This is for the educators.

1. Welcome to your
English Class
Session 2021-2022

2. Feel the pictures!

3. How can we sense
this world?
This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-ND.

4. • What do you
like about
the songs?
• Why do
songs have a
lasting
impact?

5. Discussion
• How does nature impact our
life? Is it lasting or temporary?
• What can we learn from
nature?

6. What is a poetry?

7. Analysis of Poems
Daffodils v/s The Lake Isle of Innisfree

9. BACKGROUND
• "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" (also commonly known as "Daffodils”) is a lyric
poem by William Wordsworth. It is Wordsworth's best-known work.
• The poem was inspired by an event on 15 April 1802 in which Wordsworth and
his sister Dorothy came across a "long belt" of daffodils. It was Written some
time between 1804 and 1807 (in 1804 by Wordsworth's own account), it was
first published in 1807 in Poems, in Two Volumes, and a revised version was
published in 1815.[6]
• In a poll conducted in 1995 by the BBC Radio 4 Bookworm programme to
determine the nation's favourite poems, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud came
fifth. Often anthologised, the poem is commonly seen as a classic of English
Romantic poetry, although Poems, in Two Volumes, in which it first appeared,
was poorly reviewed by Wordsworth's contemporaries.

10. • The inspiration for the poem came from a
walk Wordsworth took with his sister
Dorothy around Glencoyne Bay, Ullswater, in
the Lake District. He would draw on this to
compose "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" in
1804, inspired by Dorothy's journal entry
describing the walk.

11. Ullswater in the English Lake
District. Ullswater from Gobarrow
Park, J.M.W. Turner, watercolor,
1819
• Activity: Find more about Ullswater
Lake

12. LYRIC POEM
• [A lyric poem is short, highly musical verse that conveys
powerful feelings. The poet may use rhyme, meter, or
other literary devices to create a song-like quality.]
• KEY NOTES:
• A lyric poem is a private expression of emotion by an
individual speaker.
• Lyric poetry is highly musical and can feature poetic
devices like rhyme and meter.
• Some scholars categorize lyric poetry in three subtypes:
Lyric of Vision, Lyric of Thought, and Lyric of Emotion.
However, this classification is not widely agreed upon.

13. Origins of Lyric
Poetry
• Song lyrics often begin as lyric poems. In ancient Greece, lyric poetry
was, in fact, combined with music played on a U-shaped stringed
instrument called a lyre. Through words and music, great lyric poets
like Sappho (ca. 610–570 B.C.) poured out feelings of love and
yearning.
• Similar approaches to poetry were developed in other parts of the
world. Between the fourth century B.C. and the first century A.D.,
Hebrew poets composed intimate and lyrical psalms, which were sung
in ancient Jewish worship services and compiled in the Hebrew Bible.
During the eighth century, Japanese poets expressed their ideas and
emotions through haiku and other forms. Writing about his private
life, Taoist writer Li Po (710–762) became one of China's most
celebrated poets.
• The rise of lyric poetry in the Western world represented a shift from
epic narratives about heroes and gods. The personal tone of lyric
poetry gave it broad appeal. Poets in Europe drew inspiration from
ancient Greece but also borrowed ideas from the Middle East, Egypt,
and Asia.

14. Activity
Create any one of the types of poems:
Limerick
Acrostic poem

15. Example of
Limerick
poem
• LIMERICK
• A limerick is a five-line poem that is often humorous and
has a theme. Limericks use the rhyme scheme meaning
that the first two lines rhyme with each other and then
the next two lines rhyme with each other and the last
line rhymes with the first two lines.
• EXAMPLE -
There was a young lady of Lynn,
Who was so uncommonly thin
That when she essayed
To drink lemonade
She slipped through the straw and fell in.

16. Example of
Acrostic
poem
• ACROSTIC
• An acrostic is a piece of writing in which a
particular set of letters— typically the first
letter of each line, word, or paragraph—
spells out a word or phrase with special
significance to the text. Acrostics are most
commonly written as a form of poetry.
• EXAMPLE –
Roses are red
Oranges yummy
Sugar's a sweet
Elixir in my tummy

17. Original text of
Daffodils

18. Let’s enjoy
the song on
the poem

19. Song on The lake Isle of Innisfree

20. Daffodils/
I wandered
Lonely As a
Cloud
By William
Wordsworth

21. Analysis of the poem
• Skim reading
• Scan
• Identifying the poetic devices
• Inferences
• Message/ Life Skills

22. Mind-Map (Breakout room Activity)
What is it?
Where did he find
them?
What did he see and
observe?
Poetic Devices
Message?
How did it impact him?
Poet
What kind of a poem?
Do the same activity in the poem The Lake Isle of Innisfree

23. Discussion on The Lake Isle of
Innisfree

24. Video on Summary

25. Key Notes on Daffodils

26. Summary of the poem

28. Video on The lake isle of Innisfree

29. Compare and Contrast
Enlist the similarities and differences between the poems Daffodils
and The lake Isle of innisfree

30. Q/A
Why do you think the poet refers to the daffodils as
golden?
What does the use of the phrase “lonely as a cloud”
suggest?
How did the daffodils outdo the waves?
What is meant by jocund company? Which jocund
company is the poet referring to? Why does the poet
find it jocund?
Explain the transition from the poet’s pensive mood to
his heart filled with joy.
What is “bliss of solitude” referred to in the extract?
How does the bliss of solitude take place?
What message does the poet convey through this
poem?

31. Poster Making
• Watch these videos to know about poster making:
• https://youtu.be/_xftI5rqCJ8
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn-
aYSdgckM&t=13s

32. Sample 1

33. Sample 2

34. CREATE A POSTER TO BRING
AWARENESS AND ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE TO SAVE ENVIRONMENT

35. Article Writing

36. Article Writing Format

37. Format of
Article
Writing

38. Article Writing
• Sense of well being comes from time spent in
the lap of nature. Write an article nature an
essential ingredient in creating a fulfilling life.
• Hints:
• Long walk
• Sunbath
• Starry night
• Picnic
• Looking at the waves
• Birds chirping
• Season change
• Family time at hill station