When I was One-and-Twenty

Verse vs. Prose• Verse:stanzarhyming schemesrhythm• Prose:paragraph

Figurative speech in the poem• crowns and pounds and guineas• heart, fancy, sighsWhat do they represent in real life?

Point of view• Why did the poet use the first personpoint of view instead of the second or thethird?-personal experience, persuasiveness, …

Post-reading activity I• Listen to a love song: Roses are redand fill in the blank.

Post-reading activity II• Have students rewrite the poem byreplacing the missing words.• When I was One-and-Twenty

Extra assignmentChange the poem into the form of a letterand use the first person point of viewwriting to your best friend.

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Roses Are Red / Bobby VintonA) blue B) name C) new D) tooA long, long time ago, ongraduation day.You handed me your book ... Isigned this way:"Roses are red, my love.Violets are blue.Sugar is sweet, my love.But not as sweet as you.""Roses are red, my love.Violets are __1___.Sugar is sweet, my love.But not as sweet as you."We dated through high school.And when the big day came,I wrote into your book,next to my__2___:"Roses are red, my love.Violets are __1___.Sugar is sweet, my love.But not as sweet as you."Then I went far away and youfound someone__3___.I read your letter dear, and I wroteback to you:"Roses are red, my love.Violets are __1___.Sugar is sweet, my love.But luck may god bless you."Is that your little girl?She looks a lot like you.Someday some boy will writein her book,__4___.

Love Poem/ A.E. HousmanWhen I was one-and-twentyI heard a wise man say,"Give ________ and ________ and ________But not your heart away;Give ________ away and ________But keep your ________ free."But I was one-and-twenty,No use to talk to me.When I was one-and-twentyI heard him say again,"The ________ out of the ________Was never given in vain;'Tis paid with ________ aplentyAnd sold for endless ________."And I am two-and-twentyAnd oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.