William Cullen Bryant Field Trip
Yesterday, I took the kids on a field trip featuring the poetry of William Cullen Bryant. It was sort of like a scavenger hunt.
First, we found a flock of Canadian geese, and and read "To a Waterfowl." (inspiring) The geese seemed to appreciate the the serenade.
Then, we snooped out a patch of dead flowers near a river dam. Holding brown boquets, we read "Death of Flowers" (heart rending)
Finally, we found a graveyard next to a country church, where a funeral had just finished. There, appropriately, we read "Thanatopsis" (mind stretching)
I had to do a lot of explaining -- but all in all, they understood and enjoyed the excursion. Sort of reminded me of "Dead Poet's Society."
First, we found a flock of Canadian geese, and and read "To a Waterfowl." (inspiring) The geese seemed to appreciate the the serenade.
Then, we snooped out a patch of dead flowers near a river dam. Holding brown boquets, we read "Death of Flowers" (heart rending)
Finally, we found a graveyard next to a country church, where a funeral had just finished. There, appropriately, we read "Thanatopsis" (mind stretching)
I had to do a lot of explaining -- but all in all, they understood and enjoyed the excursion. Sort of reminded me of "Dead Poet's Society."
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