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6 The Man He Killed c / c / c / “Had he and I but met c / c / c / By some old ancient inn, c / c / c / c / We should have sat us down to wet c / c / c c / Right many a nipperkin 2 ! c / c / c c / “But ranged as infantry, c / c / c / And staring face to face, c / c / c / c / I shot at him as he at me, c / c / c c / And killed him in his place. c / c / c / “I shot him dead because -- c / c / c / Because he was my foe, c / c / c / c / Just so: my foe of course he was; c / c / c / That’s clear enough; although 2 nipperkin....a half a pint (of beer)
7 c / c / c / 3 “He thought he’d ‘list , perhaps, c / c / c / Off-hand-like--just as I-- c / c / c / c / 4 Was out of work--had sold his traps -- c / c / c / No other reason why. / / c / c / c “Yes, quaint and curious war is! c / c / c / You shoot a fellow down / c / c / c / c You’d treat, if met where any bar is, c / c / c / 5 Or help to half-a-crown .” The pattern is not perfectly iambic. Notice that there are a few anapestic and trochaic rhythms thrown in. This is a good mixture that saves the poem from becoming too mechanical and forces the reader to slow down and pay more attention to the lines that show the poet’s thoughts on war. 3 4 5 ‘list....enlist in the army traps....his belongings half-a-crown....an English coin, enough to buy a beer or two
Page 1 and 2: ACADEMIC STUDIES ENGLISH Support Ma
Page 3 and 4: IAU-ENG 3.2 READING COMPREHENSION O
Page 5 and 6: NOTE TO FACILITATORS AND LEARNERS:
Page 7 and 8: 1 READING COMPREHENSION: POETRY INT
Page 9 and 10: 3 POETRY Poetry is a special form o
Page 11: This poem has a rhyme scheme of ABA
Page 15 and 16: 2. Chart the rhythms with stressed
Page 17 and 18: 11 The Plowman I heard the plowman
Page 19 and 20: 13 Blank verse is a form of poetry
Page 21 and 22: Other traditional folk ballads whic
Page 23 and 24: 17 Exercise IV Answer the questions
Page 25 and 26: 19 Cats doze and linger With patien
Page 27 and 28: 21 Kite I wish I were a kite on hig
Page 29 and 30: 23 Examples as blind as a bat as pa
Page 31 and 32: A. Look again at the poem “ Winte
Page 33 and 34: 27 Exercise VII Read the following
Page 35 and 36: 29 White spirits loosed from bonds
Page 37 and 38: 31 Birds, Bags, Bears, and Buns The
Page 39 and 40: 33 Exercise II A. He Who Binds to H
Page 41 and 42: C. First quatrain (lines 1 - 4) The
Page 43 and 44: Metaphor: The trees fling “their
Page 45 and 46: 39 POETRY PRE-TEST 1. Mark the rhyt
Page 47 and 48: 41 4 Though few flies wander his se
Page 49 and 50: 43 PRE-TEST: ANSWER KEY ^ / ^ / ^ /
Page 51 and 52: 45 2. a) Metaphor Black swallows sw
Page 53 and 54: 47 d. This is a sonnet. It has 14 l
Page 55 and 56: 49 These books are not merely antho
Page 57 and 58: FEEDBACK PROCESS For feedback, plea

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