Tuesday 13 June 2023

Song of the flower

 

SONG OF THE FLOWER 

                                          -Khalil Gibran

Learning Outcomes

Learners will be able to:

4.2.1 Read and comprehend poems

4.2.2 To familiarise new words

4.2.3 To read with proper stress and    intonation

4.2.4 Improves creative  thinking

About the Poem

““Song of the Flower” is written by Kahlil Gibran, a Lebanese-American author, poet, and visual artist of the 20th-century. In his early childhood, Gibran grew up in Bisharri village around Mount Lebanon of Northern Lebanon. Therefore, his writing was influenced by the nature he witnessed around during his early childhood years; the landscape, the mountains, the beautiful waterfalls, and the lush trees had a significant impact on Gibran’s young mind. Nature is represented both symbolically and descriptively in Gibran’s poetry. This particular poem is about the life of a flower. It is truly amazing to note how greatly Gibran manages to capture the beauty of a flower’s life through his poetic verses despite its impermanence and fragility.

Song of the flower is a beautiful poem about nature and its relationship with living beings. This poem speaks about the life cycle of a flower and its experience. The flower in the poem is representative of every aspect of nature.

Gibran’s “Song of the Flower” incorporates several themes that include optimism, life, living in the present, objectivity, spirituality, and, most importantly, nature. This poem is about an innocent flower describing its journey from the beginning to the end. It describes how it lives to the fullest by becoming an integral part of nature, enjoying each moment of its short life.


                            

                         KHALIL GIBRAN




   RECITATION OF THE POEM



Summary of the first stanza



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Song of the flower

  SONG OF THE FLOWER                                                 -Khalil Gibran Learning Outcomes Learners will be able to: 4....