ANALYSIS OF The world is Mine

Understanding a poem meticulously in its entirety is very important for a learner for scoring better in the exam. Efforts have been made to ensure a thorough critical and line by line analysis. Let us find CRITICAL AND LINE BY LINE ANALYSIS OF The world is Mine BY -Joy Lovelet Crawford CLASS 10 MAHARASHTRA BOARD

About The Poet

Joy Lovelet Crawford was a poet, an artist, an essayist, etc. He was born in New York City.

She writes lyrical poems. She is exploring a freestyle rhythmic poem which maximum of the user calls ‘rap’. Her maximum poems have gained critical acclaim.

The poems such as – My Mother,” “I Sing The Blues For You Today”, ” Tupelo Honey” etc. Her poems are often based on her experiences. The word ‘Bluetry’ was to describe her artform.

She taught youth literacy classes for young ones. She’s a member of writers and poet and has also worked for many magazines.

Joy Lovelet Crawford wrote her first poem when she was four years old. After dropping high school, he again started education in New York and completed a BA from Columbia University.

She kept writing. Joy continued her studies in New York. The poet completed her BA course at Columbia University. She kept writing. The poet continued her studies and got her post-graduate Masters of Science in Social Work degree from Columbia University.

She also earned her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from City College. The poet appears on a radio show and continues writing. She was also featured on television.

Joy’s few famous works are:-

One More Pill To Help Me Chill So I Don’t Kill Anyone, Tupelo Honey’, In A Little Café, Asheville Poetry Review, etc. and many more poetries.

In prose, she wrote Menopause on Online Wings Magazine, False Pride a short story, etc.

About The Poem

The poem “The world is mine” is written by Joy Lovelet where she tries to portray a lesson to her readers that we should be happy with what we have.

Each and everyone in this world is blessed with happiness, so instead of whine, we should feel blessed for what we have.

No one is perfect, each and everyone has got their flaws so instead of dominating with the negativity, let’s be happy seeing the positive side.

Here in the poem, the poet keeps complaining about every small thing but later understood the value when she sees others suffering. She found a blind shopkeeper, who was charming by look.

What would he do by his looks? He had lost his vision. So he couldn’t see anything, still kept smiling. He was so happy when she kindly talked to her. The small boy who had lost his ability to hear lost his family.

The lady who was prettiest enough but was lame. After witnessing others being happy in what they have, she understood the actual value of things. The body completely goes with the title of the poem; it’s apt.

The poet passes an excellent moral to the readers through the poem.

Structure Of The Poem

The poem

The poet uses a different rhyming scheme in all the four stanzas:-

 Today, upon a bus, I saw a wonderful woman,
 And wished I were as beautiful.
 When suddenly she rose to leave,
 I saw her hobble down the aisle.
 She had one leg and wore a crutch.
 But as she passed, she passed a smile.
 Oh, God, forgive me when I whine.
 I have two legs; the world is mine.
 I stopped to buy some candy,
 The lad who sold it had such charm,
 I talked with him, and he seemed so glad,
 If I were late, it’d do no harm.
 And as I left, he said to me,
 “I thank you, you’ve been so kind.

 Nice to talk with folks like you.
 You see,” he said, “I’m blind.”
 Oh, God, forgive me when I whine.
 I have two eyes; the world is mine.
 Later while walking down the street,
 I saw a child I knew.
 He stood and watched the others play,
 but he did not know what to do.
 I stopped a moment, and then I said,
 "Why don't you join them, dear?"
 He looked ahead without a word,
 I forgot he couldn't hear.
 Oh, God, forgive me when I whine,
 I have two ears; the world is mine.
 With feet to take me where I’d go,
 With eyes to see the sunset’s glow,
 With ears to hear what I’d know.
 With loving family & friends to enjoy life
 Oh, God, forgive me when I whine,
 I've been blessed; indeed, the world is mine.

aabcc, abbccdd, aabbcc, aaabb. The number of lines is not the same; it varies in each stanza. The poet uses a different figure of speech to explain appropriates appropriately.

The poem describes that God blesses each one of us, and we should be happy with what we get.

Analysis Of The Poem

FIRST STANZA

 Today, upon a bus, I saw a very beautiful woman,
 And wished I were as beautiful.
 When suddenly she rose to leave,
 I saw her hobble down the aisle.
 She had one leg and wore a crutch.
 But as she passed, she passed a smile.
 Oh, God, forgive me when I whine.
 I have two legs; the world is mine.

