1. POWER POINT PRESENTATION
ON THE POEM
“THE MASTER”
Frini.S.Kumar
English
Candidate code: 165 14 376 008
New BEd College Nellimood
2. QUESTIONS
1. How many persons can you identify in the first stanza?
2. Do you think art and music can be mastered by anyone
who get proper training?
3 . Why did Han Kan refuse to sit the feet of the court?
4. If Han Kan had obeyed the royal order what would have
happened to his career?
5. Why is the court painter’s name not mentioned in the
poem?
4. Frederick Morgan (1922-2004)
Poet,essayist and translator was born in
Newyork.He founded the Hudson Review in
1947 edited it for fifty years until the spring
of 1998.He published ten books of poems
two collections of fables and two books of
translations.In 2001 he won the Alken taylor
Award for poetry.
5. When han kan was summoned
to the imperial capital
it was suggested he sit at the feet of
the illustrious senior court painter
to learn from him the refinements of the
No thank you he replied
I shall apprentice my self to the stables
And he installed himself and his brushes amid the dung
and the flies,
and studied the horses-their bodies keen alertness
eye-sparkle of one,another’s sensitive stance
the way a third moved gracefull in his bulk
and painted at last the emperor’s favourite
the charger named ‘Nightshininig White’,
Whose likeness after centuries still dazzles
When han kan was summoned
to the imperial capital
it was suggested he sit at the feet of
the illustrious senior court painter
to learn from him the refinements of the
No thank you he replied
I shall apprentice my self to the stables
And he installed himself and his brushes
amid the dung
and the flies,
and studied the horses-their bodies keen
alertness
eye-sparkle of one,another’s sensitive
stance
the way a third moved gracefull in his bulk
and painted at last the emperor’s favourite
the charger named ‘Nightshininig White’,
Whose likeness after centuries still dazzles
POEM
6. New Words
Summon - Send a message telling someone to come
Imperial - Of an empire or it’s rulers
Refinement - The act of improving something
Stable - Building for horses
Bulk - Huge Shape
7. CONCEPT
‘The Master’ shows us a true Master in the field of painting
centuries before once Han Kan were called to the palace. The
emperor suggested him to learn painting lessons from the great
court painter to refine his artistic qualities. But he denied the
suggestion. He said that he would take lessons from the stables
instead . He went to the stable with his brushes and paints and
started observing horses keenly. He watched the sparkle in the
eyes of one horse sensitive posture of another horse and the
graceful movement of yet another horse. At last he painted the
favourite horse of the emperor. The painting of the war horse was
named ‘Nightshining White’ . The life like quality and the
whiteness of the painting ‘Nightshining White’ dazzles the eyes
of the viewers still now.
CONCEPT
‘The Master’ shows us a true Master in the field of painting
centuries before once Han Kan were called to the palace. The
emperor suggested him to learn painting lessons from the great
court painter to refine his artistic qualities. But he denied the
suggestion. He said that he would take lessons from the stables
instead . He went to the stable with his brushes and paints and
started observing horses keenly. He watched the sparkle in the eyes
of one horse sensitive posture of another horse and the graceful
movement of yet another horse. At last he painted the favourite
horse of the emperor. The painting of the war horse was named
‘Nightshining White’ . The life like quality and the whiteness of the
painting ‘Nightshining White’ dazzles the eyes of the viewers still
now.