Incident Of The French Camp - Summary

This poem has been composed by Robert Browning. He was the most highly esteemed poet of the Victorian age. He wrote with full force of his imagination and poetic power.

      In this fast moving and exciting poem the poet describes the courage of a during French attack on Ratisbon. In 1890, the French army attacked the German city Ratisbon under the command of Lanes. The French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte stood on Little mound at a distance of about a mile or two. He seemed greatly disturbed and quite eager to know about the results of the battle. While he was engaged in intense thinking, a rider appeared from the clouds of smoke and fire. He drew the bridle when he reached the mound. He was seriously wounded, hence he compressed his lips so tightly that no blood drop came through his month. This young soldier gave a happy news to the emperor that his army had captured the city. Hearing this, Napoleon became very happy but suddenly he realised that the soldier was seriously wounded. He asked the soldier if he was wounded. The soldier replied that he was almost killed. Saying this he fell beside the emperor and died there. In this  was the young soldier sacrificed his life to perform his duty.

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Abou Ben Adhem (Summary)

The poem has been composed by Leigh Hunt. He was not only a famous poet but also an editor, an essayist and a critic. He defended the romantic poets in his criticism. In the poem, the poet tells us a story of a pious man, named Abou Ben Ad hem and an angel. One night he was sleeping in his room. Suddenly he awoke from his sleep due to a bright light and was greatly amazed to see an angel in his room, who was busy in writing something in his golden book. Abou took courage and asked the angel what he was writing in his book. The angel replied that he was writing the names of those persons who loved God. The name of Abou was not included in the list. This did not shock him. He requested the angel to write his name among the list of those people who loved his fellow men.

    Next night, the angel appeared again with the list of persons who were blessed by God and the name of Abou was on top of the list. This confirms that God does not love only those love him, but he equally loves those who love mankind, His creature.

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