Question

The Arrow and the Song
Warm-up
Read these lines from a poem. Do you agree with the poet? Share your views with you
elbow partner.
Sticks and stones may
break
my
bones,
But words can also hurt me.
Stones and sticks break only skin,
While words are ghosts that haunt me...'
-Ruby Redfort
Reading
Let us read a poem where the poet talks about loving,
as opposed to hurting friends.
I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.
I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For who has the sight so keen and strong,
That it can follow the flight of song?
Long, long afterward in an oak
I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
flight: (here) the journey
of the arrow
breathed: (here) sang​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The Arrow and the Song

Warm-up

Read these lines from a poem. Do you agree with the poet? Share your views with you

elbow partner.

Sticks and stones may

break

my

bones,

But words can also hurt me.

Stones and sticks break only skin,

While words are ghosts that haunt me...'

-Ruby Redfort

Reading

Let us read a poem where the poet talks about loving,

as opposed to hurting friends.

I shot an arrow into the air,

It fell to earth, I knew not where;

For, so swiftly it flew, the sight

Could not follow it in its flight.

I breathed a song into the air,

It fell to earth, I knew not where;

For who has the sight so keen and strong,

That it can follow the flight of song?

Long, long afterward in an oak

I found the arrow, still unbroke;

And the song, from beginning to end,

I found again in the heart of a friend.

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

flight: (here) the journey

of the arrow

breathed: (here) sang

Answer 2

Answer:

It's really true by saying that stones can hurt me by breaking my bones but words can haunt me