week 5 homework

I chose “To a Daughter Leaving Home”. This poem talks about the independence of a daughter and how the parents feel about that. All students must have to stand on their own feet. It is not only difficult but also unfamiliar to them. So, I want to tell them what independence is and how their parents feel about it. Another reason is the language using in this poem. “To a Daughter Leaving Home” is easier than other three texts in terms of the language such as vocabulary, organization and sentence’s structure.

 

First is about the message in this poem “To a Daughter Leaving Home”. As noted above, this poem talks about a separation between a daughter and the parents in life with the course of the time. The poet compares this to a separation between a bicycle daughter rides and hands of the poet. It can show us the parents feelings when the child becoming independent of them. That’s why I recommend this to high school students. The period they passing is the time becoming independent person from their parents and house. In that time, I wish they would understand and read their parent’s mind through this poem.

 

Second reason is the language the poet uses in this poem. “To a Daughter Leaving Home” uses easier words and sentence structures. Further, this uses a metaphor, it makes us think of the meaning in words and guess the willing of the poet through this poem. I see this is very important process when the high school students learn literature. Especially, metaphors make them acquires more various words and a good reasoning power. Then, I want to teach this poem for my students.

 

Thoughts of the poet and the cordiality of the parents are equal. This poem can teach students not only as literary work but also as a representative of the words parents want to tell them. It makes them more easily accept the truth that the independence isn’t choice and this is attended with something loss and more readily stand the times.




 

 

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