The poem describes a flower that drinks dew for wine, listens to birds, and dances in the grass. It sees itself as a lover's gift, a wedding wreath, and the last gift from the living to the dead. The flower is part of both joy and sorrow. However, it only looks up to the light and never down at its shadow, representing the wisdom that humans should learn to see the brighter side of life.

2. Song Of The Flower
-Khalil Gibran

4. Song Of The Flower
-Khalil Gibran
I drink dew for the wine, and hearken to
The voice of the birds, and dance
To the rhythmic swaying of the grass.
I am the lover’s gift, I am the wedding wreath;
I am the memory of a moment of happiness;
I am the last gift of the living to the dead;
I am a part of joy and a part of sorrow.
But I look up high to see only the light,
And never look down to see my shadow.
This is wisdom which man must learn.

5. GLOSSARY
Hearken- Listen
Swaying- Move or cause to move slowly or
rhythmically backwards and forwards or
from side to side

6. QUESTIONS
1. How does the flower become a part of joy and
sorrow?
2. Why does the flower consider itself as ‘the last gift of
the living and the dead’?
3. What according to the flower, is the wisdom that
man should learn?

7. ANSWERS
1. The flower is used to make wreaths on both joyous and
sorrowful occasions like wedding and death.
2. Because it is used as a wreath to be placed on a dead body.
3. The flower always looks up to see only the light. It never
looks down to see the shadow. Similarly, man should see
the brighter side of life and never brood over its darker
side.

8. FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY
•Prepare a critical appreciation of the poem

9. THANK YOU