Download The Tables Turned

Revision English Literature Grade 8
Unit: Poetry
Marks: 40Time: 55mins
Objectives
• identify and infer explicit and implicit
information and ideas
• develop informed personal response
• Use textual references, quotations to
support ideas
• Comment on the language used by
the poet to create meanings and
effects
• Analyse form and structure used by
the poet to create meanings and
effects
• Use vocabulary related to poetry where
appropriate
The Tables Turned
BY W ILLIAM W ORDSW ORTH
Up! up! my Friend, and quit yourbooks;
Or surely you'll grow double:
Up! up! my Friend, and clear your looks;
Why all this toil and trouble?
The sun above the mountain's head,
A fresheninglustremellow
Through all the long green fields has spread,
His first sweet evening yellow.
Read the poem, ‘The Tables Turned’ and
answer the given question.
Books! 'tis a dull and endless strife:
Come, hear the woodland linnet,
How sweet his music! on my life,
There's more of wisdom in it.
Q.1.Consider how poet has presented nature as
teacher in this poem. In your answer you
should consider :
• the ideas in the poem
• the poet’s use of language
• the poet’s use of form and structure.
And hark! howblithe the throstle sings!
He, too, is no mean preacher:
Come forth into the light of things,
Let Nature be your teacher.
Use evidence from the poem to support your
points.
(20 marks)
Read the poem,‘The World is too much with Us’
and answer the given question.
Q.2. In this poem, comment on the ways the
poet has presented his anger towards man, who
is not learning from the nature anymore.
In your answer you should consider :
• the ideas in the poem
• the poet’s use of language
• the poet’s use of form and structure.
Use evidence from the poem to support your
points.
(20 marks)
She has a world of ready wealth,
Our minds and hearts to bless—
Spontaneous wisdom breathed by health,
Truth breathed by cheerfulness.
One impulse from a vernal wood
May teach you more of man,
Of moral evil and of good,
Than all the sages can.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings;
Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:—
We murder to dissect.
Enough of Science and of Art;
Close up those barren leaves;
Come forth, and bring with you a heart
That watches and receives.
Marking Criteria
The World Is Too Much With Us
• interpret the ideas, themes to show
understanding of poems / questions Support
my interpretations of the poems with textual
evidence, including quotations, express
informed personal response
BY W ILLIAM W ORDSW ORTH
…………./ 08marks
• analyse language used by the poet/s to
convey Information, events, ideas and
viewpoints,
…………/ 06 marks
• analyse form and structure used by the poet
to convey Information, events, ideas and
viewpoints, using appropriate drama
vocabulary
.....………./ 06 marks
Total
________/ 20 marks
The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our
powers;—
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid
boon!
This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;
The winds that will be howling at all hours,
And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;
For this, for everything, we are out of tune;
It moves us not. Great God! I’d rather be
A Pagansuckled in a creed outworn;
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
Have glimpses that would make me less
forlorn;
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
Or hear old Triton blow hiswreathèd horn.
Glossary of terms:
Glossary of Terms:
The tables turned.
The World is Too Much with Us
toil: extremely hard work,
lustre: soft glow, shine
strife: conflict, disagreement, dispute, argument
linnet: a small passerine bird of the finch family
blithe: cheerful, happy
throstle: the song
veneral wood: fresh, new in spring.
sages: wise men, spiritual mentor
lore: myths, legends, stories
meddling: interfering
dissect: explore, analyse, study.
sordid boon: Sordid suggests the worst aspects of human
nature such as immorality, selfishness and greed, while a
boon is something that functions as a blessing or benefit.
Bosom: chest
Howling: cry or woeful sound
Pagan: atheist, idolators
Suckled: feed
Creed: faith, religion,
Lea: an open area of grassy land
Forlorn: sad, abandoned or lonely
Proteus: Greek Mythology
A sea god who could change his shape at wil
Triton: Greek Mythology A god of the seahaving the head and
trunk of a man and the tail of a fish.
Wreathed: covered, surrounded, or encircled
Refer to the poems given in Resource file and answer the following questions
Q.1: Read and explore the ideas presented by Shakespeare in Sonnet 15. Support your
answer with references from the poem
Q.2: Analyse the structure and language used by Shakespeare in Sonnet 15 to describe the
ideas? Give evidence from the poem.
Q:3 Briefly describe the theme and ideas presented in ‘Here lies the Blithe Spring’ by
Thomas Dekker. Explore the poets use of language to communicate the ideas by giving
evidence from the poem.