Gul Mohar English Class 8 Poem - Your World

Gul Mohar Edition 9 Orient Blackswan

Gul Mohar English Poem - Your World

Writer of the poem - Georgia Douglas Johnson

Summary

The speaker in the poem tells the readers that the world is as big or as small as we make it. She knows this fact from personal experience, she had lived in a corner of her world, respecting its rules of propriety, while longing for the brighter opportunities available in the wider world until she learnt to break free from her bonds and soar into the wind like a bird. Then, she found that she could reach the distant horizons of her dreams naturally with ease.

In the poem the poet uses a bird as a metaphor to represent how man feels controlled by his own fears and apprehensions. The bird though it has a great desire to reach distant horizon and travel farthest, fears achieving this task for apparent reason. Then the bird fights against all difficulties, that had bound it and flew to the place of its dreams. The bird then realizes that this was the best experience. The poetress stretches on the fact that similarly anything can be achieved with perseverance and focus using the bird as a symbol, the poet seems to indicate that man should free himself from the limitations he has and strive to reach his goal using his potential to the full.

The poem inspires every reader to leave their comfort zone, venture out into the unfamiliar and experience intense joy. The theme of the poem is that everyone is gifted and has the potential to overcome hurdles to achieve their goal. 'Your World' is a remarkable poem conveying a beautiful message that one can scale heights by hard work and perseverence.