Lesson Topic: Poem: Count that Day Lost by George EliotBridging Text, Context and Theme

Name of Teacher: Susan Strikovsky

Target Class: 11th

Lesson Place in the Curriculum:

Lesson Two

המצגת נערכה ע"י סוזן סטריקובסקיכל הזכויות שמורות לוויסקול לימודים מקוונים בע"מ

Table of Contents

• Bridging Text and Context

• Explanation of Bridging Text and Context

• Repetition

• Examples of Repetition

• Themes

• Conclusion

Bridging Text and Context

Although the Victorian

Age was characterized by

peace and prosperity,

there were huge gaps

between the rich and the

poor.

The lower classes lived in

poverty. By Alexander Bassano - Scanned from the book The National Portrait Gallery History of the Kings and Queens of England by David Williamson, ISBN 1855142287, p. 153., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6640482

By C. Lodge (d.1906), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6223529

Bridging Text and Context

Poor children were forced to work

hard in order to support their families

instead of going to school.

Eliot and her friends were openly

critical of these conditions.

For them, the writer’s job was to help

improve society.

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Child Labor

Explanation of Bridging Text and Context

The background information puts the poem in a wider social

perspective and context and gives insight to the poet's reasons for

writing the poem.

It deepens our understanding of her writing.

How does this background add or change your understanding of

the story?

Repetition

When words are repeated it is easier to concentrate and remember

them.

The repetitions reinforce the message of the poem.

Examples of Repetition

What examples of repetition can you find in

the poem Count that Day Lost ?

Examples of Repetition

The poet repeats key terms:-

• as one (lines 4 and 6),

• count (lines 2 and 8),

• and counting (line 3),

• and you (lines 1, 2, 8)

Examples of Repetition

Such repetition adds to the poem’s force and strengthens

its meaning.

The repetition of you, in particular, never lets us forget that

the speaker is addressing each reader directly.

The poem also seems forceful because of its heavy

emphasis on verbs.

Themes

Everyone should do an act of kindness every day. It makes

our lives more meaningful.

It expresses an important basic principle underlying

civilized society.

Themes

The poem implies that society as a whole can be improved

if each of us does his or her part – and that it is every

person’s responsibility to do so.

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Today’s Lesson was about:

Poem: Count that Day Lost by George

Eliot

Bridging Text, Context and Theme

Next Lesson will be about:

Short Story- Thank You Ma’am By

Langston Hughes- Basic Understanding

and Analysis