A Boat
Beneath a
Sunny Sky
By: Lewis Carroll
Presentation by: Jordyn Lekites
Biographical Information
– Lewis Carroll was educated at home as a kid
– Lewis Carroll wrote Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland and also wrote Through the
Looking Glass
– He was an English writer, artist,
mathematician, and photographer
– He is noted for his facility at word play
Structure of Poem
• 7 stanzas
• 3 lines in each
stanza
• End rhyme
• Acrostic poem
spells out Alice Pleasance
Liddell
who Lewis is writing about
Speaker of the
Poem
The speaker of this poem seems to be
happy and having a good time in the
beginning but towards the end of the poem
the speaker is becoming unhappy.
The speaker is realizing that children don’t
stay young forever and as they grow up the
memories die.
Summer is dying along with the memories
and all the good things are going away.
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Literary Elements
End Rhyme- every line has a end
rhyme but they don’t have a pattern.
Imagery- he is trying to show us that
the season is summer and that
summer is dying and turning into
autumn.
Setting- the setting takes place during
summer and the season starts to
change which is making summer die
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Literary Elements
End Rhyme- every line has a
goes with an end rhyme.
Repetition- Lewis uses
repeating words to show
the important parts or
ideas. Here he is showing
how summer was is sunny
and to describe summer
before is changes.
Also he is showing that
when summer dies the
memories die with it.
Literary Elements
Imagery- Lewis is using many
words to express how wonderful
summer is.
Imagery- Lewis also uses images
that can show how summer dies
Imagery
“A boat beneath a sunny sky”
The connection might be the
sunny sky showing that its
summer time.
“In a wonderland they lie”
This connection might show
how summer is great and is
described as a wonderland.
Imagery
“Drifting down the stream, lingering in the
golden gleam”
This connection might be showing us that
the stream in summer had a golden beam,
the golden gleam is from the sun. This is
showing us that summer is enjoyable.
“Autumn frost have slain July”
This connection is trying to tell us that
summer is fading away.
The real meaning for this is that the
children are growing old
Alliteration
Personification
Lewis Carroll uses
personification to
express the feeling of
summer and memories
dying
Literal Meaning
The literal meaning in this poem
is summer doesn’t last forever
and the seasons change
there are three children in this
poem
Figurative Meaning
The figurative meaning of this
poem is that in life people grow
old along with there memories.
The three children in the poem
once were young with good
memories and grew old
Authors Purpose
Theme
Lewis Carroll’s
purpose of this poem
was to tell us that
people grow old and
the memories of your
childhood dies.
The theme of this
poem is to enjoy
your youth because
you don’t stay young
forever
Websites Used
– https://en.wikip edia.org/wiki/Lewis_Carroll
– http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/disneycrossover/images/29454601/title/empty-backdrop-from-alice-wonderlandscreencap
– http://www.zazzle.com/a_boat_beneath_a_sunny_sky_poster228741407275384564
– http://www.wallpaperup.com/176677/Seasons_Winter_Branches_Nature_lake
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– http://techcrunch.com/2009/04/27/facebook-opens-up-its-stream-api-todevelopers/