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Great, Wide, Beautiful, Wonderful World (a)

With the wonderful water around you curled,(a)
And the wonderful grass on your breast, (b)
World, you are beautifully dressed. (b)
Ah, you are so great, and I am so small, (C)
I tremble to think of you, World, at all; (c )
And yet, when I said my prayers to-day, (d)
A whisper inside me seemed to say, (d)
"You are more than the Earth, though you are such a dot: (e)
You can love and think, and the Earth cannot!" (e)

New Vocab.:-

Curled : covered with\ wrapped up.

Breast: heart\ chest.
Tremble: to shake with excitement.
Whisper: a soft voice.
Dot: very small point.
Wide: very large- broad.

Paraphrase:pg. 1

In this poem the poet is an admirer of the world and its beauty. He
says that the world is so big, so great and beautiful. He believes that the
world is a fine place. The poet describes the fine world as a person, and
as people are wrapped up in clothes, so is the world which is wrapped up
in wonderful grass, green fields and valleys.
In the second part, starting from line 7, however the idea is changed.
The poet compares between himself and the world. At first, he admits
that he is so small compared to the world. But while praying he hears a
whisper that tells him that Man is much more important than the world as
Man has something which does not exist in the world. Man can think and
love but the world cannot. This idea is summed up in the last two lines.
You are more than Earth, though you are such a dot,
You can love and think and Earth cannot!.
Commentary:
1) The poem consists of ten lines
2) In the 1st line the poet emphasizes the greatness of the world using many
adjectives: great, wide, beautiful and wonderful.
3) The poet personifies the world, describing it as a person with human
features. Grass on your breast. World you are beautifully dressed.
4) The rhyme scheme in this poem is quite simple; aa, bb, cc, dd, ee.
Figures of speech:
a) Personification: With the grass on your breast, World you are
beautifully dressed.
b) Alliteration:
Line 1: Wide, Wonderful, World.
Line 2: With, Wonderful, Water.
Line 6: Tremble, Think.
Line 8: Seemed, Say.

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1- Write the lines in which the poet admires the world & shows
how wonderful and big it is.
Ans.>> Great, Wide, Beautiful, Wonderful World
With the wonderful water around you curled,
And the wonderful grass on your breast,
World, you are beautifully dressed
2- Who is the author of the poem? Tell in your own words what
this poem is about.
Ans.>> The author is William Brigty Rands (W. B. Rands). The poem starts
by the admiration
of the poet to Earth and describing it as Great, Wide,
Beautiful and Wonderful. Then near the end he starts making a comparison
between himself and the World\Earth. When he hears an inner sound that
tells him that he is much better than the Earth because he has things that
the World doesnt have which is the ability to think and love.
3- Give the meaning of the following words:- tremble- curled- dot.
- Ans. >> Tremble: to shake with excitement - Curled: covered with\
wrapped up - Dot: very small point.
4- Write the second verse of Great, Wide, Beautiful, Wonderful
World.
Ans. >>

And yet, when I said my prayers to-day,

A whisper inside me seemed to say,
You are more than the Earth, though you are such a dot:
You can love and think, and the Earth cannot!"
5- Write down the lines that show how wonderful the world is
compared to Man.
"You are more than the Earth, though you are such a dot:
You can love and think, and the Earth cannot!
6-

Ah, you are so great, and I am so small

I tremble to think of you world at all;
Complete the poem to the end and mention its rhyme scheme.
And yet, when I said my prayers to-day,
A whisper inside me seemed to say,
You are more than the Earth, though you are such a dot:
You can love and think, and the Earth cannot!"

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The rhyme scheme is : {dd, ee}

6- Write the meaning of the poem in your own words.
In this poem the poet is an admirer of the world and its beauty. He
says that the world is so big, so great and beautiful. He believes that the
world is a fine place. The poet describes the fine world as a person, and
as people are wrapped up in clothes, so is the world which is wrapped up
in wonderful grass, green fields and valleys. In the second part, starting
from line 7, however the idea is changed. The poet compares between
himself and the world. At first, he admits that he is so small compared to
the world. But while praying he hears a whisper that tells him that Man is
much more important than the world as Man has something which does
not exist in the world. Man can think and love but the world cannot.
7- What whisper did the writer hear while praying?
You are more than the Earth, though you are such a dot:
You can love and think, and the Earth cannot!"
The poet hears a whisper while praying that tells him that Man is much
more important than the world as Man has something which does not
exist in the world. Man can think and love but the world cannot.
8- What comparison is there in this poem?
The poet compares between himself and the world. At first, he admits
that he is so small compared to the world. But while praying he hears a
whisper that tells him that Man is much more important than the world
as Man has something which does not exist in the world. Man can think
and love but the world cannot.
9- Write the main idea of the poem?
In the poem the poet admires the world and its beauty. He says that the
world is so big, so great and beautiful. The poet compares between
himself and the world. At first, he admits that he is so small compared to
the world. Then he hears a whisper that tells him that Man is much more
important than the world, as Man has something which does not exist in
the world. Man can think and love but the world cannot.

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