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ℹ Classical Memory Lesson • The Power of Little Things
• Poetic Meaning: Tiny drops of water make the great ocean, and small deeds of kindness and gentle words make our world beautiful.
• Poetry Rules: Every line of poetry begins with a capital letter. Commit these verses to memory to recite aloud with expression.
✦ Classical Poem • Julia A. Carney (1845)
Little drops of water,
Little grains of sand,
Make the mighty ocean
And the pleasant land.
Little grains of sand,
Make the mighty ocean
And the pleasant land.
Little deeds of kindness,
Little words of love,
Make our earth an Eden,
Like the heaven above.
Little words of love,
Make our earth an Eden,
Like the heaven above.
Part 1: Poetic Meaning and Rhyme
Write complete answers to the questions.
1.
What two little things make the mighty ocean and pleasant land?
2.
What do little deeds of kindness and words of love make our earth become?
3.
Which rhyming words end lines 2 and 4 in each stanza?
Part 2: Copy and Commit to Memory
Copy the poem carefully. Start every line with a capital letter.
4.
Stanza 1: Little drops of water, / Little grains of sand,
Make the mighty ocean / And the pleasant land.
5.
Stanza 2: Little deeds of kindness, / Little words of love,
Make our earth an Eden, / Like the heaven above.