Poetry Can Be Fun Some new words Rhyme

Poetry Can Be Fun • Some new words • Rhyme it • Long Black Veil • Moral Issues

Some new words • The slayer was sentenced to death for his crime. • She cried and wailed husband’s funeral. • The dull pain of toothache left him moaning all day. • After the hanging, the scaffold was taken apart and stored. • She didn’t shed a tear when her father died. at her

Rhyme it “She walks these hills in a long black veil she visits my grave when the night winds wail nobody knows nobody sees nobody knows but me. ” The rhyming scheme is: A B C B D E F E

Rhyme it She walks these hills In a long black veil She visits my grave When the night winds wail Nobody knows Nobody sees Nobody knows But me.

Long Black Veil That the slayer who ran On a cold dark night, There were few at the scene Looked a lot like me. In the Town Hall light. But they all agreed Someone was killed Ten years ago,

Long Black Veil Ten years ago, On a cold dark night, Someone was killed In the Town Hall light. There were few at the scene But they all agreed That the slayer who ran Looked a lot like me.

Long Black Veil If you were somewhere else Of my best friend’s wife. Though it meant my life, For I’d been in the arms The judge said “Son, I spoke not a word, Then you won’t have to die. ” What is your alibi?

Long Black Veil The judge said “Son, What is your alibi? If you were somewhere else Then you won’t have to die. ” I spoke not a word, Though it meant my life, For I’d been in the arms Of my best friend’s wife.

Long Black Veil She stood in the crowd But sometimes at night, And Eternity’s near She cries on my bones. Oh, the scaffold is high When the cold wind moans, In a long black veil And shed not a tear.

Long Black Veil Oh, the scaffold is high And Eternity’s near She stood in the crowd But shed not a tear. But sometimes at night, When the cold wind moans, In a long black veil She cries on my bones.

Moral Issues • Were they in love or was it just lust? • What would you do if you were in his place? • What would you do if you were in her place? • Can you blame either of them for what happened? • Who do you feel sorry for?

Follow-up Activity Homework: Write a magazine article of about 200 words describing the whole event from the point of view of a newspaper reporter.