A poem about words is the perfect place to grow yours
Charles Swain's poem argues that a few honest words can move us more than a flood of empty ones. To feel that argument, you need the words he chose. Tap each card to learn it, then check yourself.
Charles Swain's poem argues that a few honest words can move us more than a flood of empty ones. To feel that argument, you need the words he chose. Tap each card to learn it, then check yourself.
AI Generation Prompt
Watercolour painting — an ultra-wide cinematic banner (16:5 ratio). An open notebook on a dark wooden desk with only a few words written on the page, a resting pen, warm lamplight pooling on the paper. The emotional centre is the quiet weight of well-chosen words. Dark atmospheric background, warm rim lighting, soft earth tones. Loose luminous watercolour washes, soft wet-on-wet colour bleeds, granulation and visible paper grain, glowing against the dark ground. No text, no labels.
AI Generation Prompt
Watercolour painting — an ultra-wide cinematic banner (16:5 ratio). An open notebook on a dark wooden desk with only a few words written on the page, a resting pen, warm lamplight pooling on the paper. The emotional centre is the quiet weight of well-chosen words. Dark atmospheric background, warm rim lighting, soft earth tones. Loose luminous watercolour washes, soft wet-on-wet colour bleeds, granulation and visible paper grain, glowing against the dark ground. No text, no labels.
Six words from the poem 'Words'. Tap each card to flip it.
Q1.Which word best fits: 'The festival lights were so ____ that they hurt the eyes.'
Six words from the poem 'Words'. Tap each card to flip it.
Q1.Which word best fits: 'The festival lights were so ____ that they hurt the eyes.'
Pause and connect the words back to the poem.
The poem compares careless words to 'weeds'. What does that comparison suggest about such words?
Swain calls the heart 'a pilgrim upon earth'. Why is 'pilgrim' a fitting word for the heart in this poem?
Pause and connect the words back to the poem.
The poem compares careless words to 'weeds'. What does that comparison suggest about such words?
Swain calls the heart 'a pilgrim upon earth'. Why is 'pilgrim' a fitting word for the heart in this poem?
Q1.In the poem, words 'like summer birds, depart, and leave but ____'.
Q1.In the poem, words 'like summer birds, depart, and leave but ____'.