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TEACHING POETRY: B.A.II ELECTIVE ENGLISH

Objectives. To present the poem, The Revenge' through visuals, text and questions/thinking strategies designed so as to enable students to comprehend it without word-to-word explanations by the teacherThis will reduce the Mother Robin' or spoon-feeding tendency on the part of teachersThe learne

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TEACHING POETRY: B.A.II ELECTIVE ENGLISH

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    1. TEACHING POETRY: B.A.II ELECTIVE ENGLISH Lesson plan of a prescribed poem, THE ‘REVENGE’ Prepared by: Dr. Iqbal Judge Associate Professor, GCG-11,Chandigarh.

    2. Objectives To present the poem, ‘The Revenge’ through visuals, text and questions/thinking strategies designed so as to enable students to comprehend it without word-to-word explanations by the teacher This will reduce the ‘Mother Robin’ or spoon-feeding tendency on the part of teachers The learners will be actively engaged in reading comprehension, rather than being passive recipients of information The visuals pertain to records of the historical event which forms the crux of the poem. The teacher will provide the spoken input in rendering the poem; following discussion of the poem, the students will recite the poem in groups. This lesson is the first part of two lessons; the second lesson will focus on writing activities through group, pair and individual work.

    3. THE ‘REVENGE’ (A BALLAD OF THE FLEET)

    4. The Historical context The year:1591; The date: 10th September Spain at war with England(1585-1604) Rulers: King Philip II of Spain Queen Elizabeth I of England

    5. The Spanish Armada The Spanish naval force, The Armada, (meaning ‘great and most fortunate navy’) was a huge fleet of ships that sailed at the command of King Philip II of Spain against England under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia in 1588, with the intention of overthrowing Elizabeth I of England.

    6. The British ‘Revenge’ The ‘Revenge’ was captained by Sir Richard Grenville of the British navy. The flagship,’ Revenge, was believed by Spanish contemporaries to be “one of the finest galleons (ships) in the world.” Built in 1575/7 by the leading English shipwright Matthew Baker of Deptford. Revenge had a long record of service in Ireland, the West Indies, and during the Armada campaign. These were long, lean and agile vessels, weighing around 500 tons, manned by about 100 sailors

    7. The fateful day… The morning of 10th September, 1591. News of 53 Spanish ships approaching Flores( now in Guatemala) Lord Howard of England has only 6 ships

    8. The poem The ‘Revenge’ is a ballad composed by poet laureate Lord Alfred Tennyson Tennyson (1809-1892) - much admired poet of the Victorian Age Ballad: a long narrative poem, usually relating a heroic event of war and valour or of love, chivalry,etc. Ballads generally have a strong rhyme scheme, vivid descriptions and dialogues that make them suitable for oral recitation

    9. Tennyson says… At Flores in the Azores Sir Richard Grenville lay, And a pinnace, like a fluttered bird, came flying from far away: “Spanish ships of war at sea! We have sighted fifty three! Then sware Lord Thomas Howard: ’fore God I am no coward; But I cannot meet them here, for my ships are out of gear, And half my men are sick. I must fly, but follow quick. We are six ships of the line; can we fight with fifty three?’ (pinnace= light boat; sware=swore, cursed)

    10. The condition of the British fleet Only 6 warships, led by Lord Thomas Howard Vice-admiral Sir Richard Grenville leading with ‘Revenge’ Half the crew and soldier-sailors sick—unused to the heat of the Southern seas Lord Howard thinks it’s prudent to retreat and sail homeward; better to attack when well-prepared

    11. But---Sir Richard refuses to turn back; that would be a sign of defeat Then spake Sir Richard Grenville: ‘I know you are no coward; You fly them for a moment to fight with them again. But I’ve ninety men and more that are lying sick ashore. I should count myself the coward if I left them, my Lord Howard, To these Inquisition dogs and the devildoms of Spain.’ ( spake=spoke; Inquisition dogs*…

    12. Sir Richard’s contemptuous attitude towards the enemy ‘Inquisition dogs and devildoms of Spain’: The Inquisition was the Catholic Court that punished ‘unbelievers’ or ‘heretics’. Sir Richard abuses the Spanish as heretics who deserve to be punished by the Inquisition; they belong to the kingdom of the devil – ‘devildoms’

    13. So… So Lord Howard past away with five ships of war that day, Till he melted like a cloud in the silent summer heaven; But Sir Richard bore* in hand all his sick men from the land Very carefully and slow, …. *took, carried

    14. Who were these ‘sick men’? Tennyson tells us: Men of Bideford in Devon, And we* laid them on the ballast down below; For we brought them all aboard, And they blest him in their pain, ……. Who could be ‘we’? Why did they bless Sir Richard?

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