The ppt will explain the poem in simple and better way

1. Youcan’tTeachChildrento BehaveBetterby
MakingThemFeelWorse.
WhenChildrenFeelBetter,TheyBehaveBetter.

2. Robin
Klein
Som
Sir
CBSE Class – 10
First Flight

3. The English Lesson TEL
DifficultWords usedinthe Poem
LinebyLineEasyExplanationofPoem
LiteraryDevicesusedinthePoem
ImportantQuestionsfromthePoem
RhymeSchemeof thePoem

4. Her Famous Writings
- Boss of the Pool
People Might Hear You
Hating Alison Ashley
Come Back to Show You I can Fly

6. Don’t bite your nails, Amanda!
Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!
Stop that slouching and sit up straight,
Amanda!
(There is a languid, emerald sea,
where the sole inhabitant is me -
a mermaid, drifting blissfully.)
Hunch : bend
Slouching : sitting in a lazy way
Emerald : green colour (here)
Mermaid : an imaginary creature
Languid : relaxed Drifting blissfully : swim happily

7. Did you finish your homework, Amanda?
Did you tidy your room, Amanda?
I thought I told you to clean your shoes,
Amanda!
(I am an orphan, roaming the street.
I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.
The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet.)
Tidy : arranged neatly
Orphan: a child whose parents are dead
Roaming: wandering
Hushed: very quiet

8. Don’t eat that chocolate, Amanda!
Remember your acne, Amanda!
Will you please look at me when I’m speaking to you,
Amanda!
(I am Rapunzel; I have not a care;
life in a tower is tranquil and rare;
I’ll certainly never let down my bright hair!)
Acne : pimples
Tranquil : calm / quiet
Rare : uncommon
Certainly : surely

9. Stop that sulking at once, Amanda!
You’re always so moody, Amanda!
Anyone would think that I nagged at you,
Amanda!
Sulking : be in a bad mood Nagged : harass

10. Rhyme Scheme : AABA CCC
Rhyme Scheme : AADA EEE

11. Rhyme Scheme : AAFA GGG
Rhyme Scheme : AAHA

12. Anaphora
When two or more lines of the poem starts with same words.
‘Don’t’ word is used at the start of two consecutive lines at the
beginning. Besides, ‘Did you’ is also an example of Anaphora
Metaphor
‘emerald sea’ refers to the colour of emerald. (a gem stone)
‘The silence is golden’ is also used as metaphor. silence is said to be
glorious like golden colour.
Allusion
An allusion is a reference to a well-known person, character, event or
other literary works.
Mermaid – an imaginary creature
Rapunzel – a famous fairy tale character
Alliteration
Repetition of sound in a sequence of nearby words
Stop that Slouching and Sit up Straight (‘S’ sound is being repeated)
Stop that Sulking at once, Amanda!

13. WORDS MEANING
Hunch Bend
Slouching
Sitting in a lazy
way
Languid Relaxed
Emerald
Green colored
gem
Inhabitant Resident
Drifting Carried by water
Blissfully Happily
Hushed Quiet place
WORDS MEANING
Acne Pimples
Tranquil Calm / Quiet
Rare Uncommon
Certainly Surely
Orphan
A child without
parents
Sulking Be in a bad mood
Moody Unstable
Nagged To Harass

14. Important Questions
WhydoesAmandawanttobeamermaid?
WhydoesAmandadreamtobeanorphan?
Whatisthethemeofthepoem‘Amanda’?
Whatmadehersulkandbecomemoody?
WhatpicturedoyouformofAmanda’smother?

15. F O R W A T C H I N G