Understanding the Poem
1. Does the water-lily 'open up' (that is, bloom) quickly over a night or day, or gradually over a few
days? What supports your answer?
2. What is amazing about that process of opening up? What two things change each day?
3. What is our first reading of a poem compared to? Do we find that surprising?
4. When are we actually surprised about the poem? What causes it?
5. Does the poem just unfold as time passes or does it happen when we do something a few
What do we have to do?
The water-lily grows larger in size and gets a deeper colour as it unfolds.
What does the poem do?
eciating the Poem
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1-That said, tropical water lilies can be either day- or night- flowering plants of temperature above 80 degree, these flowers will finally start to open up and bloom. Suitable temperature and wind conditions and gradually watch it increase in diameter.
2- One is amazed by a water lilie bud unfolding with each passing day, taking on a richer colorand new dimension. One is not amazed at a first glance, by a poem, which is as tight closed as tiny bud.
3- The poem has been compared with a verse, significantly the blooming of a water Lily. It is surprising because hardly had any poet compared the meaning of a poem with gradually an unfolding flower like water Lily.
4- The most existing part to me is when the character finds a solution to the problem or figure out something. For example a poem called LOVE THAT DOG. Its gets interesting when the student realizes that writing isn't just for girls, but boys as well.
5- The poem opens up and talks about life and how you have to seize every opportunity or you'll regret it, always work hard to achieve success.