English Made Easy with Royal Zenith

  Mark but this flea, and mark in this,    How little that which thou deniest me is;    It sucked me first, and now sucks thee, And in this flea our two bloods mingled be;    Thou know’st that this cannot be said A sin, nor shame, nor loss of maidenhead,     Yet this enjoys before it woo,     And pampered swells with one blood made of two,     And this, alas, is more than we would do.   Oh stay, three lives in one flea spare, Where we almost, nay more than married are.    This flea is you and I, and this Our marriage bed, and marriage temple is;    Though parents grudge, and you, w'are met,    And cloistered in these living walls of jet.     Though use make you apt to kill me,     Let not to that, self-murder added be,     And sacrilege, three sins in killing three.  ...

  "An Encounter with a Dog" is an essay written by Padma Devkota, the son of the famous poet Laxmi Prasad Devkota. In the essay, Padma Devkota expresses his disappointment with his father's friend, Mr. Birendra Bahadur Shah, for his lack of hospitality, humanity, and sympathy during a visit to his home. Padma Devkota deeply admires his father's achievements and enjoys hearing stories about him from his contemporaries. He takes pride in his father's works. One day, after reading his father's essay titled "Pleasure in Humiliation," Padma learns about an incident where the Raja of Salyan, a grandfather of Laxmi Prasad Devkota’s classmate, doubted senior(Laxmi Prasad) Devkota’s success in an English exam and had his paper rechecked by Bengali teachers. This incident deeply humiliated his father. Curious about this story, Padma decides to visit Mr. Birendra Bahadur Shah, the grandson of the Raja of Salyan and his father's classmate. However, when ...

  "United Fruit Co." is a poem written by Pablo Neruda. The poem deals with the exploitative practices and negative effect of the United Fruit Company (now Chiquita Brands International) in Latin America. The poet exposes the company's abuse of power and its harmful consequences on the people and environment.   In the poem, Neruda tells us about the history of these big companies. Even though they changed their names and appearances, they kept doing the same bad stuff. He wants us to understand this history so we can see why it's a problem. The main idea of the poem is that these companies are like bullies. They took advantage of Latin American countries and people just to make themselves rich. They didn't care about the local culture or the people who lived there. It's like they treated Latin America as a way to make money, even if it hurt the regular folks. The poem also talks about how Latin America lost its culture and innocence because of these ...