Count That Day Lost

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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?

Type response here

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!

Type response here

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!

Type response here

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

Count That Day Lost

George Eliot

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