Suppose [poem]

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Part of The Young Citizen: The Magazine for Young People

Title: Suppose [poem]
Creator: Cary, Phoebe
Language: English
Source: The Young Citizen. 3 (4) May 1937
Year: 1937
Subject: Poetry (Literary form)
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Fulltext: 116 THE YOUNG CITIZEN Ma11. 19J7 MEMORIZE A POEM A MONTH Have you ever broken a toy or lost something you valued very much? How did you feel about your loss? Read through the poem "Suppose.'' To whom is the author talking? Read the first stanza again. What does a girl usually do when she breaks sions as you can. Read each stanza several times until you remember the lines. Recite the poem to yourself. Refer to the poem when you cannot go on. Read it aloud many times until you can recite it without looking. Whenever you worry over a happening that cannot be helped, recite the poem to yourself. When you feel like her doll? Does crying over a broken leaving a piece of work undone, recite doll make it whole again? According it. to the author, what should a girl say when she breaks her doll? Do you· agree with him? answer. Give reasons for you Read the second stanza slowly and try to understand it. Have you ever been told to do a difficult piece of work? Did you start it right away? How did you feel? Which is the wise thing to SUPPOSE By Phoebe Cary Suppose, my little lady, Your doll should break her head, Could you make it whole by crying Till your eyes and nose are red? And wouldn't it be pleasanter To treat it as a joke, do when you have a hard work before And say you're glad " 'Twas Dolly's you? And not your head that broke"? Read and understand the following: task- work fret - complain dunce - a foolish person in earnest - with all your might Read the two stanzas aloud. Show Suppose your task, my little man, Is very hard to get, Will it make it any easier For you to sit and fret? And wouldn't it be wiser Than waiting like a dunce,. by your reading that you understand To go to work in earnest the lines. Remember as many expres- And learn the thing at once?