By W. B. Rands The Laureate of Nursery

Wonderful

World Great, wide, beautiful, wonderful world,With the wonderful water around you curled,

And the wonderful grass on your breast, World, you’re beautifully dressed.

Ah, you’re so great, and I’m so small ,I tremble to think of you, World, at all,

And yet, when I said my prayers to-day,A whisper inside me seemed to say. You are more than Earth, though you’re such a dot,You can love and think, and the Earth cannot!

Paraphrase The poet starts the poem celebrating the

“World or the Earth.” He is surprised at its greatness and beauty.

He feels so small when he compares himself to the ”World.”

Then, he shifts/changes his idea and states that although the “World” is much bigger than him, he is greater than the “World/Earth” because simply he can love and think but the “World” can not.

In your Class NBs

Great, wide, beautiful, wonderful world,With the wonderful water around you curled,

And the wonderful grass on your breast, World, you’re beautifully dressed.

Ah, you’re so great, and I’m so small ,I tremble to think of you, World, at all,

And yet, when I said my prayers to-day,A whisper inside me seemed to say.

You are more than Earth, though you’re such a dot,You can love and think, and the Earth cannot!

Great, wide, beautiful, wonderful world,With the wonderful water around you curled,And the wonderful grass on your breast, World, you’re beautifully dressed.Ah, you’re so great, and I’m so small ,I tremble to think of you, World, at all,And yet, when I said my prayers to-day,A whisper inside me seemed to say.

You are more than Earth, though you’re such a dot,You can love and think, and the Earth cannot!

External In

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Great, wide, beautiful, wonderful world,With the wonderful water around you curled,

And the wonderful grass on your breast, World, you’re beautifully dressed.

Ah, you’re so great, and I’m so small ,I tremble to think of you, World, at all,

And yet, when I said my prayers to-day,A whisper inside me seemed to say .

You are more than Earth, though you’re such a dot,You can love and think, and the Earth cannot!

Poetry RecitalGreat, wide, beautiful, wonderful world,With the wonderful water around you curled,

And the wonderful grass on your breast, World, you’re beautifully dressed.

Ah, you’re so great, and I’m so small ,I tremble to think of you, World, at all,

And yet, when I said my prayers to-day,A whisper inside me seemed to say.

You are more than Earth, though you’re such a dot,You can love and think, and the Earth cannot!

Thank you!!