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The
topic of a reading selection is, quite simply, what it's ALL about. What is
the topic of each of the following short excerpts from the
works of some great poets?
There
is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the
lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the
deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but
Nature more,
by Lord
Byron
The
topic is _________________________.
woods
sea
nature
music
THE
mountain held the town as in a shadow
I saw so much before I slept
there once:
I noticed that I missed stars in the west,
Where
its black body cut into the sky.
Near me it seemed: I felt it like
a wall
Behind which I was sheltered from a wind.
by Robert
Frost
The
topic is the _________________________.
mountain
sky
town
wind
But
the poor dog, in life the firmest friend,
The first to welcome,
foremost to defend,
Whose honest heart is still his master's
own,
Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him
alone,
Unhonour'd falls, unnoticed all his worth--
Denied
in heaven the soul he held on earth:
by
Lord
Byron
The
topic is _________________________.
honesty
dogs
masters
life
Behold,
we know not anything;
I
can but trust that good shall fall
At
last—far off—at last, to all,
And
every winter change to spring.
by
Alfred,
Lord Tennyson
The
topic is _________________________.
seasons
facts
faith
anger
Sources:
http://oldpoetry.com/
http://www.online-literature.com/byron/
http://www.readbookonline.net/
http://www.poemtree.com/
Reading Comprehension, Vol. 11, No. 10, February 24, 2010http://rhlschool.comCopyright 2010 RHL
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