Preparing an appreciation of a poem

Preparing an appreciation of a poem( minimum level )


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(1) This is a beautiful  poem on ----------  .
The poem begins with the ........, .
The poet says that..........
The poet also remarks that..............
..............................is a beautiful / thought provoking line.
It ends with the message..........

I like the line ..................most.It says about..............


(2) There are many techniques used in the poem.There are many  figures of speech .The line ......is an example.There is  (simile / metaphor / hyperbole / personification / metonymy / oxymoron .....)in the line "......." .    There is rhyming scheme. The  poem is rhythmic. There is alliteration and assonance.The line .....is an example.
(3) This poem makes us think about ...... 
(  The qualities of a nice citizen /  living in harmony with nature /beauty of nature / war and its effects / the role of death   in our life / family relationships / the power of words / qualities like confidence hard work and patience./  war and its effects / bravery and courage )

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1.Everybody has the chance

Everybody has the chance
To do a good deed
If you are driving near a school
Lower down your speed
Or maybe when you see the homeless
Give them a pound or two
Lower the sound on the T.V
If the elderly live near you
I am not saying that you must
Give away lungs or your heart
But remember it’s the smallest things
That play the biggest part

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GOOD DEEDS

Shashikant Nishant Sharma

This World is a double edged knife
And we have only one life
Enjoy it, Live it well
In good company do dwell
Always do good deeds
Sow in yourself character's seeds
Cultivate mind with manure of thought
For ages, the experiences brought
Feed your life with good deeds
So that there is no place for weeds
To harm, that oft leads
The decay of character's seeds
The one who wants to succeed
He must always heed
And must seek
The good qualities
And not the quantities
A wise man can only pleads
But you have to pay heed
What are you needs?
Then decide what to do
And what not to do 

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How Did You Die? by Edmund Vance Cooke

Did you tackle that trouble that came your way With a resolute heart and cheerful? Or hide your face from the light of day With a craven soul and fearful? Oh, a trouble's a ton, or a trouble's an ounce, Or a trouble is what you make it, And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts, But only how did you take it? You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face. It's nothing against you to fall down flat, But to lie there -- that's disgrace. The harder you're thrown, why the higher you bounce; Be proud of your blackened eye! It isn't the fact that you're licked that counts, It's how did you fight -- and why? And though you be done to the death, what then? If you battled the best you could, If you played your part in the world of men, Why, the Critic will call it good. Death comes with a crawl, or comes with a pounce, And whether he's slow or spry, It isn't the fact that you're dead that counts, But only how did you die? *********************************** LIFE IS A WONDERFUL DREAM BY C.N.Premkumar Life, the wonderful dream Never meets with reality Till its final moment Called death Every day we dream of Conquering new continents And kingdoms Without realising All are illusions And without realising The final reality Will one day envelop us So finality is the true reality  ************************************************************** NIGHT BY WILLIAM BLAKE The sun descending in the west;   The evening star does shine; The birds are silent in their nest,   And I must seek for mine.     The moon, like a flower     In heaven's high bower,     With silent delight     Sits and smiles on the night. Farewell, green fields and happy groves,   Where flocks have took delight, Where lambs have nibbled, silent moves   The feet of angels bright;     Unseen, they pour blessing,     And joy without ceasing,     On each bud and blossom,     And each sleeping bosom. They look in every thoughtless nest   Where birds are covered warm; They visit caves of every beast,   To keep them all from harm:     If they see any weeping     That should have been sleeping,     They pour sleep on their head,     And sit down by their bed. *********************************************** Azure and Gold                               by Amy Lowell April had covered the hills With flickering yellows and reds, The sparkle and coolness of snow Was blown from the mountain beds. Across a deep-sunken stream The pink of blossoming trees, And from windless appleblooms The humming of many bees. The air was of rose and gold Arabesqued with the song of birds Who, swinging unseen under leaves, Made music more eager than words. Blue-birds so blue,'t was a dream, An impossible, unconceived hue, The high sky of summer dropped down Some rapturous ocean to woo. Such a colour, such infinite light! The heart of a fabulous gem, Many-faceted, brilliant and rare. Centre Stone of the earth's diadem! Centre Stone of the Crown of the World, "Sincerity" graved on your youth! And your eyes hold the blue-bird flash, The sapphire shaft, which is truth. (azure = bright blue colour; flicker = shine; arabesque = dancing posture; hue = colour; rapturous = joyous; woo = try to gain a woman's love; diadem = jeweled crown)