1. Lesson
Poetic Theme - Love

2. “All My Loving” an example of a simple love song
Close your eyes and I'll kiss you Tomorrow I'll miss you Remember I'll always be true And then while I'm away I'll write home every day And I'll send all my loving to you I'll pretend that I'm kissing The lips I am missing And hope that my dreams will come true All my loving I will send to you All my loving, darling I'll be true All my loving, all my loving ooh

3. “How Do I Love Thee” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with a passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints, --- I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! --- and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
What’s your reaction?
Do you like it?
Why or why not?

4. Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130: “My Mistress’ Eyes”.
one of the Bard’s funnier poems
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress when she walks treads on the ground.
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.
Read aloud.
In groups, re-read the sonnet at least once, and then discuss your reactions.
Share reactions with class.
What do students think of Shakespeare’s take on love?

5. Beguiling Eyes by Stephen Fearing
be·guile
charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way.
"every prominent American artist has been beguiled by Maine"
synonyms: charm, attract, enchant, entrance, win over, woo, captivate, bewitch, spellbind, dazzle, hypnotize, mesmerize, seduce
You have the most beguiling eyes That I have ever seen They can catch me up and spin me Or leave me in a dream And though the words you speak are truthful You know you hurt me when you say That the times you spend with me Are but a small part of your day ‘Cause it seems that I’m the one That always comes a-calling And I’m asking you away From other friends But I’m waiting for the sound Of your step outside my door When the sun is setting low And the evening ends I have always thought That the future’s what you make it And I’ve always believed That my actions were my own But tell me can you see That to give without receiving Is bound to leave my heart like a piece of molten stone
Your reaction?
How would you describe the mood/feeling evoked by the song?

6. Written by Smokey Robinson and Ronald White
"My Girl" poetic devices
I've got sunshine on a cloudy day. When it's cold outside I've got the month of May. I guess you'd say What can make me feel this way? My girl (my girl, my girl) Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl). I've got so much honey the bees envy me. I've got a sweeter song than the birds in the trees. I guess you'd say What can make me feel this way? My girl (my girl, my girl) Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl). Hey hey hey Hey hey hey Ooooh. I don't need no money, fortune, or fame. I've got all the riches baby one man can claim. I guess you'd say What can make me feel this way? My girl (my girl, my girl) Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl). I've got sunshine on a cloudy day with my girl. I've even got the month of May with my girl (fade)
Written by Smokey Robinson and Ronald White
POETIC DEVICES?

7. "Don't Take the Girl“ written by Craig Martin and Larry W
"Don't Take the Girl“ written by Craig Martin and Larry W. Johnson/ performed by Tim McGraw
IMAGERY?

8. 45 Years From Now – Stan Rogers
Where the earth shows its bones of wind-broken stone And the sea and the sky are one I'm caught out of time, my blood sings with wine And I'm running naked in the sun There's God in the trees, I'm weak in the knees And the sky is a painful blue I'd like to look around, but Honey, all I see is you. The summer city lights will soften the night Til you'd think that the air is clear And I'm sitting with friends, where forty-five cents Will buy another glass of beer He's got something to say, but I'm so far away That I don't know who I'm talking to Cause you just walked in the door, and Honey, all I see is you (CHORUS) And I just want to hold you closer than I've ever held anyone before You say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life Ah, but Honey, what the hell's it for? After twenty-three years you'd think I could find A way to let you know somehow That I want to see your smiling face forty-five years from now. So alone in the lights on stage every night I've been reaching out to find a friend Who knows all the words, sings so she's heard And knows how all the stories end Maybe after the show she'll ask me to go Home with her for a drink or two Now her smile lights her eyes, but Honey, all I see is you (Chorus twice)

9. Treasure Bruno Mars