Vol - II - IT@School

EXTENDED READING
POETRY
John Keats (1795 –1821) is one of
the greatest Romantic poets of
English literature. Elaborate word
choice and sensual imagery
characterise his poetry. He wrote a
series of odes that were his
masterpieces and they still remain
the most popular poems in English
literature.
How is the daisy in a better position
than the sun and the moon?
Daisy claims that it is the real king
of nature in spring. Do you agree?
Write your opinion.
DAISY’S SONG
The sun, with his great eye,
Sees not so much as I;
And the moon, all silver-proud,
Might as well be in a cloud.
And O the spring – the spring
I lead the life of a king!
Couch’d in the teeming grass,
I spy each pretty lass.
I look where no one dares,
And I stare where no one stares,
When night is near, what other sounds
of nature can lull one to sleep?
And when the night is nigh,
Lambs bleat my lullaby.
John Keats
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