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POEM 1
THE ANT AND THE CRICKET
By Aesop
OBJECTIVES:
• In the poem, we enjoy and learn-
• What a Fable is
• Who the ant and cricket are
• What the ant and the cricket represents
• What the poem suggests
• A brief about Aesop
About the poet
• Aesop was a great Greek fabulist (one who
writes fable is called fabulist) and story teller
credited with a number of world famous
fables now collectively known as Aesop’s
fables.
• Aesop was born in 620 BCE.
• He died in 564 BCE
Main Idea
• The poem tells about a careless cricket who was
busy in having fun in his life without any planning
for the future. Whereas we see a tiny little diligent
ant who worked round the clock to ensure savings
of food grains for difficult time.
• The ant lives with hard earned self respect
without any fear of upcoming difficult weather
conditions.
On the other hand we see the miserable life of the
cricket once the weather is not favourable causing
his tragic death.
Figures of Speech
• Personification: The ant and the cricket
have been personified as human beings with
human qualities.
• Metaphor: ‘Some have but two’ . ‘Some’
crickets that have two legs refers to human
beings who are as lazy and careless as the
cricket.
• Alliteration: (Repetition of the same initial
sound in a line in poems)
• Eg. “When the weather was warm?”
INTERESTING WORDS
• Accounted to- addicted to
• A crumb- a piece
• Shelter- home
• Starvation- hunger
• Quoth- quoted/said (old fashioned English
language often called Archaic language)
• Gay- happy
End Text Short Questions
• What is a fable?
• Aesop is a great fabulist. Comment.
• Why the cricket landed up in big problem?
• Why the ant was comfortable in the harshest
weather conditions?
• Why the ant did not help the cricket?
• Was the ant right in not helping the cricket? Give
your reason/reasons.
• What is the moral of the story?
Learning Outcomes
• To enable the students to identify the
theme of the poem ‘Hard Work is the key
to Success’.
• To enable the students to understand and
thereafter identify different poetic devices.
• To infer, analyze, evaluate text
• To appreciate the genre of fable.

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The Ant and the Cricket 31 March 2020.pptx

  • 1. POEM 1 THE ANT AND THE CRICKET By Aesop
  • 2. OBJECTIVES: • In the poem, we enjoy and learn- • What a Fable is • Who the ant and cricket are • What the ant and the cricket represents • What the poem suggests • A brief about Aesop
  • 3. About the poet • Aesop was a great Greek fabulist (one who writes fable is called fabulist) and story teller credited with a number of world famous fables now collectively known as Aesop’s fables. • Aesop was born in 620 BCE. • He died in 564 BCE
  • 4. Main Idea • The poem tells about a careless cricket who was busy in having fun in his life without any planning for the future. Whereas we see a tiny little diligent ant who worked round the clock to ensure savings of food grains for difficult time. • The ant lives with hard earned self respect without any fear of upcoming difficult weather conditions. On the other hand we see the miserable life of the cricket once the weather is not favourable causing his tragic death.
  • 5. Figures of Speech • Personification: The ant and the cricket have been personified as human beings with human qualities. • Metaphor: ‘Some have but two’ . ‘Some’ crickets that have two legs refers to human beings who are as lazy and careless as the cricket. • Alliteration: (Repetition of the same initial sound in a line in poems) • Eg. “When the weather was warm?”
  • 6. INTERESTING WORDS • Accounted to- addicted to • A crumb- a piece • Shelter- home • Starvation- hunger • Quoth- quoted/said (old fashioned English language often called Archaic language) • Gay- happy
  • 7. End Text Short Questions • What is a fable? • Aesop is a great fabulist. Comment. • Why the cricket landed up in big problem? • Why the ant was comfortable in the harshest weather conditions? • Why the ant did not help the cricket? • Was the ant right in not helping the cricket? Give your reason/reasons. • What is the moral of the story?
  • 8. Learning Outcomes • To enable the students to identify the theme of the poem ‘Hard Work is the key to Success’. • To enable the students to understand and thereafter identify different poetic devices. • To infer, analyze, evaluate text • To appreciate the genre of fable.