Victor Marie Hugo was a famous 19th century French poet, novelist, and dramatist. This poem describes an old sower continuing to work in his fields as evening falls. As twilight comes, shadows stretch across the land but the sower keeps sowing grain from his hands and striding across the plain. His silhouette dominates the deep furrows as night deepens, making his gestures seem august against the starry skies.

2. POEM
THE SOWER

4. PROFILE OF THE POET
• Victor Marie Hugo (1802 - 1885) was a French
poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic
Movement. He is considered one of the
greatest and best known French writers. His
best- known works are the acclaimed novels
Les Misérables and Notre- Dame de Paris (The
Hunchback of Notre- Dame). He also produced
more than 4,000 drawings, which have since
been admired for their beauty, and drew
societal concerns.

5. THE SOWER
• Sitting in a porchway cool,
Fades the ruddy sunlight fast,
Twilight hastens on to rule--
Working hours are well nigh past
Shadows shoot across the lands;
But one sower lingers still,
Old, in rags, he patient stands,--
Looking on, I feel a thrill.
Black and high his silhouette
Dominates the furrows deep!
Now to sow the task is set,
Soon shall come a time to reap.

6. PORCHWAY

7. RUDDY SUNLIGHT

8. FURROWS

9. •
Marches he along the plain,
To and fro, and scatters wide
From his hands the precious grain;
Moody, I, to see him stride.
Darkness deepens. Gone the light.
Now his gestures to mine eyes
Are august; and strange--his height
Seems to touch the starry skies.
Victor Marie Hugo

11. RHYMING WORDS
• lands - stands
• still - thrill
• deep - reap
• plain - grain
• wide - stride
• light - height
• eyes - skies

12. WORD PICTURES
The poet uses vivid word pictures to describe the
time of the day and the fields.
• ruddy sunlight
• twilight hastens
• shadows shoot
• furrows deep
• sower lingers
• darkness deepens
• starry skies

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