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12-15-2007, 06:56 PM
i have to make a powerpoint presentation on any of wordsworth's poem
i chose the following one....but i am facing a bit of problems in understanding a few stanza and getting ideas as how to present them
the poem is:-
THOUGHT ON THE SEASONS
Written at Rydal Mount.
FLATTERED with promise of escape
from every hurtful blast,
spring takes, O sprightly May! Thy shape,
her loveliest and her last.
Less fair is summer riding high
in fierce solstitial power,
less fair than when a lenient sky
brings on her parting hour.
When earth repays with golden sheaves
the labours of the plough,
and ripening fruits and forest leaves
All brighten on the bough;
What pensive beauty autumn shows,
Before she hears the sound
Of winter rushing in, to close
The emblematic round!
Such be our spring, our summer such;
so may our autumn blend
with hoary Winter, and Life touch,
Through heaven-born hope, her end!
1829.
all suggestions are welcome
esp abt d first and last stanza
if anyone can explain what hurtful blast means in the first two lines
and suggestion as to what i can show in the last stanza
i'll be grateful
waiting for your quick response!
i chose the following one....but i am facing a bit of problems in understanding a few stanza and getting ideas as how to present them
the poem is:-
THOUGHT ON THE SEASONS
Written at Rydal Mount.
FLATTERED with promise of escape
from every hurtful blast,
spring takes, O sprightly May! Thy shape,
her loveliest and her last.
Less fair is summer riding high
in fierce solstitial power,
less fair than when a lenient sky
brings on her parting hour.
When earth repays with golden sheaves
the labours of the plough,
and ripening fruits and forest leaves
All brighten on the bough;
What pensive beauty autumn shows,
Before she hears the sound
Of winter rushing in, to close
The emblematic round!
Such be our spring, our summer such;
so may our autumn blend
with hoary Winter, and Life touch,
Through heaven-born hope, her end!
1829.
all suggestions are welcome
esp abt d first and last stanza
if anyone can explain what hurtful blast means in the first two lines
and suggestion as to what i can show in the last stanza
i'll be grateful
waiting for your quick response!