Leisure is doing what you enjoy during your free time like doing a hobby.

What is the poem about?

Reminds us to take time to appreciate the beauty of nature.

However, if we are too busy with our daily life & worry too much, we forget to
watch and admire natures beauty.

It is a sad life if we cant find time to relax and appreciate the nature around us.

Synopsis

This poem is about our quality of life. The poem tells us that life is rather meaningless if
we do not have the "time to see" the things of nature around us like "where the squirrels
hide their nuts in grass" or enjoy the "streams full of stars, like stars at night". Hence,
our lifestyle is now a "poor life" that is "full of care". The poet shows us all the wonderful
things in nature that we are missing out when we live a life that is so "full of care" and
worries. Consequently, we have no time for leisure. The title of the poem "Leisure"
suggest that we need to take time off to relax and unwind.

we discussed the lessons that can be learnt from the poem. The lessons are:

1. Take time to relax even though we are too busy.

2. Appreciate the wonderful nature.

3. Be grateful to God, the creator of the beautiful nature.

4. God is Almighty because His creations are the greatest.

In couplet 5, nature is personified as a dancer. This is because when nature (Beauty)

changes, they are like the movement of dancers. I asked students to give examples of
how nature can change. Here are some of their responses:

1. Grass moving in the wind

2. Flowers blooming

3. Clouds moving

4. Sunrise to sunset

5. Four seasons changing

6. Formation of a rainbow
 7. Trees swaying in the wind

8. Wave crashing the shore

9. Plants growing

10. A caterpillar changing into a butterfly

Moral Values

Lead a balanced life

We must make sure we maintain a balance. We must ensure time is set aside for
leisure so that we become more balanced and harmonious individuals.

Appreciate nature

We must ensure we put aside sufficient time to enjoy what God has given us -
the beauty of nature around us. Life has no meaning if we do not enjoy and
appreciate the beauty around us.

MESSAGE
1. Take a break
Life can get very busy. We might be so full of care that we do not notice what is happening
around us. We need to slow down and enjoy life. Look at the beauty around us and take time
to smile at people. Then we will have a happy life.
2. Manage your time well
We need to manage our time. Being our own time manager we can find some free time. If
we do not handle our time well, we will not get a break and enjoy simple joys of life. Having
no time for leisure will make us unhealthy and unhappy.
3. Enjoy nature
Nature is beautiful. Like the sheep and cows, we should spend time enjoying the beauty and
wonders of our natural surroundings. We should not rush around and miss out on simple joy
os seing beautiful trees, sparkling streams and clever animals.

