What william blake poem represents Mina from skellig, in any kind of way?
so what poem by william blake like in some kind of way represents Mina’s character from skellig (michaels homeschooled friend) thankyou
If you mean a poem quoted in the book, I would say the Schoolboy - which is the first William Blake poem Mina quotes, in Chapter Fifteen. (p.48) -
‘ "How can a bird that is born for joy / Sit in a cage and sing?" William Blake.’ She pointed up into the tree. ‘The chicks in the nest won’t need a classroom to make them fly. Will they?’
Here’s the full poem by William Blake:
I love to rise in a summer morn
When the birds sing on every tree;
The distant huntsman winds his horn,
And the skylark sings with me.
Oh, what sweet company!
But to go to school in a summer morn,
Oh! it drives all joy away;
Under a cruel eye outworn
The little ones spend the day
In sighing and dismay.
Ah! then at times I drooping sit,
And spend many an anxious hour;
Nor in my book can I take delight,
Nor sit in learning’s bower,
Worn through with the dreary shower.
How can the bird that is born for joy
Sit in a cage and sing?
How can a child, when fears annoy,
But droop his tender wing,
And forget his youthful spring?
O, father and mother, if buds are nipped
And blossoms blown away,
And if the tender plants are stripped
Of their joy in the springing day,
By sorrow and care’s dismay,
How shall the summer arise in joy,
Or the summer fruits appear?
Or how shall we gather what griefs destroy,
Or bless the mellowing year,
When the blasts of winter appear?
~~~
If you have more questions on this book, this document might help you:
http://www.le.ac.uk/engassoc/publications/bookmarks/P1.pdf
~~~
If you meant any poem by William Blake, then hopefully your teacher will have given you a selection of them, and you should just try and find the one that is most like her character.
Good luck!
March 6th, 2010 at 4:41 am
If you mean a poem quoted in the book, I would say the Schoolboy - which is the first William Blake poem Mina quotes, in Chapter Fifteen. (p.48) -
‘ "How can a bird that is born for joy / Sit in a cage and sing?" William Blake.’ She pointed up into the tree. ‘The chicks in the nest won’t need a classroom to make them fly. Will they?’
Here’s the full poem by William Blake:
I love to rise in a summer morn
When the birds sing on every tree;
The distant huntsman winds his horn,
And the skylark sings with me.
Oh, what sweet company!
But to go to school in a summer morn,
Oh! it drives all joy away;
Under a cruel eye outworn
The little ones spend the day
In sighing and dismay.
Ah! then at times I drooping sit,
And spend many an anxious hour;
Nor in my book can I take delight,
Nor sit in learning’s bower,
Worn through with the dreary shower.
How can the bird that is born for joy
Sit in a cage and sing?
How can a child, when fears annoy,
But droop his tender wing,
And forget his youthful spring?
O, father and mother, if buds are nipped
And blossoms blown away,
And if the tender plants are stripped
Of their joy in the springing day,
By sorrow and care’s dismay,
How shall the summer arise in joy,
Or the summer fruits appear?
Or how shall we gather what griefs destroy,
Or bless the mellowing year,
When the blasts of winter appear?
~~~
If you have more questions on this book, this document might help you:
http://www.le.ac.uk/engassoc/publications/bookmarks/P1.pdf
~~~
If you meant any poem by William Blake, then hopefully your teacher will have given you a selection of them, and you should just try and find the one that is most like her character.
Good luck!
References :