(you)
“What do think
(don’t)
I’m sure I know.
(tell)
Don’t anybody
(oh)
Oh, no! no!
(told)
Somebody me
(else)
That some one said
(told)
That so and so them
(what)
You won’t tell I said?”
For older people, try and pique their memories; therefore some familiar
poem should be selected, or some sonnet of Shakspeare.
“On either side the river lie
Long fields of barley and of rye
That clothe the world and meet the sky;
And thro’ the field the road runs by
To many tower’d Camelot;
And up and down the people go
Gazing where the lilies blow
Round an island there below,
The island of Shalott.”
(for)
“So oft have I invoked thee my Muse
(in)
And found such fair assistance my verse
(got)
As every alien pen hath my use
(their)
And under thee poesy disperse.
(on)
Thine eyes that taught the dumb high to sing,
(aloft)
And heavy ignorance to fly,
(the)
Have added feathers to learned’s wing
(double)
And given grace a majesty.
(which)
Yet be most proud of that I compile,
(born)
Whose influence is thine and of thee:
(mend)
In others’ works thou dost but the style,
(graces)
And arts with thy sweet gracèd be;
(and)
But thou art all my art dost advance
(my)
As high as learning rude ignorance.”