POETRY

BED IN SUMMER
BY:
Robert Louis Stevenson
 Definition of Poetry

Is a type of literary works which

express the feeling and ideas by
using distinctive style, rhyme and
rhythm.
 Definition of Poetry

Poetry is a type of literature based on the

interplay of words and rhythm. It often
employs rhyme and meter (a set of rules
governing the number and arrangement of
syllables in each line)
 Definition of Poetry

In poetry, words are strung together to form

sounds, images, and ideas that might be too
complex or abstract to describe directly.
 Poem

A piece of writing in which the expression

of feelings and ideas is given intensity by
particular attention to diction (sometimes
involving rhyme), rhythm, and imagery.
 Diction

Diction is the effectiveness and degree of

clarity of word choice, and presentation of
said words..
 poet
The person who writes poems, a maker
of verses
 Poet
Robert Louis Stevenson
He was born in Edinburgh. He entered Edinburgh
University in 1867 and studied engineering, but soon
abandoned this to study law and was admitted as advocate
in 1875. He travelled to California and married there in
1869. He wrote some remarkable poetry collected in “ a
child’s garden of verses” He died in Vailima, egion of the
Pacific Ocean
 Stanza 1
In winter I get up at night

And dress by yellow candle-light.

In summer, quite the other way,

I have to go to bed by day.

Paraphrase :
The poet tells us that in winter, he gets up too
early in the morning. It is still dark. He has to
use some candles to get dressed.
On the contrary, in summer, the sun doesn’t set
until late at night. He has to go to bed although
it is still day light.
I have to go to bed and see

The birds still hopping on the tree,

Or hear the grown-up people's feet

Still going past me in the street.

Paraphrase :
The poet tells us that he has to go to bed
early in the summer when the sky is clear
and blue. He watches the birds jumping on
the trees then. He listens clearly to footsteps
of people walking by his window in the
street.
And does it not seem hard to you,

When all the sky is clear and blue,

And I should like so much to play,

To have to go to bed by day?

Paraphrase:
The poet says that it seems too hard and
painful for him to go to bed when the sky is
is clear and blue and it is still day light. He
wants to play and enjoy himself. He doesn’t
like to go to bed early.
 The main idea of the poem

• He complains about the timing in

England in winter and summer.
• He says that the day in winter is so
short that he goes to work in
darkness. On the other hand , the
summer day is so long
 Figures of speech
Answer the following question:
In winter I get up at night

And dress by yellow candle-light.

In summer, quite the other way,

I have to go to bed by day.

1- Show the figures of speech in these lines

2- paraphrase these lines
Rhyme aa, bb
Alliteration : (bed - by) Line 4
Contrast : night - day get up - go to bed. To clarify the meaning.
- Consonance : get at night & summer & other
Figures of speech

Stanza 1
I have to go to bed and see

The birds still hopping on the tree,

Or hear the grown-up people's feet

Still going past me in the street.

Personification : The poet personifies the

brids as active children who are jumping
on one leg.
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When all the sky is clear and blue,

And I should like so much to play,

To have to go to bed by day?

Rhetorical question:
The poet asked a question and didn’t need an answer, but
he wanted the reader to agree with him about difficultly
of what he feels.