Poetry
Leisure:
What is this life, if full of care,
We have notime to stand and stare?
No time to stand beneath the boughs?
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see when wood we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in
grass.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance.
And watch her feet, how they dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this, if full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
Answer the following
questions:
1.
What is the theme of the poem?
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2. The poet has his regrets. What is
he regretting? Why?
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3. Find two figures of speech and
explain them.
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4 What is the rhyme scheme of the
poem?
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5. Why does the poet want us to have
some free time?
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6. Do you have time to go out to enjoy
nature? What do you do?
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7. Why does the poet spell the word
"Beauty" with a capital "B" in the seventh line?
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8. What according to the poet is a
poor life?
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9. Why did the poet resort to
repetition in "no Time"
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10. What does "her" in line
11 refer to?
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Blow, Blow:
Blow, Blow, thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind
As man's ingratitude;
Thy tooth is not so keen,
Because thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude.
Heigh-ho! Sing heigh-ho! Unto the
green holly
Most friendship is feigning, most
loving mere folly
Then heigh-ho! The holly!
This life is most jolly.
Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky,
That dost not bite so nigh
As benefits forgot:
Though thou the waters warp,
Thy sting is not so sharp
Heigh-ho! Sing heigh-ho! Unto the
green holly
Most friendship is feigning, most
loving mere folly
Then heigh-ho! The holly!
This life is most jolly.
Answer the following
questions:
1. What is the theme of the poem? Find
a quote from the poem that illustrates the main idea.
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2. Find three figures of speech and
explain them.
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3. What is the effect of using the
word "not" in the poem?
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4. What do you consider harsher that
the winter wind? Why?
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Bed in Summer:
In winter, I get up at night
And dress by yellow candle light.
In summer, quite the other way
I have to go to bed by day
I have to go to bed and see
The birds still hopping on the tree
Or hear the grown-ups people's feet
Still going past me in the street
And does it not seem hard to you
When all the sky is clear and blue
And I should like so much to play
To have to go to bed by day.
Answer the following
questions:
1. How old do you think the poet is?
Why?
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2.
paraphrase the poem.
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3. Why do you think the poet is
staying in bed while his peers are
playing outside?
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4. Find a contrast. Why does the poet
resort to contrasts.
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Night
The sun descending in the west,
The evening star does shine,
The birds are silent in their nest,
And I must seek for mine.
The moon like a flower,
In heaven's high bower,
With silent delight
Sits and smiles on the night.
Answer the following question:
1. Paraphrase
the first stanza.
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2. Find two
figures of speech and explain them.
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3. What is the rhyme scheme of the two
stanzas?
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4. How does the poet feel at night?
Why?
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5. What does the night represent to
you?
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6. What does "mine" refer
to?
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