THE BROOK

• English
• HBO
• Studiejaar 3

Hello and welcome 

Expected learning outcome

 Draw parallelism between different stages of a man and river.

 Identify different sounds the brook makes in the poem

as it flows.

 Explore the poet

 Listen and comprehend the poem

 Identify the tone and mood of the poet and rhyme scheme of the poem

 Express their views and opinions in the answers based on the poem and inferences made by them

what are the different stages a man passes through in his whole life?

Do you think there is a similarity between human life and a river?

Definitely YES

Absolutely NO

I am unsure

DRAG & DROP

Drag and Drop the hints given to complete the passage of River Yamuna as read in the lesson ' Footloose in Agra'

Foothills near Kalsi

wheat fields in UP

Mathura alive with turtles

Delhi - patchwork for washerman

Agra 

Lord Alfred Tennyson

(1809-1892) 

• was born at Lincolnshire fourth of twelve children.
• Main poet from 'The Victorian Era.' 
• A Paris Hilton of his time.
• He began writing poems at an early age. 

Do you know?

•  Tennyson was extremely nearsighted.
• He had trouble even seeing to eat without the aid of monocle.
• He would compose most of his poems in his head.
• He would only write them down at the urging of others.

Drag and Match the words to the given pictures. 

Text

Forget-me-nots

Coot

Heron

Lusty Trout

Grayling

Animated video of the poem ‘The Brook’ using OUP

a. What feelings does the poem invoke in you?

b. Identify the setting of the poem.

c. What is the tone of the poet?

d. “I come from haunts of coot and hem,
I make a sudden sally
And sparkle out among the fem,
To bicker down a valley.”
Identify the rhyme scheme .

Listen to the recitation of the poem once again and answer the following questions. 

00:56

Make a sequential list of the various places that fall in the path of the brook as it flows.

Different sounds the brook makes in the poem.

e. Which line in the third stanza highlights the eternal flow of the river?

f. Which line indicates that The Brook is full of enthusiasm?

g. What is the final destination of Brook?