Poem Study: The Violet

Let’s read a poem and study it together!

Not sure how to study a poem? Here are some ideas! Choose one or all of these:

1. Read aloud and enjoy the poem
2. Neatly write out your favorite stanza for handwriting practice or…
3. Print out the poem here
4. Draw a picture about the poem
5. Circle the words that are stressed, or on the beat. (Learn about meter here!)
6. Read more about the author’s life
7. Share with someone you love <3

The Violet

Down in a green and shady bed
A modest violet grew;
Its stalk was bent, it hung its head,
As if to hide from view.

And yet it was a lovely flower,
No colors bright and fair;
It might have graced a rosy bower,
Instead of hiding there.

Yet it was content to bloom,
In modest tints arrayed;
And there diffused its sweet perfume,
Within the silent shade.

Then let me to the valley go,
This pretty flower to see;
That I may also learn to grow
In sweet humility.

~Jane Taylor

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