Laugh and Be Merry

The poet, John Masefield suggests that we should have a positive attitude in life. Life is short so we must enjoy the fruits of happiness. Every moment of our life should be enjoyed and cheered. The poet compares the world with an inn where all human beings are temporary guests. We should enjoy life till it lasts and till the music of life ends.

Introduction:

His Famous Works

Poetry collections novels Ballads (1903) Ballads and Poems (1910) The Everlasting Mercy (1911) Dauber (1912) The Daffodil Fields (1913) The Story of a Round House

and Other Poems (1915) Sonnets (1916)

Captain Margaret (1908) Multitude and

Solitude (1909) Martin Hyde: The Duke's

Messenger (1910) Lost Endeavour (1910). The Street of Today (1911) Jim Davis (Wells Gardner,

1911).

GIST OF THE POEMIn this poem, “Laugh and Be Merry” the poet wants us

to be cheerful and enjoy our life to the fullest. He also reminds us that we are like temporary guests who stay in a beautiful inn for a while.

“ A good laugh is sunshine in the house”“The most wasted day in life is the day in which we have

not laughed.”God created Heaven and Earth . He filled them with joy

and laughter.One should laugh happily. He should make a better

world. Our life is short, man should be proud to belong to the mankind.

He wanted us to live with joy. Let us treat others like brothers.

Mind Map

Consolidation• John Masefield calls us to be happy and enjoy

our life with a song.• We should fight against wrong.• Life is very short like a thread . • God made Heaven and Earth• We enjoy the song with the stars.• We are the Guests in the earth.• We stay for a short while and so we should

enjoy our life till it ends.

Figures of Speech in Laugh and Be Merry"

• Rhyming Words in the Poem :• song - wrong • span - man • time - rhyme • mirth - earth • sky - by• outpoured - Lord • akin - inn • ends - friends

Rhyme Scheme

• A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a a poem or song. It is usually referred to by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme; lines designated with the same letter all rhyme with each other. 

• Rhyme Scheme of the Poem :        aa,bb

AlliterationSeries of words that begin with the same

consonant sound.

Better the world......blow

World with a .......of a wrong

Join the jubilant song

drink from the deep blue

Assonance

Repetition of vowel sounds.

• Laugh and be merry together, like brothers akin, • Guesting awhile in the rooms of a beautiful

inn,

MetaphorAn implied comparison between two unlike things that actually have

something important in common.

Laugh, for the time is brief, a thread the length of a span (Life time is compared to a thread) So we must laugh and drink from the deep blue cup of the sky, (Sky is compared to a deep blue cup) Guesting awhile in the rooms of a beautiful inn, (Earth is compared to inn and people are compared to guests) Laugh till the game is played; and be you merry, my friends.

(Life is compared to a game)

Simile

• A stated comparison (usually formed with "like" or "as") between two dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common.

Laugh and be merry together, like brothers akin, (Human beings are compared to brothers)

PHONETICS TRANSCRIPTION

APPRECIATION QUESTIONSLaugh and be merry; remember , in olden timeGod made Heaven and Earth for joy He took in a rhyme,Made them, and filled them full with the strong red wine of His

mirthThe splendid joy of the stars : the joy of the earth.

Questions:

Who made Heaven and Earth? Why did He make Heaven and Earth? What is meant by “rhyme”? How did He fill them? What does it mean “splendid”?

APPRECIATION QUESTIONS

ANSWERS:

God made Heaven and EarthHe made Heaven and Earth for joyIt means short poemHe filled them with strong wine of His

happiness.It means very beautiful.

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT(a)

• Write a few words and phrases that make you think of “merry” in this poem:

• Mention TEN things that bring you happiness.

• Paste some pictures that depict HAPPINESS.

Formative Assessment (b)

Choose the correct answer: The stars _____________ (sign/shine) during night. _______ (God/Guard) made Heaven and earth. The earth is referred to as a beautiful______

(in/inn) We should laugh and ______ (be/bee) happy

always. In the ______ green earth (deer/dear)

Formative Assessment(b)

* Encircle the adjectives in the following stanza: So we must laugh and drink from the deep blue cup of the sky,

Join the jubilant song of the great stars sweeping by,Laugh, and battle, and work, and drink of the wine outpoured

 In the dear green earth, the sign of the joy of the Lord.

Formative Assessment(b)Syllabify the following words:  laugh  remember  blow  pageant  heaven  earth  splendid  jubilant  Lord  awhile 

Crossword Puzzle• FIND THE SYNONYM FOR THE FOLLOWING WORDS

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1.MERRY 6.MIRTH 2.LORD 7.SPLENDID 3.BRIEF 8.JUBILANT 4.MADE 9.SIGN 5.RHYME 10.HEAVEN CROSS: 1,2,5,6,8,9,10, DOWN: 3,4 DOWN&CROSS: 7 )

Crossword Puzzle