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How closely do you think the drawing matches your mental image of
living a life with purpose? Prove your point.
What is your over- all impression of this drawing?
How does the picture make you feel?
What other visuals can you think of to illustrate living with a purpose?
Prove your point.
Share your findings with the rest of the class.
At this point, you should try
Task 8 FUSIONS OF SOUNDS AND SENSE
What really contribute to the poem’s meaning? Doubtlessly, you know that
the orchestration of sounds, story, sense and form brings about “life” in a poem you
read. That absolutely drives you to “feel” life in it. Through the words used by the
poet, as expressed by the “ persona” / speaker, the vivid images, clear sounds, exact
feelings are clearly conveyed
DRAFT
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April 10, 2014
Now, do you really care to find out how you can live a purpose driven life? To find
out
Listen to your teacher read the poem as you read it silently.
Focus on the context of the poem. Try this.
Make a list of words, phrases, lines that convey sound, feeling, and meaning.
A Psalm of Life
by:Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.
Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each to-morrow
Finds us farther than to-day.
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
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