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POETRY
Before you read
1. Look at the words and phrases in the box and mime them.
astonished, thanking someone , requesting for help, being
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happy, feel nervous, apologizing to someone, helping a blind
person cross the road
2. Suppose you have been to a strange place where
people use a language which is different from yours /
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new to you. How will you communicate with them in
that situation? Discuss with your friends.
Introduction
The words that we speak reflect our inner strengths and one’s
own personality.
Now, your teacher will read out a poem. Listen to it carefully.
The Wonderful Words

(Memorization)

- Mary O’Neill
Never let a thought shrivel and die
For want of a way to say it
For English is a wonderful game
And all of you can play it. 4
All that you do is match the words
To the brightest thoughts in your head
So that they come out clear and true
And handsomely groomed and fed-
For many of the loveliest things
Have never yet been said. 10
Words are the food and dress of thought
They give it its body and swing
And everyone’s longing today to hear
Some fresh and beautiful thing: 14

But only words can free a thought
From its prison behind your eyes
May be your mind is holding now
A marvellous new surprise! 18
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