🎵 INDIVIDUAL WORKSHEET English
Grade: 11
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🎤 Songs: meaning, language & emotion
“White Flag” – Dido · “What a Wonderful World” – Louis Armstrong
🎯 My learning goal: I can analyse song lyrics, identify feelings and poetic devices, and express personal interpretation.
“I know you think that I shouldn't still love you … I will go down with this ship”
📌 Read the lyrics of both songs carefully. Complete 5 tasks. Write clearly. You can use a dictionary.
1Vocabulary in context
Find synonyms in the lyrics of “White Flag” for the following words. Write one word from the song.
| Word | Synonym from the song |
|---|---|
| to give up | |
| to keep silent | |
| to continue to love | |
| harm / chaos | |
| to meet again |
✎ 5 points possible
2Metaphors & imagery
In “White Flag” the singer uses a strong metaphor: “I will go down with this ship”.
Explain in 2–3 sentences what this metaphor means in the context of the song. What feeling does it express?
✎ 2 points (meaning + feeling)
3Compare two songs
Read the second song “What a Wonderful World”. Compare the mood of this song with the mood of “White Flag”.
Complete the table:
| Aspect | “White Flag” (Dido) | “What a Wonderful World” |
|---|---|---|
| Main emotion | ||
| Key image (choose one) | ||
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