Autumn Song by William Brighty Rands

                      

AUTUMN SONG

The ash-berry clusters are darkly red;
The leaves of the limes are almost shed;
The passion-flower hangs out her yellow fruit;
The sycamore puts on her brownest suit.

After a silence, the wind complains,
Like a creature longing to burst its chains.
The swallows are gone, I saw them gather;
I heard them murmuring of the weather.

The clouds move fast, the south is blowing;
The sun is slanting; the year is going;
I love to walk where the leaves lie dead,
And hear them rustle beneath my tread.

VOCABULARY:

ashberry- serbal
sycamore- sicomoro
swallow- golondrina (also "tragar")
slant- inclinarse
rustle- crujir
tread- pisada (verb: tread- trod- trodden)

A POISON TREE by Willialm Blake

 A Poison Tree

BY WILLIAM BLAKE

I was angry with my friend; 

I told my wrath, my wrath did end.

I was angry with my foe: 

I told it not, my wrath did grow. 

And I waterd it in fears,

Night & morning with my tears: 

And I sunned it with smiles,

And with soft deceitful wiles. 

And it grew both day and night. 

Till it bore an apple bright. 

And my foe beheld it shine,

And he knew that it was mine. 

And into my garden stole, 

When the night had veild the pole; 

In the morning glad I see; 

My foe outstretched beneath the tree.

wrath- ira

foe-enemigo

To sun- poner al sol 

deceitful- engañoso

wiles- artimañas

To bear-bore-born- dar fruto

To behold- beheld- beheld-  contemplar

To veil- cubrir con un velo

outstretched- extendido

POEM ANALYISIS

The speaker describes how when they were angry with a friend, they talked to their friend about the issue which helped them to overcome their anger. However, the speaker was unable to do the same with an enemy and this leads to developing resentment and an even stronger degree of hatred. An 

Eventually the anger blossoms into a poisoned fruit, the enemy eats the fruit and dies and the speaker seems to be glad of this. However, there is also a sense that they see the destructiveness of what has occurred. As the first lines acknowledge, we can easily overcome our anger if we communicate it properly.

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SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER´S DAY (By William Shakespeare)

 

Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

Thou art more lovely and more temperate:

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,

And summer’s lease hath all too short a date;

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,

And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;

And every fair from fair sometime declines,

By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm'd;

But thy eternal summer shall not fade,

Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;

Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade,

When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st:

   So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,

   So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

VOCABULARY

   thee (pronoun): you (old English)
thou (pronoun): you (old English)
art (verb): are (old English - verb 'to be')
temperate (adjective): mild; pleasant; warm
do shake: note use of auxiliary 'do' in present simple positive. This is unusual but perfectly normal for stress, politeness or poetic effect.
bud (noun): first growth on a plant or flower
lease (noun): period, time, duration

   dim (verb)  (make something) become less bright )atenuar

    untrimmed (adj)- not having been trimmed (= made tidier)  (desaliñado)

hath (verb): has (old English - verb 'to have')
eye of heaven: Shakespeare is referring to the sun
complexion (noun): colour; appearance
fair (adjective): attractive; beautiful; handsome; lovely
decline (verb): to become less; to decrease
thy (adjective): your (old English)
eternal (adjective): endless; everlasting; infinite; permanent
fade (verb): to decrease; to decline; to dissolve
brag (verb): to boast; to tell everybody triumphantly
wand'rest (verb): old English - verb 'to wander': to walk without direction; to roam
shade (noun): shadow; darkness; gloom; obscurity
growst (verb): old English - verb 'to grow'
so long: as long

POEM ANALYSIS

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"If I can stop one heart from breaking"

 

“If I can stop one heart from breaking”

By: Emily Dickinson

If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.

Emily Dickinson

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IF by Rudyard Kipling

 

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Holidays by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

 

Christmas poem

                            

I heard the bells on Christmas Day

Their old, familiar carols play,

And wild and sweet

The words repeat

Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

WHAT IS PINK?

 

What is Pink?

