Lesson Topic: Poem: Count that Day Lost by George EliotBridging Text, Context and Theme
Name of Teacher: Susan Strikovsky
Target Class: 11th
Lesson Place in the Curriculum:
Lesson Two
המצגת נערכה ע"י סוזן סטריקובסקיכל הזכויות שמורות לוויסקול לימודים מקוונים בע"מ
Table of Contents
• Bridging Text and Context
• Explanation of Bridging Text and Context
• Repetition
• Examples of Repetition
• Themes
• Conclusion
Bridging Text and Context
Although the Victorian
Age was characterized by
peace and prosperity,
there were huge gaps
between the rich and the
poor.
The lower classes lived in
poverty. By Alexander Bassano - Scanned from the book The National Portrait Gallery History of the Kings and Queens of England by David Williamson, ISBN 1855142287, p. 153., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6640482
By C. Lodge (d.1906), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6223529
Bridging Text and Context
Poor children were forced to work
hard in order to support their families
instead of going to school.
Eliot and her friends were openly
critical of these conditions.
For them, the writer’s job was to help
improve society.
By Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons. Second time from Commons as a GIF which I converted to PNG, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2900244
Child Labor
Explanation of Bridging Text and Context
The background information puts the poem in a wider social
perspective and context and gives insight to the poet's reasons for
writing the poem.
It deepens our understanding of her writing.
How does this background add or change your understanding of
the story?
Repetition
When words are repeated it is easier to concentrate and remember
them.
The repetitions reinforce the message of the poem.
Examples of Repetition
What examples of repetition can you find in
the poem Count that Day Lost ?
Examples of Repetition
The poet repeats key terms:-
• as one (lines 4 and 6),
• count (lines 2 and 8),
• and counting (line 3),
• and you (lines 1, 2, 8)
Examples of Repetition
Such repetition adds to the poem’s force and strengthens
its meaning.
The repetition of you, in particular, never lets us forget that
the speaker is addressing each reader directly.
The poem also seems forceful because of its heavy
emphasis on verbs.
Themes
Everyone should do an act of kindness every day. It makes
our lives more meaningful.
It expresses an important basic principle underlying
civilized society.
Themes
The poem implies that society as a whole can be improved
if each of us does his or her part – and that it is every
person’s responsibility to do so.
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Today’s Lesson was about:
Poem: Count that Day Lost by George
Eliot
Bridging Text, Context and Theme
Next Lesson will be about:
Short Story- Thank You Ma’am By
Langston Hughes- Basic Understanding
and Analysis
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