A DAY  CLASS-12 NOTES

 Summary of A Day Poem 

"A Day" by Emily Dickinson is a famous 19th-century metaphysical poem. Literary devices such as metaphors, symbolism, comparison, personification, and alliteration graced the poem. Literally, "A Day" describes sunrise and sunset. Which metaphorically means the passage of life from birth to death. Dickinson, through the use of brilliant images and symbols,
describes a beautiful day that takes children from innocence to experience.

The orator, or character of a poet, in poetry, is a child. The person is excited to watch the sunrise. In the first verse, the person compares the sun to a ribbon. The layers of the ribbon are the gradual dawn process. A child's enthusiasm for talking about dawn shows his innocence. Metaphorically, this verse also nods to the excitement of childbirth.

In the second verse, the person noticed some events that occurred at dawn. The sun is rising from the top of the hills, the "Gobolinks" have started chirping. By highlighting the events that occur at dawn, the poet wants readers to feel the beauty of nature.
The statement "It must have been the sun!" it truly reveals the child's apparent innocence.

In the third verse, the moment of happiness became reserved. The child's confidence fades because he does not know much at sunset. This verse shows the passage from life to death. Like babies, humans prefer to talk about exciting things that you fear terribly.

In the last stanza, the Christian references "flock" and "Dominic in gray" are used to show the poet's point of view on death. Where "Dominie in gray" means "God" and "flock" means human beings, Dickinson believes that God leads humans everywhere after they die. A day ends on a sober note when the sun goes down and the child has no time to wake up.

 

  Understanding the text  

 

1. Answer the following questions.

a.     How does the poet describe the morning sun in the first stanza.
In the first stanza, the person compares the sun to ribbon with the daylight bathing the first-rate of the churches in an exceedingly deep violet color like amethyst. Layers of the ribbon are the gradual method of sunrise. The keenness of a toddler to speak regarding sunrise shows his/her innocence. in an exceedingly metaphoric sense, this stanza conjointly winks at the thrill of childbirth.

b.    What does the line ‘The news like squirrels ran’ mean?
The sunrise was so fascinating and overwhelming that jump over the sky as quick as squirrels do. each morning begins with a contemporary start. folks start their morning reading newspapers also the importance of the ultimate sunrise isn’t lost on the world. “The news…” of this development travels quickly ‘like Squirrels’ running.

c.     What do you understand by the line ‘The hills untied their bonnets?
Because the sun rises and therefore the morning air starts to warm, the mist, that is that the metaphoric bonnet, over the hills evaporates. once the sun lightens at the highest of hills they become thus happy and excited. The hills reveal their foliage and sweetness by removing their bonnets.

d.      Is the speaker watching the morning sun? Why? Why not?
The speaker was innocently memorizing tiny details throughout the sunrise and expressing how lovely nature is. The phrase ‘I’ll tell you the way the sun rose’ describes that the persona had simply witnessed the morning sun with the changes seen within the sky.

e.      How does the sunset?
In an exceedingly metaphoric sense, The literary composition has exhibited the transition of birth and death because of the illustration of sunrise and sunset. The speaker was happy to ascertain the sunrise however once the sun starts to line the speaker lacks confidence since he/she doesn’t apprehend a lot of regarding sunset. once all, we have a tendency to all ought to face the tough reality of life.

  Reference to the text  

a.      What, according to the speaker, is a day?  
A Day ’ by Emily Dickinson is a famous metaphysical literary composition of the nineteenth century. consistent with the speaker ‘A Day’ is a metaphorical illustration of life wherever birth is sunrise and death is sunset. It shows however life starts with joy, happiness and eventually changes to uncertainty.

b.     What purpose does the hyphen in the first line serve in the poem?
Hyphens in poetry are used as pauses, longer ones than commas or semi-colons. It enhances the methodical, unhurried nature of the scene. writer has stuffed the gap by belongings readers imagine when the top of the phrase.

c.      What makes this poem lyrical and sonorous? Discuss.
Literary Devices like metaphors, symbolism, simile, personification, and alliteration have embellished the literary composition. Emily has used her magic wand to form this poem lyrical and sonorous. She has delineated her own expertise of time of day and dawn in her writing. The function word “I”, as utilized in lyrical poems, indicates the writer’s persona. thereon note, ‘A Day‘—like most of Dickinson’s poems—is a lyric; it expresses a strong thought from the attitude of one persona. This poem' musicalness is increased by the employment of sound techniques equivalent to head rhyme, assonance, rhyme, and rhythm.

d.     Who are the target audience of the speaker? Why?
The speaker, or poet persona, within the poem may be a child. The persona is excited to look at sunrise innocently. completely reading the literary composition, that shows how innocently the kid finds the sunrise as if he/she has not seen it before. The phrase ‘I’ll tell you the way the sun rose’ photos how joyful a toddler is feeling at the beginning of daily or life. during a philosophical sense, the poem additionally resembles the cycle of life. It depends on how a reader goes through the poem. The targeted audiences are the complete humankind and innocent children.

e.      The poem seems to describe a day for children. How would the adult people respond to this poem? Discuss this poem with your parents/guardians and write the answer based on their responses.
The poem has exhibited the transition of birth and death because of the representation of sunrise and sunset. there's enthusiasm at the start of life and also the transition of life towards a depressing and dark uncertainty. Daytime activities are a visit through life, and hour is that the finish of life. However, the ultimate result's a bit mysterious.

  Reference beyond the text  

B.  Write a personal essay on A Day in the School. 

The day begins with the gentle chirping of birds whispering in my ear. Of course, I had set birdsong as a breastfeeding alarm ringtone. I get up insignificantly before seven in the morning. My mom screaming for breakfast and my dad teasing me about my slow motion is my daily routine. when things are in the morning, packing and running to a stop is my main task.
There are few friends at my bus stop. They also don't want to go to high school like me, other than some who want to build serious relationships. I also usually wonder why my bus tires don't explode.

My official school begins at eleven years old. the main category is physics and guesses what I am the first advisor. the only vacancies for us, the “latecomers”.The physics categories in our college are excellent. I learn physics through the mental image, but unfortunately, I couldn't do it because of the environment around me. Yes, the environment where my ridiculous friends waste their time wondering why physics academics lose their hair instead of visualizing.
Once the doorbell rings, all students are free as if they had been released from prison. They rush to the bathroom even if they don't need it. The second category is the computer course where we tend to pay the price for our time participating in the counterattack. Some students do need to understand, however, the addition was blown away by the programming C.
Recess is the most important time to share our experiences, regrets, jokes, and eat sensible snacks brought by a friend. my only favorite thing about going to college is spending quality time with my friends. we tend to create an emotional bond between friends that is everlasting throughout life.

At the bottom of the last course, my upper eyelid attracts the lower eyelid. I can barely perceive the subject on the board. However, because of my friend who continually saves me from my teacher while I fall asleep. The last five minutes of my school day are the longest five minutes I can imagine.
School is an academic institution designed for students to learn, engage, seek, make friendships, and lead. however, in our dictionary, school is simply an area where the emphasis is only on "study". school can be overwhelming for bright students, but not for me. In the context of Nepal, our college teaches us how to get reasonable marks in administration exams, but not how to score for our life goals.
School becomes a chaotic place as soon as a pupil does not run away to explore himself, to do what he wants. Indeed, the school is used for education. However, education is not limited to exams. Forcing students to check makes them feel like a college can be a boring place.