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Literature - Farewell to Barn Stack and tree By A.E. Housman

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  Farewell to Barn Stack and Tree by A. E. Housma n About the Poet  Alfred Edward Housman (26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936) He was an English classical scholar and poet . He began his life as a clerk in the patent office and worked for eleven years. In 1896 he published A Shropshire Lad a compilation of his poetry collection consisting of his sixty three poems. In 1911 he became the professor of Latin in Cambridge  and a fellow of Trinity College. In 1936 he passed away in a nursing home in his sleep. The Poem Farewell to Barn and Stack and Tree   Farewell to barn and stack and tree,          Farewell to Severn shore. Terence, look your last at me,          For I come home no more.”        "The sun burns on the half-mown hill,          By now the blood is dried; And Maurice amongst the...

Subordinating Conjunctions

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                                                   S ubordinating  Conjunctions Let's learn Subordinating  conjunctions in detail. Let’s see what are the   S ubordinating  Conjunctions  that   we can use to link two or more items. Read the following paragraph paying attention to the highlighted words. As soon as the bell rang for the interval Pavan, Kumudu, Samanali and Sepalika ran to the library. They spent in the library reading books until the interval was over. When the interval was over they did not return to the class as they did not hear the bell. Therefore they remained in the library even after the bell had rung. Whil e they were reading a prefect came and told them that the bell had rung . When they finally went to the class the teacher had almost finished the lesson and was very angry. He did not allow them to en...