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Leisure
William H Davis
About William H Davis
The poem was written by a man called W.H. Davies. He wrote many poems and he also wrote a story about his own life. The book is called the Autobiography of s Super-Tramp.
In this poem, the poet says we should not be so busy in life that we have no time to see the beautiful things around us. Beauty is spoken of as a person; she glances and dances with her beautiful feet; she smiles.
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this is if, full of care,
We have not time to stand and stare.
Available Answers
- 1.
What is the meaning of the word 'leisure'? Look it up in a dictionary.
- 2.
What do you think the following phrases mean?
- full of care
- streams full of stars
- broad daylight
- 3.
Which stanza do you think is the most important?
- 4.
Which stanza do you like the best? Why?
- 5.
In the fifth stanza, Beauty is mentioned with a capital B. Beauty is treated like a person. What does Beauty do like a person?
- 6.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.- Who or what is 'her' in these lines?
- What should there be time for?
- What does the word 'enrich' mean?
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