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12th English Notes

HSC YUVAKBHARTI ENGLISH TEXTBOOK

CONTENTS:

Preface

Section 1 (PROSE)

1. An Astrologer’s Day

R. K. Narayan

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2. On Saying “Please"

Alfred George Gardiner

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3. The Cop and the Anthem

O’Henry

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4. Big Data-Big Insights

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5. The New Dress

Virginia Woolf

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6. Into the Wild

Kiran Purandare

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7. Why we Travel

Siddarth Pico Raghavan Iyer.

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8. Voyaging Towards Excellence

Achyut Godbole.

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Section 2 (POEM)

1. Song Of The Open Road

By Walt Whitman

Poem appreciation

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Brainstorming

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2. Indian Weavers

By Sarojini Naidu

Poem appreciation

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Notes

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Brainstorming

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3. The Incheape Rock

By Robert Southey

Poem appreciation

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Notes

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Brainstorming

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4. Have You Earned Your Tomorrow

By Edgar Guest

Poem appreciation

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Notes

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Brainstorming

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5. Father Returning Home

By Dilip Chitre

Poem appreciation

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Brainstorming

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6. Money

By Wiliam H Davies

Poem appreciation

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Brainstorming

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7. She Walks In Beauty

By George Gordon Byron

Poem appreciation

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Notes

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Brainstorming

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8. Small Towns And Rivers

By Mamang Dai

Poem appreciation

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Brainstorming

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