OBJECTIVES

A. Compare & contrast similar

information presented in
different text

B. Analyze literature as a means of

valuing other people and their
circumstances
WHO IS YOUR BEST FRIEND?

WHAT MAKES HIM/HER A

GREAT FRIEND?

CAN YOU RECALL ONE

UNFORGETTABLE MOMENT
THAT HAD WITH HIM / HER?
Guide Questions:
 A. When is "Auld Lang Syne" usually sung?

 B. Who is being referred to in the song?

 C. What makes the persona's friend unforgettable?

 D. What experiences have they gone through?

 E. Why do Filipinos love to sing this song during

New Year's Celebration?
 Auld Lang Syne is more than a New Year's song. It is
one of the great expressions of the tragic ambiguity of
man's relation to time, which mixes memory with
desire, carrying away old friendships and bringing
new, turning childhood escapades into old men's
recollections, making change the very condition of
consciousness, and at the same time the creator and
the destroyer of human experience.
  To understand the true meaning behind "Auld Lang
Syne", they would first have to know what the title means
and where the poem is from. There are two characters in
this poem. The first character is the narrator. The narrator
is recounting old memories that he and the second
character shared together. The second character can be two
different people. One version makes the second character
to be a very close friend. The other version portrays the
second character to be a wife or girlfriend

 The poem is Scottish and is written by a Scotsman, therefore

the poem is written in a Scottish accent. There is a translated
version provided to help the reader to understand what the
poem is saying. This breakdown will be referring the original
words to the poem.
  Auld Lang Sine: The Good old Days

 Should auld acquaintance be forgot, : Should old

friends be forgotten
And never brought to mind?: And never thought of?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,: Should old
friends be forgotten
And auld lang syne?: And those days of long ago?
  Chorus:
For auld lang syne, my dear,: For old times sake, my
friend
For auld lang syne.: For old times sake
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet,: We'll drink to
kindness
For auld lang syne.: For old times sake
  And surely ye'll be your pint-stowp!: Surely you'll
have a pint of beer
And surely I'll be mine!: Surely I'll have one too!
And we'll take a cup o' kindness yet,: We'll drink to
kindness
for auld lang syne.: For old times sake!

 We twa hae run about the braes: We two have run

about the hills
And pou'd the gowans fine : Pulling up wild daisies
We've wandered mony a weary foot,: We've wandered
far (many a foot)
Sin' auld lang syne.: Since the good old days
 We twa hae sported i' the burn,: We've played in the
open areas
From morning sun till dine,: From dawn until high
noon
But seas between us braid hae roared: But broad seas
now separate us
Sin' auld lang syne.: Since the good old days

 And ther's a hand, my trusty friend,: Here's my hand

And gie's a hand o' thine;: Give me your hand (Let's
shake on it)
We'll tak' a right good willie-waught, :We'll have a
long drink for good will
For auld lang syne.: For the good old days
 When they come to the last verse, "And there's a hand, my
trusty firer (friend)...", each brother then extends his right
hand of fellowship to the brother on his left, then the left
hand to the brother on his right.
This symbolizes two things: firstly, that they are crossing
their hearts; secondly, that they automatically form a smaller
and more intimate circle of friendship. Now they have an
unbroken chain of brethren who are close friends.
Seas symbolizes Distances.
Cup o' kindness symbolizes Gathering.
 The main theme of this poem is the importance of
friendship . the poet remembers his old days with his
best friends as the days that never return back
, because they are the best days of happiness , hanging
around , and the childish faith.

Conviviality was, for Burns, one of the most important

virtues. For him, Auld Lang Syne is a concrete
expression of his love of mankind and his ideal of
International Brotherhood
 “Should old friends and days of long ago be forgotten?”
How do we celebrate the
"greatness" of the people
we know?
I Think Continually of Those
Who Were Truly Great
by Stephen Spender
 Focus Questions
 1. What distinct quality of those who are great
does the persona mention in the first stanza?

 2. According to the second stanza, what should

not be forgotten?

 3. What is the legacy of those who are great?

 1/2 crosswise

Finding Similarities and

Differences (Refer to Task 3)