The Echoing Green - PowerPoint Presentation

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The Echoing Green

William BlakeSlide2

William BlakeSlide3

The

sun does arise,
And make happy the skies;
The merry bells ring
To welcome the spring;
The skylark and thrush,
The birds of the bush,
Sing louder around
To the bell's cheerful sound,
While our sports shall be seen
On the Echoing Green.
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Old

John with white hair,
Does laugh away care,
Sitting under the oak,
Among the old folk.
They laugh at our play,
And soon they all say:
'Such, such were the joys
When we all, girls and boys,
In our youth time were seen
On the Echoing Green.'
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Till

the little ones, weary,
No more can be merry;
The sun does descend,
And our sports have an end.
Round the laps of their mothers
Many sisters and brother,
Like birds in their nest,
Are ready for rest,
And sport no more seen
On the darkening Green.Slide6

Reading Check & Interpretations

Identify the rhyme scheme of the poem.

What is happening in the first four lines of the poem?

How do you think Old John and the other old folk are feeling as they watch the girls and boys play? What evidence is there in the text to support your thinking?

What is this poem trying to describe?Slide7

Reading Check & Interpretations

Why does the author use the words “echoing green”? What image is he trying to convey?

Why do you think William Blake wrote this poem?

Do you think this poem could have a deeper meaning than just talking about children playing? Explain

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Why do you think William Blake used the repeated line “on the echoing green”? What does this do for the poem? Why did he change the line at the end of

the poem?