In the very first stanza, the poet says that he saw a beautiful woman on a bus and complained to god if he too was beautiful like her. As the lovely lady rose up to leave, he saw that she walked clumsily.

She was not stable, was a bit lame. The woman still didn’t complain; she kept a happy face and smiled.

After witnessing that the poet was extraordinarily sorry and asked God to forgive him for complaining. He was also thankful to God for giving him two legs to walk.

SECOND STANZA

 I stopped to buy some candy,
 The lad who sold it had such charm,
 I talked with him, and he seemed so glad,
 If I were late, it’d do no harm.
 And as I left, he said to me,
 “I thank you, you’ve been so kind.
 It’s nice to talk with folks like you.
 You see,” he said, “I’m blind.”
 Oh, God, forgive me when I whine.
 I have two eyes; the world is mine.

In the second stanza, the poet says that when he stopped in a shop to buy candy, he found the shopkeeper to be charming. As he talked to him, the boy was so happy.

He thanked him for being kind to him as most of the people don’t even bother to speak to him when they observe that he is blind.

The poet became emotional that he asked sorry and requested God to forgive him if he complains. He again thanks God for giving him two eyes; he was at least able to see.

THIRD STANZA

 Later while walking down the street,
 I saw a child I knew.
 He stood and watched the others play,
 but he did not know what to do.
 I stopped a moment, and then I said,
 "Why don't you join them, dear?"
 He looked ahead without a word,
 I forgot he couldn't hear.
 Oh, God, forgive me when I whine,
 I have two ears; the world is mine.

While walking through the road, the poet found a child who was standing alone and watching a few others playing. As the poet asked him to go and join, the boy didn’t respond.

He then realized that the boy was deaf. He suddenly recalled that a long time back, there was a baby alone who had no family, no friends. They both were the same child.

He again, thank god for whatever he had; and he was thankful that he had two perfect ears to hear. He also asks God to forgive him for complaining always.

FOURTH STANZA

 With feet to take me where I’d go,
 With eyes to see the sunset’s glow,
 With ears to hear what I’d know.
 With loving family & friends to enjoy life
 Oh, God, forgive me when I whine,
 I've been blessed; indeed, the world is mine.

The poet understood that we should be happy with what we have. It delighted him that he has eyes to see, legs to walk correctly, ears to hear.

And he was pleased that he was not alone; he had family, friends to talk to. He felt blessed for everything he had.

Literary Device

•Alliteration:-

Alliteration refers to the use of two or more words that begin with the same sound close to one another.

Family and friends

•Inversion:-

the action of inverting something or the state of being inverted

Today, upon a bus, I saw a very beautiful girl.

•Onomatopoeia:-

the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.

O’ God, forgive me when I whine.

• Apostrophe:-

a punctuation mark (‘) used to indicate either possession.

O God, forgive me when I whine.

•Interrogation:-

verbal questioning of someone.

I stopped a moment; then I said why don’t you join the others dearly.”

•Imagery:-

visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

I saw a lovely girl with silken hair. And I saw her hobble down the aisle.
I saw a child with eyes of blue.

•Enjambment:-

the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.

World is mine

The Theme Of The Poem

The theme of the poem “The World Is Mine” is Worth of life or worth of the things we have.

We should be happy with what we have. And we should learn to value things and not just keep crying for everything.

We r blessed and lucky with the things we have got.

In the poem, the poet Lovelet understands the value of her life, the thing she got when she saw others suffering from a smile on their face.

She got emotional to see a pretty lady on the bus who was lame had no balance, couldn’t walk properly, still gave a lovely smile to all. The poet was complaining to god if she too would have been pretty like her bit later asked sorry to god for her wine.

She was sorry for the charming shopkeeper who had lost his eyesight, for the small boy who had no family, no friends, and had also lost the ability to hear. The poet had pity, and she understood the value of things she got.

She felt to be blessed with eyes, legs, family, friends, etc. The poet learned to value things.

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CRITICAL AND LINE BY LINE ANALYSIS OF The world is Mine BY -Joy Lovelet Crawford CLASS 10 MAHARASHTRA BOARD