another chance(poem)

another chance

1. WELCOME…….

2. ANOTHER CHANCE Part -1 - Helen Steiner Rice

3. About the poet… Helen Steiner Rice ( May 19, 1900 – April 23, 1981) born in Lorain, Ohio, was an American writer of inspirational poetry. She has been acclaimed as ‘America’s inspirational poet laureate’ . Her books of poetry are widely sold.

4. Lets start…

5. ANOTHER CHANCE … How often e wish for another chance To make afresh beginning. A chance to blot out our mistakes And change failure into winning.

6. Explanation…. The poet highlights the importance of not giving way to despair and making a fresh beginning . The poet asks us how often we have wished for another chance to start afresh.

7. Do you think these lines has a rhyming scheme? Can you identify and say: Beginning-winning

8. Glossary reference Blot – to realize, to come up with

9. Questions… Why do we wish for another chance in life? What is essential for a fresh start?

10. Answers… It is to make a fresh beginning that we usually wish for another chance in life. Moreover, another chance will help us to change failure into success and correct our mistakes. A fresh start requires a deep desire to go all out for doing something,

11. It does not take a new day To make a brand new start, It only takes a deep desire To try with all our heart.

12. Explanation… She believes that in order to make a new start we ought to have a deep desire in our heart.

13. Do you think these lines has a rhyming scheme? Can you identify and say: Start-heart

14. Glossary… Desire- wish

15. Questions.. How can we transform failure in to succes ?

16. Answers.. We can transform failure into success when we believe in ourselves and never give up in despair, believe that there is another chance, another day for starting everything anew. What matters is only a deep desire within us to achieve the things we are looking for.

17. Part - 3 Try I will; no harm in trying; Wonder ‘tis how little mirth Keeps the bones of man from lying On the bed of earth.

18. Explanation… The poet looks back on his youthful attempt to fight sorrow through the medium of sport. He says, ‘’try I will”. He would keep trying to keep sadness off, because trials certainly do no harm, though success may be limited. He also says, it is a wonder how little enjoyment in life, keeps a person from just giving up living entirely, and becoming merely dead bones lying on the earth. He speaks for the entire humanity.

19. Do you think these lines has a rhyming scheme? Can you identify and say: Trying – lying Mirth - earth

20. Glossary Harm - to hurt Wonder - surprising Mirth - happiness

21. Questions… What advice does the poet give to the readers in the last stanza?

22. Answers… He states that he will try his luck by playing again because a little happiness derived from a game can make one live healthier and happier and longer on earth.

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