Douglas Malloch

If you cant be a pine on the top of the hill,

Be a scrub in the valleybut be
The best little scrub by the side of the rill;
Be a bush if you cant be a tree.

If you cant be a bush, be a bit of the grass,

And some highway happier make;
If you cant be a muskie, then just be a bass
But the liveliest bass in the lake!

We cant all be captains, weve got to be crew.

Theres something for all of us here,
Theres big work to do, and theres lesser to do,
And the task you must do is near.

If you cant be a highway, then just be a trail,

If you cant be a sun, be a star;
It isnt by size that you win or you fail
Be the best of whatever you are!
1. What is the difference between the following;
a. bush and tree
b. bush and grass
c. a member of a crew and the captain of the ship
2.Which of the two in each pair would you like to be?
Why?
a. bush and tree
b. bush and grass
c. a member of a crew and the captain of the ship
3. What does the poet want you to do? Why?
4. What is the mood of the poem?
5. What do you think is the poets purpose in writing the
poem?
Tone refers to the poets attitude towards
the subject or topic of the poem as in
serious, happy, indifferent, sad, funny, etc.

Mood is the overall emotion or feeling

expressed in the poem, like optimism, hope,
passion, love.

A poets purpose in writing may be to

instruct or to inform, to entertain, to inspire,
or to persuade.
 Douglas Malloch

If you cant be a pine on the top of the hill,

Be a scrub in the valleybut be
The best little scrub by the side of the rill;
Be a bush if you cant be a tree.

If you cant be a bush, be a bit of the grass,

And some highway happier make;
If you cant be a muskie, then just be a bass
But the liveliest bass in the lake!

We cant all be captains, weve got to be crew.

Theres something for all of us here,
Theres big work to do, and theres lesser to do,
And the task you must do is near.

If you cant be a highway, then just be a trail,

If you cant be a sun, be a star;
It isnt by size that you win or you fail
Be the best of whatever you are!
A Beautiful World
By Vincent Godfrey Burns
Make your world beautiful
Begin with just the simplest thing,
A word to speak, a song to sing,
A prayer to say, a note to write
A room to clean, a lamp to light
to lead some pilgrims through the night.
Make your world beautiful
Be kind to one you thought unkind,
Love selflessly and you will find
The miracle that makes a friend
A rose-strewn pathway, round the bend,
A rainbow at the rovers end
Tone refers to the poets attitude towards the
subject or topic of the poem as in serious,
happy, indifferent, sad, funny, etc.
Mood is the overall emotion or feeling
expressed in the poem, like optimism, hope,
passion, love.
A poets purpose in writing may be to instruct
or to inform, to entertain, to inspire, or to
persuade.
1. Tone:
2. Mood:

Make your world beautiful 3. Poets Purpose:

Awake to the beauty, come aware
Of all the good in which you share,
The love that round about you lies,
And you will see with glad surprise
How close you live to paradise.
Mildred Plews Meigs
Think It Over:

1. What does the boy want to be?

2. What does he see himself doing in the future?
3. What does the poet mean by there are trails a lad may follow when the years of his
boyhood slip?
4. Do you believe in the phrase reach for your dream?

5. As a Grade Five pupil, do you intend to reach for your dream? What do you intend to
do?
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