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English Brook Reader 6

English Brook Reader 6

Sohini Ghose, Macmillan

ICSEClass 6
English

Imagination

George Bernard Shaw

About George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856-2 November 1950) was born in Dublin, Ireland. He was a renowned playwright and theatre critic. In London, Shaw became a theatre critic for the Saturday Review and began writing plays of his own. Some of his most popular plays include Arms and the Man, Man and Superman, Major Barbara, Saint Joan and Pygmalion. In fact, Pygmalion was made into a film twice, and the screenplay that he wrote for the first version won an Oscar. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 60 plays,  and was also the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925.

I used to play at Pirates,

And sailed the seven seas.

Then I was a cowboy,

These simple things did me please.

 

I had a vivid imagination,

Adventure was always on my mind.

I discovered the joys of reading,

And escaped the daily grind.

 

Once I lived with the Eskimos,

In the land of ice and snow,

Went hunting and a-fishing,

My fantasy was all aglow.

 

I read a book of Jules Verne,

And went off to the moon,

It was just to take a look,

Then it was time to return.

 

I spent time in the forests of Africa,

With Dr Livingstone as my guide,

Then off again to America,

With Huckleberry Finn I did hide.

 

In my world of fantasy and imagination,

I performed such wonderful deeds,,

A hero of all the Nations,

I was the one that did succeed.

 

Then I grew up my childish world at an end.

I had become serious; it nearly drove me around the bend.

I still do like the mysterious,

This is the message I am trying to send

Available Answers

  1. 1.

    Fill in the blanks.

    1. The poet pretended to be a _____________ and ________________.
    2. Reading brought the poet a lot of ____________.
    3. He went _______________ and ______________ with Eskimos.
    4. The poet went to the moon with the help of a book written by _______________.
    5. The poet was always a _____________ in his imaginary world.
    6. The poet's _________________ world ended when he __________________ up.
  2. 2.

    Which adjective does the poet use to describe his imagination when he was a child?

  3. 3.

    How did the poet escape the 'daily grind'?

  4. 4.

    Which countries and continents does the poet mention in the poem?

  5. 5.

    Did the poet truly become a 'Hero of all the Nations'?

  6. 6.

    What drive the poet 'around the bend'?

4 more answer(s) available.

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