Desiderata

“Desiderata” is written by Max Ehrmann.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Desiderata means, “thing’s desired” in Latin.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The poem was written in the early 1920’s.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Desiderata doesn’t have any rhyme pattern.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Placidly means “quiet, serene, or peaceful”.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

“GO _________ amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.”

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

“Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of ________. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.”

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

“Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be _______ about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.”

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

“Take kindly the _______ of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.”

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

.“You are a child of the _________ no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.”

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3