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  My Shadow [question paper] Comprehension How do you understand that a child is the narrator of this poem? Is this child from a poor or well-to-do Victorian family? Please explain your answer. Do you think the child is imaginative and has an inquiring mind? Please explain your answer. How does the narrator add human-like attributes to the shadow? Do you think that the shadow was asleep in bed early in the morning?   Please explain your answer. Composition 1 Switch off the electric bulbs. Ask a grownup to light an oil lamp, candle or hurricane. Observe your shadow in silence. Imagining that it has life, write a conversation in question and answer format with your shadow. 2 What kind of shadows do you see around you when you play after sunset? [If you go out to play, please don’t crowd, wear masks and clean yourself with soap when you come home. You may also recollect your previous playtimes if you aren’t going out now.] Describe the shapes and forms of th...

  My Shadow: vocabulary Word meanings have been sourced from: https://kids.wordsmyth.net/we/ heel: the rounded, back part of the human foot, or a part like it in an animal notion: an idea, opinion, or view coward: a person who does not have the courage to face danger, pain, or something difficult nursie: a person who is paid to look after a child or several children  buttercup: a plant with shiny yellow flowers shaped like cups  arrant: complete ought: used to express the need to do something because of duty or responsibility sleepy-head: someone who is sleepy #myshadow, #vocabulary, #englishvocabulary, #vocabularyoftheday, #vocabularybuilder https://pixabay.com/photos/baby-yawning-face-cute-infant-470069/ : Image by  gdgrafik  from  Pixabay : image of a sleepy-head                                       ...

  My Shadow Fourth stanza Explanation One day, the little boy woke up at daybreak. The sun was yet to rouse from its slumber. On this refreshing dawn, the child observed dew drops on buttercup flowers. He noticed that his shadow wasn’t around him. His innocent mind concluded that it was too lazy to get up at dawn. It must be tucked away in bed, fast asleep. The shadow would have formed after sunrise. The boy was yet to undertake a science lesson explaining this. Imagination led him to arrive at this sweetly simplistic conclusion. #dawn, #morning, #morningvibes, #morningroutine, #morningwalk, #morninginspiration, #morningmessage, #morningmood, #morningpost, #morningthoughts, #morningtime, #morningpoetry, #morningview, #morningsun, #morninglight, #morningglory, #morningsky, #morningscenes, #morningperson, #morninginsta, #morninglove, #mornings, #flowers, #flowerslovers, #flowersofinstagram, #flowersmakemehappy, #flowerslover, #dew, #dewdrop, #morningdew https://pixabay....

  My Shadow Stanza 3 Explanation Nitty-gritty about how different a shadow is from a human child bewilder the boy. Kids play freely. The players maintain distance from one another. Meanwhile, his shadow sticks to him during playtime. Interestingly, the boy doesn’t point out the same about the shadows of other children. The child feels embarrassed by his shadow, who he feels is too afraid to leave his side. He’d be ashamed to stay as close to his nurse in the manner his shadow glues onto him. The poet was very close to his childhood nurse. He spent considerable quality time with her. He reveals this sentiment when he mentions his nurse in the poem. #playtime, #playtimefun, #simplyplaytime, #playtimeworldwide, #playtimematters, #iloveplaytime, #playtimeoutside, #nurse, #nursery, #nursesofinstagram, #nanny, #nannylife, #nannydiaries, #nannylove, #nannylifeisthebestlife, #nannylifestyle, #nannycommunity, #nannyinglife, #educationalfun, #englishstudies https://www.pexels.c...

  My Shadow Stanza 2 Explanation Though the poet thinks that his shadow is like a human child, he humorously notices that it ‘grows’ unlike one. He realises it’s not like a proper child. He knows that real children grow very slowly. India rubber is natural rubber sourced from rubber trees that grow in South America and South Asia. European 18 th -century explorers of the Indies imported this rubber to the West. They called this gummy substance, India-rubber. The poet compares the zigzag growth pattern of his shadow to a bouncy India-rubber ball. Just like this ball shoots up high, the shadow suddenly jumps taller. Then, there are times when the shadow shrinks. It may get so small it may almost vanish. #growingchildren, #ball, #rubbertree, #englishonline, #englishlesson, #englishschool, #englishisfun, #englishtutor, #englishteaching https://pixabay.com/vectors/ball-balls-glass-glow-glowing-1293319/ : Image by  OpenClipart-Vectors  from  Pixabay   ...

  My Shadow Stanza 1 Explanation The child in this poem innocently asks why his shadow follows him everywhere. Unaware of the scientific laws that form a shadow, he endows it with human-like attributes. He regards his shadow as his companion, as it follows him almost everywhere. As the boy is little, his shadow is tiny as well. The child wonders why the shadow resembles him so much from head to toe. Had he known why a shadow is in the shape of the opaque object that creates it, he wouldn’t have asked this question. The shadow mimics the actions of the boy. On the child noticing this, the mystery behind his shadow deepens. Why does his shadow jump into his bed right before he does? The child doesn’t understand that the shadow is only a projection of his physical self. This poem probes into the naturally curious mind of a child. Robert Louis Stevenson spent quite a reclusive childhood. Other kids of his age may not have noticed such minute details about their shadows. T...

  My Shadow BY  ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head; And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.   The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow— Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow; For he sometimes shoots up taller like an india-rubber ball, And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all.   He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play, And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way. He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see; I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!   One morning, very early, before the sun was up, I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup; But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head, Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asl...