In Memoriam, XI

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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Published: 1850, in In Memoriam A. H. H.
Length: 20 lines, 137 words, 1 word in 34 is long
Year band: Reading load: Years 3–4. A guide from word length, not a curriculum level.
Themes: autumn, sun, thanks
Time: 5–10 min, depending on the activity

The text

Calm is the morn without a sound,Calm as to suit a calmer grief,And only thro’ the faded leafThe chesnut pattering to the ground:

Calm and deep peace on this high wold,And on these dews that drench the furze,And all the silvery gossamersThat twinkle into green and gold:

Calm and still light on yon great plainThat sweeps with all its autumn bowers,And crowded farms and lessening towers,To mingle with the bounding main:

Calm and deep peace in this wide air,These leaves that redden to the fall;And in my heart, if calm at all,If any calm, a calm despair:

Calm on the seas, and silver sleep,And waves that sway themselves in rest,And dead calm in that noble breastWhich heaves but with the heaving deep.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (died 1892), In Memoriam A. H. H. (1850), lines 714–737 of Project Gutenberg ebook #70950. Public domain in Australia: the author died before 1955. Copied word for word and checked against the ebook.

What to do with it

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Its lines are dealt for names in posy cardsin posy · 20 lines · about 5–10 min
Task for students (you can change the sentence before you print; nothing is saved)See how posy takes lines from this poem, then make a card for someone using them.
See how posy takes lines from this poem, then make a card for someone using them.
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Its lines are dealt for the sky in the weather poemsin weatherline · 20 lines · about 5–10 min
Task for students (you can change the sentence before you print; nothing is saved)See where weatherline takes lines from this poem, then read today's poem the sky has chosen.
See where weatherline takes lines from this poem, then read today's poem the sky has chosen.
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