Poetry

Facilitator: Mr. Abdulrehman Mohammed Ali

Lesson : The Eagle by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Date: 30.03.2020

Instructions: Read

  1. Read the poem ' The Eagle' by Alfred Lord Tennyson

  2. Try to understand the central idea

  3. Underline the difficult vocabularies



Instructions: Listen to the audio scripts


WhatsApp Audio 2020-03-23 at 23.07.58.mp3

The Eagle

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

He clasps the crag with crooked hands;

Close to the sun in lonely lands,

Ring’d with the azure world, he stands.

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;

He watches from his mountain walls,

And like a thunderbolt he falls.




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The Eagle.docx

Homework:

Read the Poem. Underline difficult vocabularies.

Answer the following questions:

  1. How does the poet describe the eagle in the poem?

  2. What is the Eagle compared to in the end why?

  3. What does the word stands suggest about the eagle in the poem?

  4. Who is the speaker of the poem the eagle?