السبت، 24 يوليو 2010

Bed In Summer


Bed In Summer
By Robert Louis Stevenson


The main idea of the poem


The main idea of the poem is that the weather in England causes some problems to children who have to follow certain system in their life. The sun rises late in winter and sets late in summer. The poet wants to tell us that he can't enjoy the beauty of nature because of weather conditions in England and being a child he has to follow certain rules
In fact the poet expresses his feeling of sorrow because he finds it unfair to get up too early and sleep too early as well. Children complain of obeying orders of grown- ups and call for freedom


The first stanza
In winter I get up at night
And dress by yellow-candle light, (a
In summer, quite the other way, (b
I have to go to bed by day. (b

Paraphrase
The poet is unhappy because he gents up early before sunrise in winter and at the same time, he goes to bed before sun- set in summer as the sun sets late in summer.

The second stanza
I have to go to bed and see (c
The birds still hopping on the tree. (c
Or hear the grown-up people's feet (d
Still going past me in the street. (d

Paraphrase

The poet envies birds and grown-ups because they are free. He goes to be , but birds jump in the trees happily and the grown- up people go around in the streets as he can hear their foot steps very clearly

The third stanza
And does it not seem hard to you, (e
When all the sky is clear and blue, (e
And I should like so much to play, (a
To have to go to bed by day. (a

Paraphrase

He makes it clear , by asking us a question which shows that he is sad and it is hard for him to go to bed while the sky is clear and blue. He is supposed to play and enjoy the beauty of nature instead of going to bed while it is still day time

Commentary :
The poet succeeded in making us pity him. His way of writing is very impressive. He expresses the feeling of children who want to be free to enjoy life and nature. The poem consists of three stanzas that express one main theme (idea). The rhyming scheme is aa bb
The rhyme helped the poet to express his genuine (pure and true) feeling of sorrow. The poet's words are simple and are cleverly chosen to show a talented poet

الجمعة، 25 يونيو 2010

I wandered lonely as a cloud poem

I wandered lonely as a cloud poem
by William Wordsworth


Paraphrase:
The poet describes the beauty of daffodils (yellow flowers) and how he is moved by the beautiful scene.
The poem consists of 4 stanzas
In the first stanza he said he was moving alone when he saw some daffodils dancing.
In the second stanza he said that the daffodils stretched on the lake like stars in the sky.
In the third stanza he said that the water was dancing but the daffodils was happier and lovelier so he was happy. In the last stanza he said that when he feels sad he remembers the daffodils so he feels happy.
The commentary:
1 the rhyme scheme is aa –bb-cc-dd of 4 stanzas. The rhyme scheme is ab –ab-cc-
2-the poet spoke about himself besides the daffodils as he spoke about the nature and his relation to it .
3- There 's a contrast in the first stanza as the poet said he was alone the suddenly he saw some daffodils .
4- In the second and the third stanzas he described the beauty of daffodils with stars and waves .
5-we can see personification because the poet pictured the daffodils as people dancing and feeling happy.

The sunbird Mystery



Places
- London , airport
- Kenya , Nairobi, airport
- Nyeri
- Naro Moru
- The game park near Nyeri
-Mount Kenya
Characters



- Steven
- Laura: Steven's sister, a student at the university .
- Dr. James Clarke: a famous ornithologist(bird scientist)
- Klaus Karidian: a thief
- Peter Netma : a friend of Dr.Clarke.
- Daniel : Peter's nephew

A- Learning from hobbies


Bird watching


A - Answers of the questions:

Why should everybody have a hobby

Hobbies are fun , we can learn a lot from different hobbies.