How many times have we urged our children , grandchildren, nephews and nieces to " sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and the little cherubs always give their most angelic grin and oblige.
A sure way of gaining social status at that age since the rendition is almost always uttered in the most cute matter lisps et all.
Yet as answers.com would tell us the complete rendition is as follows :
Complete lyrics of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Perhaps it is little known that Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star actually consists of 5 verses, with the fifth verse rarely sung. Here's the complete 5 verses, taken from the Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (2nd edition, 1997), with the repetition of the first two lines added to fit the melody.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Then the traveller in the dark,
Thanks you for your tiny spark,
He could not see which way to go,
If you did not twinkle so.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
In the dark blue sky you keep,
And often through my curtains peep,
For you never shut your eye,
Till the sun is in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
As your bright and tiny spark,
Lights the traveller in the dark,
— Though I know not what you are,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
And in 2006, it celebrates 200 years of being sung by every child that was taught English since then. It was in 1806 that Jane Taylor first wrote this.
The poem teaches the child the wonders of basic rhyming. Also pronounciation and clear diction with practise of words most commonly used in the English language.
Further the poems innocence also stems from the fact that unlike most other nursery rhymes of that era it has no dark allusions to some plitically incorrect situation, crime or disaster.
It teaches the child vivid imagery and attracts it to a wonder of nature that most adults take for granted. Somewhere, a distant metaphor for a guide. " When nothing shines.....it lights the travellor in the dark". Teaching the child to find her own star !
Cheers
Anurag
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