What should a person do at the end of the day?
A person should count the acts/ actions that s/he has done.
What does the poet compare in this poem?
The poet compares a day well spent and a day lost.
Describe a day well spent
A day "well spent" is a day when you do a selfless act /say a kind word/ smile at someone/comfort someone/bring joy to someone.
What is the message of the poem?
The message of the poem is that we should help others, as it makes our society more meaningful and a better place to live in.
What are the similarities in the two stanzas?
8 lines
rhymes
describe a day
What is the difference between the first stanza and the second stanza?
Stanza 1- things you did
Stanza 2- things you didn't do
What would be considered a day "well spent"
You made someone happy
What is a day "worst than lost"?
You didn't help anyone
"glance most kind" means
sympathetic look
"cheered no heart by yea or nay" means
made no one happy by anything we did or didn't do
"set of sun" means -
in the evening
a "self-denying" deed means-
something you did for someone else without getting anything in return.
According to the poem, what can "ease the heart"?
one word
"count that day" means
להחשיב את היום
If you "bring the sunshine to one face" then you-
made him happy
"nothing cost" is when you helped someone and -
without making any effort.
