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POEM:

Word
Grain
Mighty
Pleasant
Eden
Kindness

LITTLE THINGS
Meaning
Small particle
Huge, vast
Enjoyable
A garden in the
paradise
Compassion,
sympathy

POEM:
Little drops of water,
Little grains of sand,
Make the mighty ocean,
And the pleasant land.
Little deeds of Kindness,
Little words of love,
Make our world an Eden
Like the Heavn above.
Julia Carney
POETS INTRODUCTION
Julia Carney was an American verse writer. She was born in Boston in 1823 and died in
1908. Not much is known about her.
Give the answers of the given question.
Q.1: What is Eden?
Ans: Eden is the garden where Adam and Eve first lived. Eden is commonly known as
paradise. Eden is also used for a place of abundant natural beauty.
Q.2: What is the importance of little things?
Ans: Little things have a lot of importance. For example, little drops of water make
mighty oceans. Similarly little grains of sand make the pleasant land. If we take care
of little things, we will have no problems in life.
Q.3: What can make our world an Eden?
Ans: Our world can be made an Eden if we take care of little things. We only need little
deeds of kindness and little words of love for this. Only these two little things are
enough to make our world an Eden like the Heaven above.
Q.4: How do little deeds of kindness make our life happy?
Ans: Little deeds of kindness and little words of love though little in it selves, but they
have much importance in spreading a pleasant influence. They may make happy the
gloomy hearts. They may console the broken hearts. They may make smile the
weeping persons. They can make us dear to even our enemies and thus make this
world a happy place to live in.
CENTRAL IDEA
Reference
This poem is written by Julia Carney. The poem emphasis upon the importance of little
things.
Central Idea
Nothing in this material world is unimportant. Even little things, which fail to claim and
importance and fail to invite our attention, have their importance which cannot be

ignored. Same as short, brief an soft spoken words create an everlasting impression in
the hearts of others. Thus help to establish a harmonies society.
Theme
If a great thing is simple to explain and easy to understand then the little things
demand elaboration of details.

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