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PRESENTED BY. MEERA S. TO DAFFODILS. Robert Herrick. Born: August 24, 1519 Son of a London goldsmith Educated at St . John’s College, Cambridge Herrick’s verse is always fresh, spontaneous and simple Works: A hymn to love , A mean in our

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  1. PRESENTED BY MEERA S

  2. TO DAFFODILS

  3. Robert Herrick • Born: August 24, 1519 • Son of a London goldsmith • Educated at St . John’s College, Cambridge • Herrick’s verse is always fresh, spontaneous and simple • Works: A hymn to love , A mean in our means • Died : October 15, 1674

  4. TO DAFFODILS Fair daffodils, we weep to seeYou haste away so soon;As yet the early-rising sunHas not attain’d his noon.Stay, stayUntil the hasting dayHas runBut to the evensong;And, having pray’d together, weWill go with you along.

  5. We have short time to stay, as you,We have as short a spring;As quick a growth to meet decay,As you, or anything.We dieAs your hours do, and dryAwayLike to the summer’s rain;Or as the pearls of morning’s dew,Ne’er to be found again.

  6. A few new words… • Daffodils : yellow flower with a long tube shaped part

  7. Haste away (v) : to go quickly • Hasting day : fast-moving day • Evensong : evening prayer • Decay : ruin ; destruction

  8. summary • In this poem ‘To Daffodils’, the poet Robert Herrick begins by saying that we grieve to see the beautiful daffodils being wasted away very quickly. The duration of their gloom is so short that it seems even the rising sun still hasn’t reached the noon-time. Thus, in the very beginning the poet has struck a note of mourning at the fast dying of daffodils. The poet then addresses the daffodils and asks them to stay until the clay ends with the evening prayer. After praying together he says that they will also accompany the daffodils. This is so because like flowers men too have a very transient life and even the youth is also very short-lived.

  9. Listen to the poem

  10. Let’s answer a few questions • Different times of a day are referred to in the poem .What are they? morning ,noon , evening • Certain words end with the same sound. Find out such words in the poem? soon,noon,stay,gay,die,dry,rain,again • Pick out the lines that states everything will have an end “As quick a growth to meet decay As you , or anything.” • What do you think the message of the poem? Life is so short as daffodils . So we should use the short time effectively

  11. Assignment • Write a short poem about a fading flower/ morning dew.

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