Please read the below poem, “Afternoon on a Hill” by Edna St. Vincent Millay and then follow the instructions below the poem.
“Afternoon on a Hill” by Edna St. Vincent Millay
I will be the gladdest thing
Under the sun!
I will touch a hundred flowers
And not pick one.
I will look at cliffs and clouds
With quiet eyes,
Watch the wind bow down the grass,
And the grass rise.
And when lights begin to show
Up from the town,
I will mark which must be mine,
And then start down!
Instructions:
Please write a post in reader response to this poem. In your post, include one or more photograps that you feel correspond with the imagery or theme of the poem.
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Today is my first day off this year, I am feeling so great with my smooth heart.
Singing all the way up to the top of the hill just behind my house.
Enjoying the sunset, flowers, cliffs, clouds and the beautiful weather with my quiet eyes.
Stepping on the big rock just next to the escarpment, sunshine is slowly lighting my house. It’s going to turn into a fantasy view just like the dream I dreamed last night.
With the dusk is coming.
I am invisible to compare with this abstract art.
I am so glad that I can see how beautiful this place is.
I had never paid much attention to the world around me, so I hadn't seen these many flowers on this hill where I passed through everyday.
One day, I realized that everything is so different when I look at it carefully or try to see it. Even the sunshine and a breeze blowing toward my face feels so different everyday. The world changes every single time and I know that I won't be able to keep it. That's why I don't pick one of those flowers to keep it. I will just enjoy this moment, and let the things stay or flow as they always do.
There is a girl who goes a hill in the afternoon and feels the nature around her.
She loves the flowers on the hill but she never picks them because she wants other people to enjoy the beautiful sight and feel the same as her. She gets rid of the stress that she had in the morning on the hill by watching the flowers, cliffs, and clouds. After she feels the wind blowing, she feels better. When it's about time for the sun to set, she observes the lights beginning to show up from the town, and looks for her house and gets ready to go to her home where her family is waiting.
Q2.
A: On the afternoon, about three o’clock, I'm always sitting on the hill everyday. I love those thousands of natural flowers on the hill. In this place, I look cliffs and clouds on the sky with quiet eyes, and I feel my heart beats slowly because of this calm and silent scenery. Wind blows smoothly and grass rise because of wind. I sing a happy song and wind is whistling for me. At four o’clock, I stand up with little sad because I have to go back to my home for dinner. I walk down slowly and slowly for seeing this hill long time as possible as I can, but when I can see my town and my house under the hill, I feel happy because the sun begins to show up from my town with smile.
I went to a hill which is nearby my home yesterday. It was the most beautiful hill that I’ve ever seen.
The sky was azure and the sun was shining. There were a lot of flowers on the hill, and I didn’t pick any of them. I brought some food because I want picnic on this pretty hill. I chose a smooth place to picnic. When I finished my lunch, I picked up all the trash and cleaned up the place where I enjoyed my lunch.
The sky was orange-red at the dusk. I enjoyed my dinner on the hill too, and do the same things that I did at lunch time.
When lights begin to show up from the town, I was marking which house is mine. Then I got back to my home and enjoyed my dream.
I am so happy because i'm standing on the beautiful flower hill!!
The smells of flower is good.I can touch a lot of flowers and sunshine makes me warm.Gentle wind touches my face. Also I can look at cliffs and clouds.It feel little scary, but also exciting.
When i'm standing on this hill, i feel free and peaceful.
When i'm sitting on the ground that covered with green grass which like a blanket, i want to drink a cup of tea.
I love this hill.
I want to come here everyday!!!
:)
This is a good day in
late afternoon,I stand on the soft grass and such beautiful flowers,breathe the clear air makes me cool and relaxed.Isit down on the top of hill and look at the far place .I hope the coming of winter,I think about when snow will fall on the hill,I can make the snowman,and put a flower on its haed.I hope the coming of spring ,I want play kite with friends.I hope the coming of summer,I can singing and dancing around the fire when we picnicing.I hope the coming of Fall,I can see the golden tree and golden grass.
I like here.I like nature.
I was on the hill and sitting on the peat for a brief time. At there I saw thousands upon thousands flowers and a pure sky with a spotless cloud, I am always very exhilarating to hang out this area, because I am able to drop off all the depressed mind behind me. It brought so much fun things to my real life and making me want to enjoy the nature. I saw the cliffs, in the meanwhile the wind bow down the grass with the sunset, I could not depict it how pretty it actually was with the general words, just imagined it same as a sweet dream. When the sun got down from the west gradually, I was on the way to be back. And expected back here in the other days.
If I was the speaker, I might be want to feel freedom and enjoy the nature or stay away from busy and stressful life. So I went to up to the hill, touched tons of gorgeous flowers and smelled it, but not pick one, because that is bad. I also looked at cliff, clouds and felt the breeze. Then watched the wind bow down and rise the grass with quiet eyes, it made me so peaceful and calm. However I can't be here forever, if the lights shows up from the town, I have to go down to the town. If not, my family would worry about me, but I really enjoyed this time.
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