Competences for life: Exploring literature p. 27

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STEP 1 Warm-up
Look at the picture and choose the correct alternative. Then answer questions 2 and 3 in one or two sentences.

1 The picture shows the Lake Isle of Innisfree. It is situated in ________.
2 Do you have a favourite place where you live? What is it?
3 How does someone who lives far from his or her birthplace feel? What do you think they miss?
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STEP 2 Read a poem by W.B. Yeats
In this poem the Irish poet W.B. Yeats (1865 – 1939) talks about the natural beauty of Ireland. He wrote the poem while living in London, where he missed the beauty and simplicity of the country life of his childhood. Read and listen to the poem and decide to which stanza each picture refers to.
A: First stanza
B: Second stanza
C: Third stanza
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Domande in serie
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STEP 3 Check your understanding
Read the poem again and say if the sentences are true or false.
A: At the beginning of the poem the poet is on a ship to Ireland.
B: He wants to live in a simple house made of sticks and clay.
C: The poet is seeking for some peace in Innisfree.
D: The best moment to enjoy some peace is the night.
E: In the last stanza the poet is near the lake because he can hear the sound of water.
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Vero o falso
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STEP 4 Can you spot the rhyme?
Read the poem again and write the words that rhyme with the following.

1 Innisfree ________
2 made ________
3 slow ________
4 sings ________
5 day ________
6 shore ________
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STEP 5 Focus on the rhyme scheme
Mark the rhyme scheme on the right side of the poem, using the letters ABCDEF. Then answer the question with yes or no.

I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, ________
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made: ________
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee, ________
And live alone in the bee-loud glade. ________

And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, ________
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings; ________
There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, ________
And evening full of the linnet's wings. ________

I will arise and go now, for always night and day ________
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore; ________
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey, ________
I hear it in the deep heart's core. ________

Is the rhyme scheme of the poem regular?  ________
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STEP 6 Analyse the poem
Read the poem again and choose the correct alternative.

1 The repetition 'I will arise and go now' in the poem emphasises ________.
2 The sounds of nature that the poet hears (the sound of the bees, of the little birds flying, of the lake water lapping by the shore) are ________.
3 Look at line 6. The 'veils of the morning' are a metaphor for ________.
4 The image of the 'pavements grey' suggests ________.
5 Through sounds and colours in the poem the poet provides a ________ and ________ description of the island.
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STEP 7 Your turn: write about it
Choose the correct alternative. Then write a paragraph of 100 words about a special place that you might know where you can get away. You can use questions 2-5 as prompt.

1 The journey to Innisfree that the poet does is ________.
2 Where is your chosen place located?
3 What do you like most about this place?
4 What is the atmosphere like there?
5 How do you feel when you are far from this place? What do you miss the most?
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