Question

i need help analyzing look to this day by kalidasa

Look to this day:
For it is life, the very life of life.
In its brief course
Lie all the verities and realities of your existence.
The bliss of growth,
The glory of action,
The splendour of achievement
Are but experiences of time.

For yesterday is but a dream
And tomorrow is only a vision;
And today well-lived, makes
Yesterday a dream of happiness
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well therefore to this day;
Such is the salutation to the ever-new dawn!

Answer 1

Poetry Analysis Format

I. Title of the poem

II. Author (name and some biographical information)

III. Topic (subject matter) of the poem

IV. Theme of the poem (message/ point its making)

V. Literary elements present – may include but not limited to
• Alliteration
• Allusion
• Assonance
• Cacophony
• Consonance
• Euphony
• Imagery
• Metaphor
• Mood
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification
• Poetic form (sonnet, lyric, ode, ballad, . . .)
• Rhyme Scheme
• Simile

Answer 2

Kalidasa:Kalidasa was the greatest of the sanskrit dramatists, and the first great name in Sanskrit literature after Ashvaghoshha. In the intervening three centuries between Asvaghosha (who had a profound influence on the poet) and Kalidasa there was some literary effort, but nothing that could compare with the maturity and excellence of Kalidasa's poetry. Virtually no facts are known about his life, although colourful legends abound. Physically handsome, he was supposed to have been a very dull child, and grew up quite uneducated. Through the match-making efforts of a scheming minister he was married to a princess who was ashamed of his ignorance and coarseness. Kalidasa

Answer 3

i got the background info, i just need help with the theme, topic, and lit. elements present :/

Answer 4

oh

Answer 5

do you know how to do that?

Answer 6

no

Answer 7

sorry but @ChicagoHusky might help

Answer 8

@amistre64 can you help?

Answer 9

@perl

Answer 10

Which do you think they are mate?