SAMACHEER - ENGLISH- 10 STD - POEM - BEAUTIFUL INSIDE

1. SUBJECT - ENGLISH
CLASS - X std
Poem- Beautiful Inside
Paul Holmes

2. PAUL HOLMES :
Been writing poetry for over 20
years.
Self employed.

3. Beauty

4. APPEARANCE
Appearances can be
deceptive.

5. A GEODE CAN SPLIT TO
REVEAL

6. PILES OF PURPLE
CRYSTALS

8. A newly discovered Treasure

9. ACTIVITY
Comparison
Why does the poet compare some people to a
geode ?- FIND

10. ACTIVITY
Find words related to light in
the poem

11. PICK OUT THE WORDS IN THE POEM
WHICH ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
WORD ‘SEE’

12. Figure of
speech

13. Rhyming words –
Clap – slap- (eg)
Appearances can be deceptive,
And to the superficial gaze
The outside looks dull and grey
Plain looking in many ways,

14. Rhyme scheme
 Appearances can be deceptive,
 And to the superficial gaze
 The outside looks dull and grey
 Plain looking in many ways,

abcb

15. ALLITERATIO
N
Yet , when a crack causes
Water to seep slowly through
Yet , when a crack causes
Water to seep slowly
through

16. APPRECIATION
 May seem plain as plain can be?
 Simile
 Where an aching generosity
 Personification
 What gems would we see?
 metaphor

17. YOU