Govt. High School Gandhi Nagar, Patiala
Poem : Sympathy
Class : 9th
Subject : English
Name of Students:
Sukhwinder, Lakhwinder, Kuldeep,
Malkeet, Om Parkash, Harpreet,
Davinder, Pardeep, Mandeep, Joti
POET : Charles Mackay
Charles Mackay (1814-89) was a Scottish
song-writer. An editor of The Illustrated
London News, he published several
volumes of verse. His poems were very
popular with the reading public and many
of these are set to music.
Contents
Objectives
Skills required
Previous knowledge Testing
Gist of the poem
Model Reading
Recapitulation
Queries
Objectives
To enable the students feel the thought
and imagination in the poem.
To enable the students to recite the
poem rhythmically with proper stress and
intonation.
To help them to understand the idea
and message of the poem.
Skills Required
Students should have a basic knowledge
of rhymes in their mother tongue.
Students should be able to read, write and
understand simple sentences of English.
Previous Knowledge Testing
Answer the following questions.
 Who helps us in trouble ?
 What is greater than money ?
Model Reading
I lay in sorrow, deep distressed,
My grief a proud man heard;
His looks were cold, he gave me
gold,
But not a Kindly word.
Model Reading
My sorrow passed – I paid him back
The gold he gave to me ;
Then stood erect and spoke my
thanks
And blessed his charity.
Model Reading
I lay in want, and grief, and pain
A poor man passed my way,
He bound my head, he gave me
bread,
He watched me night and day.
Model Reading
How shall I pay him back again
For all he did to me ?
Oh, gold is great, but greater far
Is heavenly sympathy.
Glossary
The teacher will explain meaning of difficult
words.
GLOSSARY
MEANING
1. Sorrow :
sadness
2. Proud
:
haughty
3. Erect
:
upright
4. Charity
:
kindness
5. Heavenly :
belonging to heaven
6. Sympathy :
feeling of compassion
Let Us Answer
How did the proud man help the poet
when he was in trouble ?
What did he not give to the poet ?
Did the poet pay him back ?
How did the poor man help the poet ?
Write in your own words the message
the poem conveys.
Bibliography
∂ English Main Course Book for class 9th
published by Punjab School Education Board
∂ Pictures from Internet