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Tittel: Responding to three lyrical poems (2013) – Engelsk Vg3 litteratur
Kort beskrivelse:
John is talking to Ralph and Adele about lyric poetry and reads Robert Frost’s “Fire and Ice”. They
talk about the poem and what meaning it has for them. They also interpret Elizabeth Smart’s
“Blake’s Sunflower”. At the end of their discussion Adele reads the short poem “Provisions”, by
Margaret Atwood.
Fire and Ice by Robert Frost
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favour fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
Blake's Sunflower by Elizabeth Smart
1
Why did Blake say
'Sunflower weary of time'?
Every time I see them
they seem to say
Now! with a crash
of cymbals!
Very pleased
and positive
and absolutely delighting
in their own round brightness.
2
Sorry, Blake!
Now I see what you mean.
Storms and frost have battered
their bright delight
and though they are still upright
nothing could say dejection
more than their weary
disillusioned
hanging heads.
Provisions by Margaret Atwood
What should we have taken
with us? We never could decide
on that; or what to wear,
or at what time of
year we should make the journey
So here we are in thin
raincoats and rubber boots
On the disastrous ice, the wind rising
Nothing in our pockets
But a pencil stub, two oranges
Four Toronto streetcar tickets
and an elastic band holding a bundle
of small white filing cards
printed with important facts.
Oppgaver for refleksjon/diskusjon/samtale
1. What is Ralph and Adele’s response to «Fire and Ice» and «Blake’s Sunflower”?
2. What is your personal response to these two poems?
3. How do you interpret “Provisions”?
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