MORAL VALUES
1. We should be grateful for life and treasure life and do not let it pass us by.
2. We need to love and appreciate nature.
3. Everything we see, touch, smell and hear make our life beautiful
4. We should use leisure creatively to strengthen our minds and hearts.
5.We should practice moderation by not spending all our time working and worrying about
our problems. We need to balance our lives with leisure and enjoyment.
6.Life is transient and what we have today may disappear tomorrow, so appreciate what we
have today.
7. We should take care of ourselves and take a break from our busy schedule.
Stanza 1 What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
Stanza 2 No time to stand beneath the bough
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
Stanza 3 No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
Stanza 4 No time to see, in broad daylight.
Streams full of stars, like stars at night.
Stanza 5 No time to turn at Beautys glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
Stanza 6 No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
Stanza 7 A poor life this is, if full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
The poet asks of how this life would mean if
we have the time to take a rest and feel the
beauty of life.
Working people nowadays have no time to
rest and have some leisure time as they are
too busy earning money for living.
We have no time to experience the fresh air
and the excitement of spending time in the
jungle watching how the nature of the Earth
works as we are too busy working in the
town.
Since nowadays people work very hard in
the daylight, they turn to be tired at night.
As a result, they have no time to enjoy the
beauty of the night seeing that they need to
sleep for their body need to rest to start
working early in the morning the next day.
We have no time to care about our mothers;
how they take care of us and doing the
house chores in order to raise us and to
make us live in a happy and comfortable
environment.
We have no time to even take a look at our
mothers to curve a smile again and the eyes
that hide all the pain and suffer in raising
us.
The poet feels that a life without
appreciating the nature is seen as a lifeless
life because we dont have the time for our
self to care of the beauty of nature.
Stanza 1 What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
Stanza 2 No time to stand beneath the bough
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
Stanza 3 No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
Stanza 4 No time to see, in broad daylight.
Streams full of stars, like stars at night.
Stanza 5 No time to turn at Beautys glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
Stanza 6 No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
Stanza 7 A poor life this is, if full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
Leisure
By:William Henry Davies
The poet asks of how this life would mean if
we have the time to take a rest and feel the
beauty of life.
Working people nowadays have no time to
rest and have some leisure time as they are
too busy earning money for living.
We have no time to experience the fresh air
and the excitement of spending time in the
jungle watching how the nature of the Earth
works as we are too busy working in the
town.
Since nowadays people work very hard in
the daylight, they turn to be tired at night.
As a result, they have no time to enjoy the
beauty of the night seeing that they need to
sleep for their body need to rest to start
working early in the morning the next day.
We have no time to care about our mothers;
how they take care of us and doing the
house chores in order to raise us and to
make us live in a happy and comfortable
environment.
We have no time to even take a look at our
mothers to curve a smile again and the eyes
that hide all the pain and suffer in raising
us.
The poet feels that a life without
appreciating the nature is seen as a lifeless
life because we dont have the time for our
self to care of the beauty of nature.
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

No time to stand beneath the boughs

And stare as long as sheep or cows.

No time to see, when woods we pass,

Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.

No time to see, in broad daylight,

Streams full of stars, like stars at night.

No time to turn at Beauty's glance,

And watch her feet, how they can dance.

No time to wait till her mouth can

Enrich that smile her eyes began.

A poor life this is if, full of care,

We have no time to stand and stare.

Leisure is doing what you enjoy during your free time like doing a hobby.

What is the poem about?

Reminds us to take time to appreciate the beauty of nature.

However, if we are too busy with our daily life & worry too much, we forget to
watch and admire natures beauty.

It is a sad life if we cant find time to relax and appreciate the nature around us.

Synopsis

This poem is about our quality of life. The poem tells us that life is rather meaningless if
we do not have the "time to see" the things of nature around us like "where the squirrels
hide their nuts in grass" or enjoy the "streams full of stars, like stars at night". Hence,
our lifestyle is now a "poor life" that is "full of care". The poet shows us all the wonderful
things in nature that we are missing out when we live a life that is so "full of care" and
worries. Consequently, we have no time for leisure. The title of the poem "Leisure"
suggest that we need to take time off to relax and unwind.

MESSAGE
1. Take a break
Life can get very busy. We might be so full of care that we do not notice what is happening around us.
We need to slow down and enjoy life. Look at the beauty around us and take time to smile at people.
Then we will have a happy life.

2. Manage your time well

We need to manage our time. Being our own time manager we can find some free time. If we do not
handle our time well, we will not get a break and enjoy simple joys of life. Having no time for leisure
will make us unhealthy and unhappy.

3. Enjoy nature
Nature is beautiful. Like the sheep and cows, we should spend time enjoying the beauty and wonders
of our natural surroundings. We should not rush around and miss out on simple joy os seing beautiful
trees, sparkling streams and clever animals.

MORAL VALUES
1. We should be grateful for life and treasure life and do not let it
pass us by.
2. We need to love and appreciate nature.
3. Everything we see, touch, smell and hear make our life
beautiful
4. We should use leisure creatively to strengthen our minds and
hearts.
5 .We should practice moderation by not spending all our time
working and worrying about our problems. We need to
balance our lives with leisure and enjoyment.
6. Life is transient and what we have today may disappear
tomorrow, so appreciate what we have today.
7. We should take care of ourselves and take a break from our
busy schedule.