My Shadow ( Notes)

My Shadow

·      Word Galaxy:

1. Arrant- complete

2. Coward- a person afraid to face danger

3. Dew- water droplets that form on cool surface

4. India rubber – natural rubber obtained from latex

5. Notion- belief

6. Nursie- childish form of nurse

7. Sleepy head- sleepy person

Q1. Answer in short

1. Why does the poet call the shadow, a coward?

Ans. The poet calls the shadow, a coward, because he always stays beside him as if he is afraid of facing the difficult situations alone. 

2.How does the little boy in the poem feel about his shadow?

Ans.The little boy is curious to know about his shadow and is confused about itsfunny ways. Heis also amused by its strange behavior.

3.What was the real reason for the shadow not going with the little boy in the morning?

Ans.The boy had left too early in the morning, evenbefore the sun rose. Hence there was noshadow seen.

4. What makes a shadow? Do shadows change?

Ans -Shadows are formed when light cannot passthrough an object. Shadows are created on the side of the object opposite to the light source. Shadows change size according to the position of the light source. The position of the light affects the direction of the shadow.

Q2. Explain the following lines of poem:

1. “I’d think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!”

Ans: The poet says that he would be ashamed to stay close to his nursie as his shadow stays close to him.

2. “For he sometimes shoots up taller like an

India-rubber balland he sometimes gets solittle that there’s none of him at all.”

Ans.The poet wants to say that his shadow sometimes grows big and bounces like an Indian rubber ball because of the source of the light on him. Sometimes, the shadow is so small that it is not visible at all.

3.“But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head,

Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep

in bed.’

Ans. The poet had risen early and he found that eventhough he had risen, his shadow, like a sleepy head, lazy and languid, had stayed back in his room. It had not accompanied him, wherever he had gone.

HOME WORK

Q3 - Identify the rhyming words in the poem.

1.Play-

2.see-

3.up-

4.head-

5.grow – 

6.ball –

Q4- Answer in one sentence :

1. Where does the shadow go with poet?

Ans:

2. Does the shadow grow like children?

Ans.