Prep 1 "Great Wonderful World" Poem

Prep 1 Great Wonderful World Poem
Animations, pictures

1. By W. B. Rands
The Laureate of Nursery

2. W
onderf
u
l W
orld
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!

3. 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.

4. In your Class NBs

5. 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!

6. 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!

7. External
Internal

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!

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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!

10. Thank you!!