Make Your Way 5, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

Childhood fears and worries In the following poem the last line is missing. From this list, choose the line which you think fits best. 16 Put the stanzas of this poem in the correct order, then listen to the poem and check. The first stanza is in the correct position. 18 Read the poem again. Try to answer the following questions: 17 Elizabeth Jennings At Night I’m frightened at night When they put out the light And the new moon is white. I feared the darkness as a boy; And if at night I had to go Upstairs alone I’d make a show Of carrying on with those below A dialogue of shouts and “whats?” So they’d be sure to save poor Roy Were he attacked by vampire bats. Or thugs or ghosts. But far less crude Than criminal or even ghost Behind a curtain or a post Was what I used to dread the most: The always-unseen bugaboo Of black-surrounded solitude – ................................................................ Roy Fuller The Dark 1 I think I’m still in love with you. 2 And red and white and green and blue. 3 I dread it still at sixty-two. 4 The flowers in my garden grew. Now listen to the recording of the poem and find out if you were right. What was the speaker afraid of as a boy? • What was he afraid of most of all? • What does “those below” in line 4 refer to? • What does the speaker say about his fears as a man? • My blankets: it’s – oh – Things long, long ago That frighten me so. But, strangely, next day The moon slips away, The shadows just play. If I don’t move at all, The moon will not fall, There’ll be no need to call. It isn’t so much That I’m scared stiff to touch The shadows, and clutch 1/22 1/21 117 6 Extensive unit 6: Poetry alive Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv