Question

(a) Given below are five lines from a poem but they are not in the right order.

Get into groups of four. Read the lines and put them in the right order. Read the version that you develop to the whole class.

The voice of thunder declares my arrival.

I emerge from the heart of the sea.

I descend and embrace the flowers.

I am dotted silver threads dropped from heaven.

The rainbow announces my departure.

(b) Who is ‘I’ in these lines?

(c) Imagining yourself as the subject of this poem, write five lines about yourself in less than five minutes.

You may like to

• define yourself
• state what you do
• explain why people like/dislike you
• mention any other characteristic about yourself

Answer 1

(a)

I emerge from the heart of the sea.

I am dotted silver threads dropped from heaven.

The voice of thunder declares my arrival.

I descend and embrace the flowers.

The rainbow announces my departure.

(b) The “I” refers to the rain. The poet has personified rain and describes its journey, arrival and departure as if it were a living being.

(c) Five lines about myself as the rain:

• I am the rain, falling from the sky.
• I bring life and freshness to the earth.
• I wash away the dust and make flowers bloom.
• People love me because I bring coolness and joy.
• I am nature’s gift that makes the world beautiful.