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Select English Poems

weekly sessions for youth

Class starting on 8 June 2025

🗓 Online Sundays, 

11.00am to 12noon MYT

About the book

These interactive sessions are designed to develop your intellect.

A collection of twenty poems and excerpts from English literature. Includes selections from the works of William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith, John Milton, William Wordsworth and Matthew Arnold.

The book analyses each literary piece to derive the powerful messages encapsulated in it. It conveys the philosophical insights essential for maintaining peace and progress in life.

Benefits

01

Develop Subtle Thinking

Train the intellect to extract deeper ideas embedded in verse. Learn to appreciate the precise thought structures behind poetic expression.

02

Cultivate Reflection

Engage in enquiry into the poet’s message. Move beyond emotional response to arrive at clear intellectual interpretation.

03

Apply Values in Daily Life

Translate the philosophical themes of poetry into practical principles for thought and action. Strengthen inner clarity and direction.

Speaker

Tara Roy is an alumnus of the Vedanta Academy, India, where she completed the intensive three-year residential course under the tutelage of Swami A. Parthasarathy. She now shares her knowledge of Vedanta with the Malaysian community.

Speaker

Tara Roy is an alumnus of the Vedanta Academy, India, where she completed the intensive three-year residential course under the tutelage of Swami A. Parthasarathy. She now shares her knowledge of Vedanta with the Malaysian community.

Poems you will Study

  • The Turkey and the Ant – John Gay

  • The Pond – Jane Taylor

  • The Olive Tree – Sabine Baring-Gould

  • Abou Ben Adhem – James Henry Leigh Hunt

  • Casabianca – Felicia Hemans

  • The Mountain and the Squirrel – Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • The Nightingale and the Glow-worm – William Cowper

  • The Pineapple and the Bee – William Cowper

  • The Toys – Coventry Patmore

  • The Blind Men and the Elephant – John Godfrey Saxe

  • The Village Preacher – Oliver Goldsmith

  • On His Blindness – John Milton

  • Even This Shall Pass Away – Theodore Tilton

  • The Daffodils – William Wordsworth

  • Polonius’ Advice in Hamlet – William Shakespeare

  • Mark Antony’s Oration in Julius Caesar – William Shakespeare

  • Letter to the Earl of Chesterfield – Samuel Johnson

  • Laodamia – William Wordsworth

  • Andrea del Sarto – Robert Browning

  • Sohrab and Rustum – Matthew Arnold

“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.”

Albert Einstein

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Select English Poems

Class starting on 8 June 2025

🗓 Online Sundays, 

11.00am to 12noon MYT

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