Page 138 - 100 Best Loved Poems - Teaching Unit
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“The Retreat”
by Henry Vaughan, pages 18-19
Vocabulary
gilded – covered with gold
1. Identify an example of half-rhyme in this poem.
2. How are the ideas in Henry Vaughan’s introduction reflected in this particular poem?
3. In your own words, explain the first stanza of this poem. What does Vaughan miss? How
does he believe he has changed? Use quotes from the poem to support your translation.
4. In the last stanza, how does Vaughan see himself as different from other men?
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