2. 1.Do you recognize this
music?
2.Can anybody sing this song?
3. Whom do you think is this
song about?
“GOD CANNOT BE
EVERYWHERE SO HE
CREATED MOTHERS”

3. THE POEM "A SONNET FOR MY
INCOMPARABLE MOTHER" DEPICTS THE
ADMIRATION OF A DAUGHTER FOR HER
MOTHER .
INTRODUCTION

4. A Sonnet for My Incomparable
Mother

5. MODEL READING BY THE TEACHER
I often contemplate my childhood, Mom.
I am a mother now, and so I know
Hardwork is mixed together with the fun;
You learned that when you raised me long ago.
I think of all the things you gave to me:
Sacrifice, devotion, love and tears,
your heart, your mind, your love energy and soul–
All these you spent on me throughout the years.
You loved me with a never-failing love
You gave me strength and sweet security,
And then you did the hardest thing of all:
You let me separate and set me free.
Every day, I try my best to be
A mother like the mom you were to me
By F.Joanna

6. GIST OF THE POEM
The poetess praises her mother, because her
mother was kind, She wants to be like her.
The poetess remembers her childhood. Then,
her mother mixed work with fun. She
remembers the things given by her. She gave
her sacrifice, devotion, love, and tears. She
gave her heart, mind, energy and soul. She
loved her greatly. She gave her strength and
safety. She gave her freedom. So, the
poetess tries to be like her.

7. Glossary
Contemplate – think about
Devotion – great love and loyalty
Sonnet _ a fourteen line poem
with a fixed rhyme
scheme
Never failing _ Always winning

8. PRACTICE DONE BY THE
STUDENTS

9. APPRECIATION QUESTIONS
A)I often contemplate my childhood, Mom.
(1)Whom does ‘I’ refer to?
(2)What does the poetess contemplate?
B)I think of all the things you gave to me:
Sacrifice, devotion, love and tears,
(1)Whom does ‘You’ refer to?
(2)What did the mother give?
C)You loved me with a never-failing love
(1)How is her love?
(2) Whose love is never failing?
D)You let me separate and set me free.
(1)What does separate mean?
(2) Give the meaning of 'setting free'

10. ANSWERS
A) 1) “I” refers to the poetess F.Joanna.
2) The poetess contemplates her childhood.
B) 1) “you” refers to the poetess mother.
2)The mother gave sacrifice , devotion ,love
and tears.
C) 1) Her love is unfailing.
2) The love of poetess mother is never
failing.
D) 1) “separate” means alone.
2) “setting free” means giving freedom.

11. FIGURE OF SPEECH
A) Sacrifice, devotion, love and tears,
your heart, your mind, your love energy and soul–
All these you spent on me throughout the years.
You loved me with a never-failing love
1) Write the rhyming words
2) Bring out the rhyming scheme
B) “You let me separate and set me free”.
Bring out the words in alliteration .
C) A mother like the mom you were to me
1) Mention the figure of speech?
D) I often contemplate my childhood, Mom.
I am a mother now, and so I know
1) Mention the figure of speech?

12. ANSWERS
A) 1) Rhyming words – tears and years.
2) Rhyming Scheme – ab ac .
B) 1) Separate Set
C) 1) Simile
D) 1) Anaphora.

13. ASSIGNMENT
Dictionary Work
Pickout the words that emphasize the
qualities of a mother and find out the
meanings.

14. ACTIVITY
1)Affix a photograph of your mother in
your note book and write a few lines
about her.
2)Collect the pictures of Animals and
their young ones.

15. PARAGRAPH QUESTION
Write an appreciation of the poem “A SONNET
FOR MY INCOMPARABLE MOTHER” ?
The poetess praises her mother. She
remembers the things given by her. Her
mother gave her sacrifice, devotion,love
,tears, her heart , mind,energy and soul. The
love of her mother was unfailing. She gave
her strength , safety and freedom. So, the
poetess tries to be good to her daughter like
her mother was to her.