The Brook by Lord Alfred Tennyson

• English
• HBO
• Studiejaar 3

Hello and welcome! 🙂

Expected Learning Outcomes

I WILL BE ABLE TO:

* draw parallelism between different stages of a man and river.

* explore more about the poet 'Lord Alfred Tennyson'.

* listen to and comprehend the poem.

* identify and share the tone and the mood of the poet, and the rhyme scheme of the poem.

* express my views and opinions in the answers based on the poem.

* identify and share different sounds the brook makes in the poem as it flows.

What are the different stages a man passes
through in his whole life?

Do you think there is a similarity
between human life and a river?

Definitely YES

Absolutely NO

I am not sure.

DRAG and DROP

Drag and Drop the hints given to complete the passage/journey of the river Yamuna as read in the prose chapter 'Footloose in Agra'.

Foothills near Kalsi

Wheat fields in UP

Mathura alive with turtles

Delhi - patchwork for washermen

Agra 

Lord Alfred Tennyson

(6 August 1809 – 

6 October 1892) 

• was born at Lincolnshire fourth of twelve children.
• Main poet from 'The Victorian Era.' 
• A Paris Hilton of his time.
• He began writing poems at an early age. 

Do you know?

•  Tennyson was extremely nearsighted.
• He had trouble even seeing to eat without the aid of monocle.
• He would compose most of his poems in his head.
• He would only write them down at the urging of others.

A man with a monocle

Drag and drop to match the words with the given pictures. 

Text

Forget-me-nots

Coot

Heron

Lusty trout

Grayling

Let's watch an animated video of the poem ‘The Brook’ using OUP.

What feelings does the poem
invoke in you?

Identify the setting of
the poem.

How/What is the tone of the poet?

d. “I come from haunts of coot and hern,
I make a sudden sally
And sparkle out among the fern,
To bicker down a valley.”
Identify the rhyme scheme.

Listen to the recitation of the poem once again and answer the following questions. 

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Make a sequential list of the various
places that fall in the path of the
brook as it flows.

List the different sounds the brook makes in the poem.

Home Fun

Read the poem 'The Brook' again.

SUCCESS CRITERIA
Now, I CAN:
* draw parallelism between different stages of a man and river.
* share more about the poet 'Lord Alfred Tennyson'.
* identify and share the tone and the mood of the poet, and the rhyme scheme of the poem.
* express my views and opinions in the answers based on the poem.

1. Strongly agree
2. Agree
3. Not sure
4. I need some help.