Summer Magic

By:Leslie Pinckney Hill

Ian Balotcopo Javees Andrade
 INTRODUCTION
Leslie Pinckney Hill was a poet,
playwright, educator, and community
leader born in 1880 in Virginia. He
graduated from Harvard University
and had works published including
“The Wings of Oppression.” Hill was a
principal at Cheyney Training School
for Teachers, where he was named
President-Emeritus after retirement.
He died in 1960.
So many cares to vex the day,
A canopy of shady leaves.
So many fears to haunt the
Her nights were dreams of
night,
jeweled skies,
My heart was all but weaned
Her days were bowers rife
away
with song,
From every lure of old delight.
And many a scheme did she
Then summer came, announced
devise
by June,
To heal the hurt and
With beauty, miracle and mirth.
soothe the wrong.
She hung aloft the rounding
For on the hill or in the dell,
moon,
Or where the brook went
She poured her sunshine on the
leaping by
earth,
Or where the fields would
She drove the sap and broke the
surge and swell
bud,
With golden wheat or
She set the crimson rose afire.
bearded rye,
She stirred again my sullen blood,
I felt her heart against my
And waked in me a new desire.
own,
Before my cottage door she
I breathed the sweetness
spread
of her breath,
The softest carpet nature
Till all the cark of time had
weaves,
flown,
And deftly arched above my head
And I was lord of life and
 DISCUSSION
• What did you feel while you’re
listening to the poem?.
• What are vocabulary words?
And why
Is it important?
• What are the 5 figure of
speech?
 vocabulary
• Vocabulary refers to the set of words a person knows
and uses in their language. It’s important because it
helps with communication, comprehension, and
expressing oneself effectively. Building a strong
vocabulary takes effort but can be done through
reading, playing word games, and learning new
words in context.
 Vocabulary Words
• Vex: to annoy or irritate; to confuse or perplex
• Haunt: to visit frequently; to torment or trouble
• Weaned: to gradually stop relying on or being attached to
something; to detach from a habit or desire
• Lure: something that attracts or tempts; an enticement
• Summer: the warmest season of the year; a period of hot weather
• Mirth: joy and amusement, often expressed by laughter
• Crimson: a deep red color
• Sullen: being in a bad mood; showing a brooding ill humor
• Cottage: a small, often cozy and charming house
• Bowers: a shady, leafy shelter or hiding place, often made of
branches or vines.
 Five figure of speech
• Hyperbole
Hyperbole is used to overstate or emphasize a concept. These
descriptions are not intended to be taken literally. They are used to
exaggerate, sometimes to impossibility.

• Simile
A simile is used to compare two concepts or objects that
are not alike. They demonstrate how even items that are
unlike have some similarities.
• Symbol
Symbols are images with non-literal meanings; they stand for
something other than what they seem to

• Personification
Personification is a figure of speech in which human qualities,
emotions, and characteristics are attributed to non-human objects,
animals, or natural phenomena. This literary device is used to create
vivid and imaginative descriptions, and to add emotional impact to
writing.

Metaphor
Metaphors are used to state that one subject is representative of
another subject.
 Figure Of Speech
PERSONIFICATION

The poem personifies Summer as a female entity who

brings beauty, joy, and comfort to the speaker’s life,
after the speaker was previously burdened by worries
and fears. The personification is used to convey the
idea that nature has a positive impact on the human
spirit.
 THANK YOU
FOR LISTENING!