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- Canvas of Soil is a poem that shows a garden as a living painting and the gardener as an artist .
The Garden as a Painting
The Painter’s Things
Palette
the rich, deep earth (soil)
Brushstrokes
the seeds planted in the soil
Canvas
the wide garden plot
The Garden’s Beauty
Blossoms
flowers blooming in the morning light
Shades
green, red and blue colours
Nature’s artwork
always fresh, always new
The Artist
The gardener
the painter of this artwork
Tilling hands
the artist’s hands
Gardens
paintings that stay still
- In the end, the poet says that art and life meet in a garden ; a gardener’s work is as creative as a painter’s .
Topics We Will Study in This Poem
Topics We Will Study
Basic Overview
Stanza 1
Stanza 2
Stanza 3
Summary
Key Themes
Tone, Mood, Rhyme and Rhythm
Symbols and Their Meanings
Poetic Devices
Glossary
NCERT Questions
Reflect and Respond
Check Your Understanding
Critical Reflection
Vocabulary in Context
Listen and Respond
Speaking Activity
Writing Task
Learning Beyond the Text
Extra Questions
