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STD 9 UNIT 2 WINDS OF CHANGE

SUCCESS
-Henry Longfellow

Write an appreciation of the poem” success”


"Success" is a beautiful poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, a
renowned American poet of the 19th century. This particular poem
paints the nature of success and the path to achieving it.
The poem's central theme is that success is not attained through
sudden bursts of brilliance or luck, but through continuous effort and
determination. The opening line sets the tone by establishing that
humans lack the ability for rapid, effortless ascent. He compares the
journey to success to climbing a mountain, step by step, and to building a
pyramid, stone by stone. The lines “The cloudy summits of our time"
highlights the gradual nature of progress. The image of "gigantic flights
of stairs" suggests that even the most monumental achievements are built
upon smaller steps.
The poet employs several poetic devices to enhance the
poem's message. Metaphors,such as comparing success to climbing a
mountain or building a pyramid, create vivid mental pictures and convey
the idea of gradual progress and challenges. Similes, like "wedge-like
cleave the desert airs," add descriptive power to the imagery. The use of
alliteration, as in "solid bastions of the skies," creates a musical quality .
The rhyme scheme is ABAB. Through these devices the poem becomes
both inspiring and intellectually stimulating.
1. Identify the line that indicates human strength.
We have not wings, we cannot soar;
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.

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2. What do the words 'cloudy summits' and 'pyramids' imply?
They both symbolise heights or our goal. The word “cloudy” indicates
that success often appears impossible or difficult to achieve. Pyramids
indicates the strength we require to reach our destination
3. When do the pyramids appear like gigantic flights of stairs?
They appear gigantic or difficult to reach when viewed at first from a
distance. It is our initial doubt about success.
4.What do we come across when we rise to higher levels?
As we rise to higher levels we can see the paths cut by those who tried
earlier to reach it. It gives us a hope to try harder.
5.What makes great men different from their companions?
Great men achieve success with continuous hard work facing all
hardships. Unlike their companions they never take rest until they reach
their goal.
6.Identify the images of success in the poem, and comment on how they
convey the message of the poem.
Cloudy summits,mighty pyramids,distant mountains, and
heights symbolise success. These images convey the idea that though they
appear distant and unattainable , we can reach our goal by continuous
hard work.
7.The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by
sudden flight..... Comment on these lines.
Success is not attained through sudden bursts of brilliance or luck, but
through persistent effort and perseverance. They convey the idea of
gradual progress.

Prepared by Leena V ,HST English PBM GHSS KODUNGALLUR


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