Can you give the explanation of the poem the river by charles kingsley?

Answer 1

The River

Clear and cool, clear and cool,

By laughing shallow, and dreaming pool;

Cool and clear, cool and clear,

By shining shingle (stones, pebble), and foaming weir (waterfall);

Under the crag (rock) where the ouzel (bird) sings,

And the ivied (covered with ivy plants) wall where the church-bell rings,

Undefiled ( pure) , for the undefiled;

Play by me, bathe in me, mother and child.

Paraphrase: The river water is clear and cool. It flows by the shining stones makes foaming waterfall. Near it the ouzel bird sings under a rock. The wall of Church near it is covered with ivy plants. The church bell rings there. It is a pure place for pure people. It can be a place for playing, laughing, dreaming, and bathing: (a pure place) where a mother and child can belong. (It can reflect the cleanest, most admirable aspects of the human spirit.)

Dank (Wet, Damp) and foul (unclean) dank and foul,

By the smoky town in its murky (dark, gloomy) cowl ;

Foul and dank, foul and dank,

By wharf (dock) and sewer (drain ) and slimy bank;

Darker and darker the farther I go,

Baser (lower) and baser the richer I grow;

Who dare sport with the sin-defiled (ruined)?

Shrink from me, turn from me, mother and child.

Paraphrase: I also pass by the dark, swampy and polluted place. (Here ) the dark and gloomy town is full of pollution. The sewer is passing by the dock and making the bank slimy and stinky. As I go farther and lower, I get more and more polluted. (Now) Who will dare to play with a sinful and ruined (person)? Now avoid me and don’t come near me mother and child.

(At the same time, a river can be dark, dank, foul, and slimy: a place where a mother and child should naturally feel repulsed. These portions of the river reflect the sinful, unclean aspects of humanity.

The point is that the river is defiled in some places and undefiled in others. It's complex and changing. The same is true of humanity. We're debauched at times, pure at other times.)

The author seems to hint that sin and filth are related to greed and the accumulation of money. "Baser and baser the richer I grow," the river says, meaning that it gets more disgusting and unclean as it gets "richer." However, the poem seems to have a hopeful message overall: the first and last stanza are about the purity of the river, while the second stanza is about its filth. This structure allows the poem to end on a pure note. Towards the end of the final stanza, the river cries out this description of itself: "Like a soul that has sinned and is pardoned again.")

Strong and free, strong and free,

The floodgates are open, away to the sea.

Free and strong, free and strong,

Cleansing my streams as I hurry along

To the golden sands, and the leaping bar,

And the taintless tide that awaits me afar,

As I lose myself in the infinite main,

Like a soul that has sinned and is pardoned again.

Undefiled, for the undefiled;

Play by me, bathe in me, mother and child.

I have become strong and free near the sea. The floodgates are open and I enter the sea. The cleans all my filth and then I touch the golden sand with my pure tides. I join the grand sea and become pure like a soul who is forgiven. Now I am pure for the pure souls. Play near me and bathe in me o mother and child.

Answer 2

the river has its own positive and negative sides just like human beings the theme highlighted is about nature where poet describes the criteria of the river.the river calm be calm and at the same time it can turn into ugly monster.

personification is used here to describe the river as a living thing which will never stop not even when there are obstacles in front of it!

1st stnza:

> light of happiness and gentle sight of river

> harmony, peace , soothing , and calmness

> washes all miseries of life

> freshness

2nd stnza:

> human destroy rivers

> god's creation are beautyful

CONNECTION BETWEEN HUMAN AND RIVER

Answer 3

Summary of Poem "River" By "Charles Kingsley"

Answer 4

Stanza 1