to our poetic party. It is almost impossible to imagine our life without books. Do you agree? As for me, I am captivated by poetry. My favourite poem is "The Arrow and the Song" by H. W. Longfellow. I want to retell it.
So today we are going to speak about some excellent examples of the British and American poetry. But first of all lets revise some proverbs about literature. You have the begginings of the proverbs, try to find the endings, please.
Bad books are worse than useless - They are harmful.
There is no friend - So faithful as a good book.
Choose the author- As you choose a friend.
We are - What we read.
Tell me what you read - And I will tell you what you are.
Dont judge a book - By its cover.
2. Now lets invite our guests - famous British and American poets, they will tell you some facts about their life and their poems. And you try to guess - who they are. Lets begin.
P1- I was born on or about April, the 23 1564, in Stratford- on Avon. I was an actor, a poet, and a writer of drama. (You are W. Shakespeare. )
P2- I am a great Scottish poet. I was born on the 25 of January in 1759 in Edinburgh to a farming family. The song "Auld Lang Syne" is very popular in Scotland. (You are Robert Burns. )
P3- I was born in Dublin May, 28 1779. I was a poet, a satirist, a composer and a musician of note. (You are Thomas Moore. )
P4- I am a great English poet. I was born in 1788 in an old aristocratic family. The poem "Child Harold s Pilgrimage" made me famous in 1812. (You are George Gordon Byron. )
P5- I was born in 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland. I wrote such books as "Treasure Island", "Kidnapped", "A Child s Garden of Verses. " (You are Robert Louis Stev
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