We are seven (终极版).pptx

We Are Seven;CONTENT;;Structure of Poem;Background;Theme--- Death;Poetry Dissection;;;;;; ?And where are they? I pray you tell. ??????????She answered, Seven are we;??????????And two of us at Conway dwell,??????????And two are gone to sea. ;? Two of us in the church-yard lie,??????????My sister and my brother;??????????And, in the church-yard cottage, I??????????Dwell near them with my mother.;?You say that two at Conway dwell,??????????And two are gone to sea,??????????Yet ye are seven!--I pray you tell,??????????Sweet Maid, how this may be.;? Then did the little Maid reply,??????????Seven boys and girls are we; ??????????Two of us in the church-yard lie,??????????Beneath the church-yard tree.;Tone(s) and tone shift(s);“Their graves are green, they may be seen,” The little Maid replied, “Twelve steps or more from my mothers door, And they are side by side.;“My stockings there I often knit, My kerchief there I hem; And there upon the ground I sit, And sing a song to them.;“And often after sunset, Sir, When it is light and fair, I take my little porringer, And eat my supper there.;“The first that died was sister Jane; In bed she moaning lay, Till God released her of her pain; And then she went away.;So in the church-yard she was laid; And, when the grass was dry, Together round her grave we played, My brother John and I.;And when the ground was white with snow, And I could run and slide, My brother John was forced to go, And he lies by her side. ;How many are you, then, said I, If they two are in heaven?“ Quick was the little Maids reply, O Master! we are seven.;But they are dead; those two are dead! Their spirits are in heaven!“ Twas throwing words away; for still The little Maid would have her will, And said, Nay, we are seven!;;Thank you