Have you earned your tomorrow.

Poetry 2.4
Activity 1

Extract No1 :
        [Lines,"Is anybody...................you did today"]                           (10 marks)

Read the extract and do the activities that follow:                       

Is anybody happier because you passed his way?
Does anyone remember that you spoke to him today?
This day is almost over, and its toiling time is through;
Is there anyone to utter now a kindly word of you?

Did you give a cheerful greeting to the friend who came
along?
Or a churlish sort of “Howdy” and then vanish in the throng?
Were you selfish pure and simple as you rushed along the
way,
Or is someone mighty grateful for a deed you did today?

Can you say tonight, in parting with the days that’s slipping
fast,
That you helped a single brother of the many that you passed?
Is a single heart rejoicing over what you did or said;
Does a man whose hopes were fading now with courage look
ahead?

Did you waste the day, or lose it, was it well or sorely spent?
Did you leave a trail of kindness or a scar of discontent?
As you close your eyes in slumber do you think that God
would say,
You have earned one more tomorrow by the work you did
today?

                                                                          - Edgar Guest

A1) Global Understanding                                           
       Complete the web
 

         



A2) Inference/Interpretative/Analysis                              
   
       Pick up the lines in which the speaker asks the reader whether he
       has done good deeds for others.

Answer:1) Is anybody happier because you passed his way?
               2)Is there anyone to utter now a kindly word of you?
               3)Did you give a cheerful greeting to the friend who came along?
               4)Or is someone mighty grateful for a deed you did today?
               5)That you helped a single brother of the many that you passed?
               6)Is a single heart rejoicing over what you did or said;

A3) Personal Response                                                

       Write your own experiences how you spent your whole day helping others.

A4) Poetic Devices                                                     

       Pick out two examples of Alliteration from the poem.

Answer: 1)This day is almost over, and its toiling time is through.
               2)Were you selfish pure and simple as you rushed along the way.


A5) Poetic Creativity                                                 
   
        Compose 2nd and 4th lines of your own without changing rhyme scheme.

        Is anybody happier  because you passed his way?
                                                                                       

        This day is almost over, and its toiling time is through;
                                                                                            

Answer: Is anybody happier because you passed his way?
              Have you confronted an ailing heart today?
              This day is almost over, and its toiling time is through;
              Slowly crept the night without any clue.
( You can use your own lines with proper rhyme)

Activity 2 (for practice solving)

A1) Global Understanding                                       

       Say whether the following statements are True or False.

       1) The speaker has to be kind to others.
       2) Speaking rudely is counted as good behaviour.
       3) Our bad behaviour decides that the day is wasted.
       4) Our good deeds earn tomorrow for us.

A2) Inference/Interpretative/Analysis                     
     
       Identify the intention of the poet .

 A3) Personal Response                                             

        Explain the idea given in these lines.....
   
      "As you close your eyes in slumber do you think that God
       would say,
       You have earned one more tomorrow by the work you did
       today?"

A4)  Poetic Devices                                                   

        Find out the rhyme scheme in stanza 2 & 3.


A5) Poetic Creativity                                                 

       Write two proverbs suitable to this poem.