POEM: SHEEP
-----By W.H. DAVIES
When I was once in Baltimore
A man came up to me and cried,
'Come,I have eighteen hundred sheep,
And we will sail on Tuesday's tide',
'If you will sail with me, young man,
I'll pay you fifty shillings down;
These eighteen hundred sheep I take
From Baltimore to Glasgow.'
He paid me fifty shillings down,
I sailed with eighteen hundred sheep:
We soon had cleared the harbour's mouth,
We soon were in the salt sea deep.
The first night we were out at sea
Those sheep were quiet in their mind,
The second night they cried with fear----
They smelt no pastures in the wind.
They sniffed, poor things, for green fields,
They cried so loud I could not sleep:
For fifty thousand shillings down
I would not sail again with sheep.
Answers these questions:-
1.What proposal was made to the young sailor by the owner of the sheep?
2. Quote lines to show that the sheep's cry made a lasting impression on the young sailor's mind.
3. What idea does the poet wish to convey through the poem?
4. Has the poem moved you? Give reasons for your answer.
5. Suggest another suitable title for the poem.
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Answers
1) The owner of the ship told the young man (sailor) that if he (sailor) sailed with him (the owner of the ship) then he would pay the sailor fifty shillings down.
2) "They (the sheep) sniffed, poor things, for green fields, They cried so loud I could not sleep" This quote proves that the sheep's cry made a lasting impression on the young sailor's mind.
3) Payment of good amounts of money force us to do something that can bring problem to ourselves giving a uncomfortable environment. This ia the ultimate message that the poet conveyed through this poem. The young sailor at last realised that for fifty thousand shillings down he would not sail again with sheep.
4) Yes the poem has moved and influenced my thoughts. In today's world, it's not impossible for certain people to do some works that can bring problem to themselves instead of money. But, later, when the time has already expired, they realised that they had done a great mistake. This beautiful truth has been conveyed by the poet through his poem which really touched my heart.
5) Another suitable title for the poem can be : Sailing with the sheep
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