Blessings of God
(Cecil Alexander)
All things bright and beautiful.
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Great God made them all,
Each little flower that opens,
Each little bird that sings,
He made their glowing colours,
He mad ether tiny wings,
The purpose headed mountain,
The river running by,
The sunset and the morning,
That brightens up the sky,
The cold wind in the winter,
The pleasant summer sun,
The ripe fruit in the garden,
He made them every one,
The tall trees in the greenwood,
The meadows where we play,
The rushes by the water,
We gather every day,
He gave us eyes to see them,
And lips that we might tell,
How great is God Almighty,
Who has made all things well.
(Cecil Alexander)
All things bright and beautiful.
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Great God made them all,
Each little flower that opens,
Each little bird that sings,
He made their glowing colours,
He mad ether tiny wings,
The purpose headed mountain,
The river running by,
The sunset and the morning,
That brightens up the sky,
The cold wind in the winter,
The pleasant summer sun,
The ripe fruit in the garden,
He made them every one,
The tall trees in the greenwood,
The meadows where we play,
The rushes by the water,
We gather every day,
He gave us eyes to see them,
And lips that we might tell,
How great is God Almighty,
Who has made all things well.
CENTRAL IDEA
In this poem the poet has described and mentioned all those things with which God has blessed us. He made beautiful flowers, singing birds, mountains, sunrise and sunset and soon to make us conscious of God's blessings. He wants us to praise Him and thank Him for it.
SUMMARY
In this poem the poet Cecil Alexander wants to make us realize the existence and presence of God Almighty. He does so by describing the beautiful objects of nature with which he has blessed us. The poet mentions beautiful and bright things like flowers, birds, mountains, rivers, sunrise and sunset, trees and green meadows. He says that God has made all these beautiful things for the benefit of man. They are His blessings on us. He has also given us tongue to praise His glory and thank him for his benevolence.
WORDS ---------- MEANING
Glowing ---------------Shining -------
Purple headed mountain --------------Mountain with a reddish peak.
Meadows -------------------------Grassy grounds, pastures
Rushes -------------Grassy plants
Almighty ---------All powerful
Notes:
The poet describes beautiful objects of Nature around us to make us conscious of God's blessings. The beautiful flowers, the singing birds, mountains, the sunset and tall trees move us to praise God and be grateful to Him for His gifts.
I. Comprehension
1. What are the objects of Nature which remind us of the glory and greatness of God.
Ans: The objects of Nature which remind us of the Glory and Greatness of God are, the blooming flowers, singing birds, the mountains, rivers, the sunrise and the sunset and green meadows.
2. Write a summary of the poem.
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SUMMARY
In this poem the poet Cecil Alexander wants to make us realize the existence and presence of God Almighty. He does so by describing the beautiful objects of nature with which he has blessed us. The poet mentions beautiful and bright things like flowers, birds, mountains, rivers, sunrise and sunset, trees and green meadows. He says that God has made all these beautiful things for the benefit of man. They are His blessings on us. He has also given us tongue to praise His glory and thank him for his benevolence.
In this poem the poet Cecil Alexander wants to make us realize the existence and presence of God Almighty. He does so by describing the beautiful objects of nature with which he has blessed us. The poet mentions beautiful and bright things like flowers, birds, mountains, rivers, sunrise and sunset, trees and green meadows. He says that God has made all these beautiful things for the benefit of man. They are His blessings on us. He has also given us tongue to praise His glory and thank him for his benevolence.
3. Prepare a list of the rhyming words in the poem (Example: small, all)
Answer
Beautiful, Wonderful, - Small, All, - Sings, Wings, - By, Sky, - Sun, Once, - Play, Day, - Tell, Well
II. Vowels and consonants:
English has 26 letters of alphabet. These letters are divided, according to sound into:
(a) Vowels: a, e, I, o, u
(b) Consonants: All letters from b to z excluding the vowels above.
When we produce a vowel sound, our breath flows out of our mouth freely, without any stop, fiction or obstruction.
But when we produce a consonant sound, say 'b', 'p', 'm', our lips meet to stop our breath.
In the case of the vowel sound 'u', you will note that it sounds more like 'y' in the word 'you' which is a consonant sound. It will sound as a vowel if we say 'oo' like in 'fool', 'put', 'book'. This is very important. You must remember this point.
III Syllables:
When we say a word by just one sound of the voice, such a word is said to be of 'one syllable'.
Thus words like 'fish', 'hand', 'friend', 'school', 'show', are one syllable words. It is the sound and not spelling that is important. All the following are one syllable words:
Book, each, night, rule, plough, loud, bright
Words that need two sounds from the voice are called two syllable words. Here are some:
But-ter (butter) kind-ness (kindness)
Dra-ma (drama) stu-dent (student)
But-ter (butter) kind-ness (kindness)
Dra-ma (drama) stu-dent (student)
If there are three voice sounds in a word, we say it is a three syllable word, e.g.,
But-ter-cup, beau-ti-ful, lib-ra-ry, ma-na-ger
This division of a word in syllables is very important in learning the correct pronunciation of a word. Take, for example, the word ;present'. It is a two-=syllable word: pre-sent.
Now if we say the first part louder than the second: PREsent, the word will mean 'gift' (noun) or the opposite of absent (adjective). If we say the second part louder as PreSENT, it means to offer (verb). This in English is known as 'stress'.
There are many two syllable words which have a different meaning if their first syllable is stressed and quite different if the second syllable carries the stress, e.g.,
CONtract (noun) : an agreement
conTRACT (verb) : opposite of expand
OBject (noun) : thing that can be seen or touched
obJECT (verb) : to say that one does not agree to something
Stress is important for correct pronunciation of words also. The word 'library' is a three syllable word, we stress the first syllable for correct pronunciation. The word id LIBrary. So is the word MANager.
All good dictionaries indicate the headwords in bold letters divided in syllables. They also show the primary and other stress for the correct pronunciation of words. Try to understand them.
Write the following words in columns showing how many syllables they have:
Example:
One syllable ------- Free
Two syllables ----- English
Three syllables. -- Following
School, Blackboard, Teacher, Chalk, Tuck shop, Bicycle, Transport, Policeman, Doctor, Urdu, Cricket, Election, Difficult, Leader, Important, Primary, Understand, Sofa, Patient, Medicine, Injection, Plough, Rough, Thought.
One syllable
School, Blackboard, Teacher, Chalk, Tuck shop, Bicycle, Transport, Policeman, Doctor, Urdu, Cricket, Election, Difficult, Leader, Important, Primary, Understand, Sofa, Patient, Medicine, Injection, Plough, Rough, Thought.
One syllable
School, Chalk, Sofa, Plough, Rough, Thought, Leader
Two syllable
Blackboard, Teacher, Tuck shop, Bicycle, Transport, Policeman, Doctor
Urdu, Cricket, Election, Difficult, Primary, Patient
Three syllable
Important, Understand, Medicine, Injection
Two syllable
Blackboard, Teacher, Tuck shop, Bicycle, Transport, Policeman, Doctor
Urdu, Cricket, Election, Difficult, Primary, Patient
Three syllable
Important, Understand, Medicine, Injection
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