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"The School Boy" is a poem written in the pastoral tradition that focuses on the downsides of formal learning. It considers how going to school on a summer day "drives all joy away". [3] The boy in this poem is more interested in escaping his classroom than he is with anything his teacher is trying to teach.
You pay your money and you take your choice; Youth is wasted on the young; You may/might as well be hanged/hung for a sheep as (for) a lamb; You must have rocks in your head; You scratch my back and I will scratch yours; You only live once. You'll never get if you never go; You're never fully dressed without a smile
The sonnet abounds with metrical variants. Lines 5 and 7 have a final extrametrical syllable or feminine ending. Line 2 exhibits both an initial and a mid-line reversal, two of at least nine such reversals in the poem. / × × / / × × / × / Some in their wealth, some in their bodies' force, (91.2)
Michael. A Pastoral Poem: 1800 "If from the public way you turn your steps" Poems founded on the Affections. 1800 The Idle Shepherd-boys; or, Dungeon-Ghyll Force. 1800 A Pastoral "The valley rings with mirth and joy;" Poems referring to the Period of Childhood. 1800 The Pet-lamb 1800 A Pastoral "The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink;"
The poem is prominently referenced in Interstellar (2014), where the poem is used repeatedly by Michael Caine's character John Brand, as well as by several other supporting characters. [21] Additionally, the poem features in the plot of the films Back to School (1986) and Dangerous Minds (1995).
They both have career plans carefully laid out, and are determined to get out of their neighborhoods and go to college. Both girls, who are being identified by only their first names to protect their privacy, also have a history of finding trouble. Last school year, 17-year-old Kiara got into a fight at school, over a Facebook post about a boy.
You thrill me, you chill me, with shivers of joy. It is sung from the viewpoint of a woman enamored of a man whom she finds to be an exceptional lover, even better than Romeo: And when we dance, I read in your glance Whole pages and ages of love and romance They tell me Romeo was some lover, too But boy, he should have taken lessons from you
With Christmas near, bringing out the boughs of holly now -- even as you may still be putting fall decorations away -- may make you a happier person, experts say. Part of the joy that can come ...