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Poetry Analysis "The Heart of Tree" By Henry Cuyler Bunner

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The Heart of Tree What does he plant who plants a tree? He plants a friend of sun and sky; He plants the flag of breezes free; The shaft of beauty, towering high. He plants a home to heaven anigh; For song and mother-croon of bird In hushed and happy twilight heard - The treble of heaven's harmony - These things he plants who plants a tree. What does he plant who plants a tree? He plants cool shade and tender rain, And seed and bud of days to be, And years that fade and flush again; He plants the glory of the plain; He plants the forest's heritage; The harvest of a coming age; They joy that unborn eyes shall see - These things he plants who plants a tree. What does he plant who plants a tree? He plants, in sap and leaf and wood, In love of home and loyalty And far-cast thought of civic good - His blessing on the neighborhood Who in the hollow of his hand Holds all the growth of all our land - A nation's growth from sea to sea Stirs in his heart who plants a tree. By Henry C...
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Reviewing "Creativity and English Language Teaching" Book by Alan Maley and Tamas Kiss

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By: Aqilla Ayusandra Literature in ELT (B)           Creativity and English Language Teaching book by Alan Maley and Tamas Kiss provide an overview of how to be a creative person and teacher while teaching. This book itself is divided into four parts and each part discusses different things such as how to analyze and discusses general creativity theory, define the key characteristics of the creative teacher, goes on to offer practical suggestions for becoming a more creative person, suggests the pre-conditions and frameworks for classroom application, etc. The writer reviewed it because creativity is so widely regarded as a desirable thing to have in virtually every field.  If we move to “Chapter 4; Creativity and Applied Linguistics”, we will enter the specific sphere of linguistic creativity like the relevance of applied linguistics (AL) inquiry and the description of the practical application of these findings to teaching. It is undeniable that a d...
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Poetry’s Role in Teaching/Learning English

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By: Aqilla Ayusandra Literature in ELT (B) Most people believe that poetry can only be discovered in a dusty old book or something that is only learned at school. However, poetry may be found in a wide range of aspects of daily life because poetry has the power and can help us to see the ‘new side of the world’ in unexpected ways. I argued that poetry not only helps us to understand the whole world. From my own personal perspective, poetry has several ways to teach or learn with. According to Carter & Long (1996), and Lazar (1993), Literary genres such as poetry, essays, stories, drama, fiction, etc are highly recommended in enhancing people who want to learn or teach English as well as understand social happenings and issues.  For me, poetry is one of the most effective ways of teaching or learning English.  Many people learn poetry from books or songs to enhance their English, especially their vocabulary skills such as idioms, a lot of slang, and figurative language to u...
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