What is pink? A rose is pink
By the fountain’s brink. 
What is red? A poppy’s red
In its barley bed.

What is blue? The sky is blue
Where the clouds float through.
What is white? A swan is white
Sailing in the light.

What is yellow? Pears are yellow,
Rich and ripe and mellow.
What is green? The grass is green,
With small flowers between.

What is violet? Clouds are violet
In the summer twilight.
What is orange? Why, an orange,
Just an orange!

— Christina Rossetti

VOCABULARY 

 brink- borde-   barley- cebada-   swan- cisne-   ripe- maduro

mellow-suave-   twilight.crepúsculo

CLAY JUG

 This Clay Jug, by Kabir

Inside this clay jug

There are canyons

And pine mountains

And the maker of canyons and pine mountains

All seven oceans are there and hundreds of millions of stars

The acid that tests gold is there

And the one who judges jewels

And the music from the strings no one touches

And the source of all water

If you want to know the truth, friend

I will tell you the truth

The god whom I love is inside

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BOY- Tales of Childhood- BY Roald Dahl

 

Watch from minute 3.

Roald Dahl´s father and uncle were entrepreneurs. 

How did they start?

What did they invest in?

What was their lifestyle like when they became successful?

What qualities did they both have?

THE HAND by Guy de Maupassant

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THE ROSE THAT GREW FROM CONCRETE

 

Tupac Shakur- The Rose That Grew From Concrete

Did you hear about the rose that grew
from a crack in the concrete?
Proving nature's law is wrong

It learned to walk with out having feet.
Funny it seems, but by keeping its dreams,
it learned to breathe fresh air.
Long live the rose that grew from concrete
when no one else ever cared.

Analysis (ai): This poem is a metaphor for resilience and determination. It compares the cracked concrete of an urban environment to the challenges faced by marginalized individuals. The rose represents hope and beauty emerging from adversity, defying limitations and societal expectations.

Like other works by Tupac Shakur, the poem explores themes of social injustice, poverty, and the power of personal agency. It reflects the harsh realities of life in marginalized communities during the 1990s, where violence and oppression were prevalent. However, the poem also offers a message of hope and resilience, encouraging individuals to persevere despite the challenges they face.

THE GARDEN YEAR (Sara Coleridge)

 

January brings the snow,
Makes our feet and fingers glow.

February brings the rain,
Thaws the frozen lake again.

March brings breezes, loud and shrill,
To stir the dancing daffodil.

April brings the primrose sweet,
Scatters daisies at our feet.

May brings flocks of pretty lambs
Skipping by their fleecy dams.

June brings tulips, lilies, roses,
Fills the children's hands with posies.

Hot July brings cooling showers,
Apricots, and gillyflowers.

August brings the sheaves of corn,
Then the harvest home is borne.

Warm September brings the fruit;
Sportsmen then begin to shoot.

Fresh October brings the pheasant;
Then to gather nuts is pleasant.

Dull November brings the blast;
Then the leaves are whirling fast.

Chill December brings the sleet,
Blazing fire, and Christmas treat.

VOCABULARY:

Glow. shine-  Thaws: melts - Shrill: estridente (high-pitched)- Stirs- remueve, hace girar - Daffodil: narciso - Primrose: primavera y también una flor llamada "prímula"- Scatters: esparce - Daisies: margaritas - Flocks: rebaños-  Fleecy:lanuda - Dams: madres (only for animals)- Posies: ramitos de flores- Showers: chaparrones- Apricots:albaricoques - Gillyflowers: alhelíes-   Sheaves of corn; gavillas de maíz - Borne: llevada (bear-bore-born(e)- to carry -Pheasant : faisán- Blast: ráfagas de viento -Whirling : rotando- Chill: cold -Sleet: granizo - Blazing : llameante - Treat: premio

 

ACTIVITIES:

1.            Make a list of all the flowers in the poem

2.            Make a list of all the words related to the weather

3       Make a pictogram out of this poem. Click here to see what a pictogram is

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