
- The poet says there is little to stop the wind except Gregory's wood and one bare hill.
3
Important themes
- Beauty should be balanced with kindness and self-control.
- Outer beauty without inner goodness can bring trouble.
- Courtesy and good manners have lasting value.
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Images, symbols, and literary devices
- Storm: symbol of chaos, danger, and uncertainty.
- Sea: symbol of force and hidden threat.
- Cradle-hood and coverlid: symbols of protection and childhood innocence.
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The poem opens with a violentThe speaker does not reject beautyHelen and the unnamed seaThe speaker wants his daughterThe daughter is imagined as
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Key topics in A Prayer for My Daughter include Poet and background, Stanza-wise central ideas, Important themes, Images, symbols, and literary devices. Study these first, then practise questions on each for the ICSE Class 12 board exam.
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