Count That Day Lost

Count That Day Lost

George Eliot

Stanza 1

• If you sit down at set of sun

• and count the acts that you have done

• and counting find

• one self-denying deed

• one word that eased the heart of him who heard

• one glance most kind that fell like sunshine where it went

• then you may count that day well spent

Multiple Choice

"If you sit down at set of sun" then you are sitting at...

• the beginning of the day

• the end of the day

• in the middle of the day

• at the beach

Open Ended

Why do you think the poet wants us to sit and count our deeds at the end of the day and not in the morning?

Poll

"count" in the poem means:

• go over the deeds

• determine the total number of (a collection of items).

• take into account

Definition of self-denial

Open Ended

Write one self-denying deed that you have done in your life =) YUP just one!

ONE Word that eased the heart of him who heard

one word can also be a sentence!

Open Ended

write one word OR one sentence that you feel might ease the heart of someone... anyone!

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CICIOJqEb5c

Poll

Sunshine makes me feel

• warmth

• happiness

• joy

• hope

connotation

Connotation is the cultural assumptions that the image implies or suggests. It involves emotional overtones, subjective interpretation, socio-cultural values, and ideological assumptions.

A day well spent!

is a day worth counting, a day worth living