FIRST YEAR (POETRY BOOK III)

NOTES ON STANZA WRITING
(By: Prof. Saleem Parvez , Faisalabad)

11- LEISURE
REFERENCE: These lines have been taken from the poem, ‘’Leisure’’ by William Henry Davies.
CONTEXT: The poet has criticized the very fast and busy mode of life of the modern men as it has deprived them of enjoying the beauty of the various living and lifeless objects of nature. To him, such life is no life, if it is full of cares.
EXPLANATION: In these lines the poet tells us that,
William Davies is a modern poet. He is deadly opposed to the gross materialism of modern life. In his view, man has devoted all his energy to earn money. Materialism of modern age has made his life mechanical. His busy life and his craze to earn money have added to his worries.