Welcome I am Mysterious frog
Mysterious Frog,
Jumped up high onto a log,
Waiting for a fly.
Jumped up high onto a log,
Waiting for a fly.
river poems I have created
Henary lawson poems / questions
1. Who is the speaker
in the poem? Is it the poet or a created persona? The speaker in the poem is Henry Lawson who is the
poet.
2. What do you think is the theme, or broad idea, of the poem? Why? I think the theme is about Henry Remembering an old friend.
3. Does the poem have a setting? If it does, what is it? Quote a line or words from the poem that shows us the setting. The setting is the outback “long tramps through the clearings and timber”
4. Does the poem feature a character? If it does, who is it? Quote a line or words from the poem that shows us the character. The character is the Old mate “I remember old mate I remember”
5. Make a list of three lines from the poem that features verbs. Explain what is happening in each of these lines.
“I have gathered these verses together” He is talking about his old mate
“Through the forest wind that cut like wisp lashes”
“Of camps that we moved further out”
6. Describe some of the images shown in the poem. Some images in the poem is the “dusty old weather”,
7. What do you think the poem is about? What do you think the poet's attitude towards the topic is? Why?
I think the poem is about an old mate of Henry Lawson’s that has passed away and Henry is thinking about him and he is sad
2. What do you think is the theme, or broad idea, of the poem? Why? I think the theme is about Henry Remembering an old friend.
3. Does the poem have a setting? If it does, what is it? Quote a line or words from the poem that shows us the setting. The setting is the outback “long tramps through the clearings and timber”
4. Does the poem feature a character? If it does, who is it? Quote a line or words from the poem that shows us the character. The character is the Old mate “I remember old mate I remember”
5. Make a list of three lines from the poem that features verbs. Explain what is happening in each of these lines.
“I have gathered these verses together” He is talking about his old mate
“Through the forest wind that cut like wisp lashes”
“Of camps that we moved further out”
6. Describe some of the images shown in the poem. Some images in the poem is the “dusty old weather”,
7. What do you think the poem is about? What do you think the poet's attitude towards the topic is? Why?
I think the poem is about an old mate of Henry Lawson’s that has passed away and Henry is thinking about him and he is sad
Weary with toil, I haste me to my
bed,
The dear repose for limbs with travel tired;
But then begins a journey in my head,
To work my mind, when body's work's expired:
For then my thoughts, from far where I abide,
Intend a zealous pilgrimage to thee,
And keep my drooping eyelids open wide,
Looking on darkness which the blind do see
Save that my soul's imaginary sight
Presents thy shadow to my sightless view,
Which, like a jewel hung in ghastly night,
Makes black night beauteous and her old face new.
Lo! thus, by day my limbs, by night my mind,
For thee and for myself no quiet find.
The dear repose for limbs with travel tired;
But then begins a journey in my head,
To work my mind, when body's work's expired:
For then my thoughts, from far where I abide,
Intend a zealous pilgrimage to thee,
And keep my drooping eyelids open wide,
Looking on darkness which the blind do see
Save that my soul's imaginary sight
Presents thy shadow to my sightless view,
Which, like a jewel hung in ghastly night,
Makes black night beauteous and her old face new.
Lo! thus, by day my limbs, by night my mind,
For thee and for myself no quiet find.
1. Find and write the definitions for five words from the sonnet that you don't know.
1 Zealous- To be showing great energy.
2 Pilgrimage- To go on a journey or a mission.
3 Haste- To move to fast/movement.
4 Ghastly- To have great fear or to get too scared.
5 Toil- To work to hard.
2. what does Shakespeare mean when he says, "Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed..."?
he had a hard day at work and he just wants to go to bed
3. After he goes to bed, he says "then begins a journey in my head, to work my mind", and that his thoughts "intend a zealous pilgrimmage". What does he mean by this?
when he falls asleep he is thinking about a journey when he is asleep.
4. What language technique is used in the following quote? "...my soul's imaginary sight presents thy shadow... like a jewel hung in ghastly night..." it repreasents his shadow being beautiful in an scary night
1 Zealous- To be showing great energy.
2 Pilgrimage- To go on a journey or a mission.
3 Haste- To move to fast/movement.
4 Ghastly- To have great fear or to get too scared.
5 Toil- To work to hard.
2. what does Shakespeare mean when he says, "Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed..."?
he had a hard day at work and he just wants to go to bed
3. After he goes to bed, he says "then begins a journey in my head, to work my mind", and that his thoughts "intend a zealous pilgrimmage". What does he mean by this?
when he falls asleep he is thinking about a journey when he is asleep.
4. What language technique is used in the following quote? "...my soul's imaginary sight presents thy shadow... like a jewel hung in ghastly night..." it repreasents his shadow being beautiful in an scary night