John Dryden (9 Aug 1631 – 30 April 1700), nicknamed Town-Bayes, an influential English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who dominated the literary life of Restoration England.
Born in the village rectory of Aldwincle, Northamptonshire. The eldest of 14 children of Eramus Dryden and Mary Pickering – an Parliamentary supporting family with Puritan learnings.
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Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,(a)
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,(a)
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum(b)
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.(b)
Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead(c)
Scribbling on the sky the message He is Dead,(c)
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,(d)
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton
Her personal childhood memories
Give Children fresh insights of the world
(Linked to the poem “You and I”)
Overall Objective of Teaching with Poems
Students will be able to (SWABAT) meet with a variety of poems and activities in class.
SWBAT learn not only poems, but also English language.
SWABAT get some stimuli on their creativity.
Target Students: Elementary 4th Grade
reciting a poem?
Werent you reciting a poem?
It doesnt work!
It doesnt work!
Brake!
Were going to die! The woods!
Brake!
Were going to die! The woods!
Brake!
Brake!
The king is coming!
The king is coming!
There he is!
There he is!
Its full of people down there. Straight.
Its full of people down there. Straight.
We have no brakes!
We have no brakes!
We have no brakes! Move!
We have no brakes! Move
poems
to me and still cling to facts.
Poems?
Recite it for them, Danilo.
Come on, Danny.
"I love you
like the Pilgrim loves the Holy Land
"Like the wayfarer loves his wayward ways
"Like the immigrant that I am loves America
"And the blind man
the memory of his sighted days"
Our Danilo will maybe
be a famous poet someday.
And I will definitely be a famous dancer.
And were all gonna do wonderful th