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First Love

First Love. I ne’re was struck before that hour With love so sudden and so sweet Her face it bloomed like a sweet flower And stole my heart away complete. My face turned pale as deadly pale, My legs refused to walk away, And when she looked, what could I ail

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First Love

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  1. First Love • I ne’re was struck before that hour • With love so sudden and so sweet • Her face it bloomed like a sweet flower • And stole my heart away complete. • My face turned pale as deadly pale, • My legs refused to walk away, • And when she looked, what could I ail • My like and all seemed turned to clay

  2. Poem “First Love” Read the following poem and answer the assigned questions. Take notes during discussion…….

  3. “First Love” cont….. • And then my blood rushed to my face • And took my eyesight quite away. • The trees and bushes round the place • Seemed midnight at noonday. • I could not see a single thing, • Words from my eyes did start; • They spoke as chords do from the string • And blood burnt round my heart.

  4. “First Love” Cont…. • Are flowers the winter’s choice? • Is love’s bed always snow? • She seemed to hear my silent voice, • Not love’s appeals to know. • I never saw so sweet a face • As that I stood before: • My heart has left its dwelling- place • And can return no more.

  5. Assessment: • 1. What is the gender of the author? Explain with details from the poem to support your answer. • 2. Explain the meaning of the line: “ Her face it bloomed like a sweet flower.” • 3. Does the author speak to his love in the poem? Support your answer. • How many stanzas and lines are within the poem?

  6. Explain the author’s message within the first verse mean? • In the first verse of the poem, Clare writes that his love’s face looks like a flower. ( meaning soft, smooth, and beautiful) • In fact, he’s turned into clay! ( Shinny and still)

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