Poetry Appreciation

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod (Dutch Lullaby)

by Eugene Field (1850-1895)

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night

   Sailed off in a wooden shoe---
Sailed on a river of crystal light,  

Into a sea of dew.
"Where are you going, and what do you wish?"  

 The old moon asked the three."

We have come to fish for the herring fish   

That live in this beautiful sea;   

Nets of silver and gold have we!"                    

 Said Wynken, 
Blynken, 
And Nod.

The old moon laughed and sang a song,

   As they rocked in the wooden shoe,

And the wind that sped them all night long   

Ruffled the waves of dew.
The little stars were the herring fish   

That lived in that beautiful sea---

"Now cast your nets wherever you wish---   

Never afeard are we";   

So cried the stars to the fishermen three:                     

Wynken, 
Blynken, 
And Nod.

All night long their nets they threw

   To the stars in the twinkling foam---

Then down from the skies came the wooden shoe,   

Bringing the fishermen home;

'T was all so pretty a sail it seemed   

As if it could not be,
And some folks thought 't was a dream they 'd dreamed   

Of sailing that beautiful sea---   

But I shall name you the fishermen three:
Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod.

Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes,

   And Nod is a little head,
And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies   

Is a wee one's trundle-bed.

So shut your eyes while mother sings   

Of wonderful sights that be,
And you shall see the beautiful things   

As you rock in the misty sea, 

Where the old shoe rocked the fishermen three:
Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod.

Made into a movie by Walt Disney, based on the above poem.
The song was narrated and sang in Spanish.

The book based on the poem:

http://jkrbooks.typepad.com/blog/2008/05/wynken-blynken.html

Source of  lesson:Primary Language Lessons: Homeschool Edition by Michelle Morrow

What we did:
- Reading the poem
- Listening to native speaker
-Watching video
- Enjoying the intepretation how a poem can turned into a movie and a book
- Realizing the power of imagination
- Discussing how a Dutch Lullaby can inspire many artists to do different things
- Enjoying the beautiful art pictures and song
- Appreciating the poet, artist and the movie maker by put the original links/sites