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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
STD X
ENGLISH LESSON NOTES
MODULE 21 - ANIMALS
Objective
To enable the students understand and enjoy the theme and language by reading the
poem “The Animals’’.
To enable the students be specific in reflection, expression and individual opinion and
deeper understanding of the Animals.
To enable the students identify the connection to words or phrases that resonate with
other things.
To enable the students know more about the poet or background of the poem.
To enrich the students with vocabulary.
To enable the students acquire a few grammar items, stress patterns, punctuation,
pronunciation, rhyme and rhythm
About the Poet
Walt Whitman (1819-1892) is a major figure in early American poetry. He broke the tradition of
rhymed and metrical poetry. He was famous for writing a revolutionary new kind of poetry
which was in free verse. The poem ‘animals’ is from his work ‘Song of Myself’ in Leaves of grass.
Introduction to the lesson
Walt Whitman has shown the comparison between human beings and animals in his poem. He
has pointed out the evils present inside the human brain which he thinks animals don’t have.
That is why he thinks that animals are much better than human beings.
Animals Poem Summary
In the poem animals, the poet has described his will to become an animal because he thinks
animals are far better than human beings. Human beings are greedy and full of jealousy against
each other. But animals are calm and self contained. The animals are happy with what they
have. They never complain about miseries and sorrows. On the other hand human beings
complain about their miseries. They give more importance to the rich and strong people, stay
restless because of their wrongdoings and run behind the luxurious things of this world.
Whereas animals are honest about their relations and don’t give importance to a particular
class. They live a life which is full of honesty and less of greed and jealousy.
New words
Complicated: Complex
This is a very complicated info graphics.
Life in the modern world has become complicated.
False : Untrue
