Hello my dear friends
I hope you are all fine and doing well in your exams
Today , I am going to present to you a very nice poem that I am teaching to my students these days. I hope you will enjoy it.. The poem is by
T . S . Eliot
And here is a quick account about the poet : ( 1888 - 1965 ) British poet , dramatist, and critic . Nobel prize for literature 1948
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Macavity the Mistery Cat
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Macavity is an elusive cat , so is he really
responsible for all the crime in the area ?
Macavity's a Mystery Cat: he's called the Hidden Paw
For he's the master criminal who can defy the law
He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad's despair
For when they reach the scene of crime - Macavity's not there
Macavity , Macavity , there is no one like Macavity.
He has broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity.
His powers of levitation would make a fakir stare ,
And when you reach the scene of crime - Macavity is not there
But I tell you once and once again , Macavity's not there
Macavity's a ginger cat, he is very tall and thin;
You would know him if you saw him, for his eyes are sunken in
His brow is deeply lined with thought , his head is highly domed ;
His coat is dusty from neglect, his whiskers are uncombed
He sways his head from side to side , with movement like a snake.
And when you think he's half asleep, he's always wide awake.
Macavity , Macavity , there is no one like Macavity .
For he's a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity.
You may meet him in a by-street , you may see him in the square -
But when a crime is discovered , the Macavity's not there!
He's outwardly respectable. ( They say he cheats at cards
And his footprints are not found in any file of Scotland Yards.
And when the larder's looted , or the jewel-case is rifled
Or when the milk is missing , or another Peke's been stifled.
Or the greenhouse glass is broken , and the trellis past repair-
Ay, there's the wonder of the thing! Macavity's not there!
Thomas Stearns Eliot
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elusive : difficult to catch
paw : foot of an animal with claws or nails
bafflement : puzzling thing
Squad : a small group of soldiers working together
levitation : rising or floating to the air
fakir : -Hindu religious begger regarded as a holy man
member of a Muslim
holy sect who lives by begging
stare : gaze , look at ( sb / sth ) with the eyes wide open
ginger : hot -tasting spicy root used as a flavouring
liveliness , energy
light reddish - yellow colour
whiskers : any of the long stiff hairs that grow near the mouth of a cat , rat ...etc
fiend : evil spirit ; devil / very cruel or spiteful person
feline : ( n / adj ) animal of the cat family
depravity : corruption
larder : room or cupboard used for storing food
looted : stolen by thieves
rifled : cut open
trellis : light framework of crossing strips of wood or plastic , used to spport climbing plants
I hope you will like the poem
See you
Macavity the Mystery Cat
