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On the Bridge
Kate Greenaway
About Kate Greenaway
Kate Greenaway was an English children's book illustrator and writer. She was amo0ng the three most influential children's writers of her times. Even a century after her death, her works are still considered important.
IF I could see a little fish−
That is what I just now wish!
I want to see his great round eyes
Always open in surprise.
I wish a water rat would glide
Slowly to the other side;
Or a dancing spider sit
On the yellow flags a bit.
I think I 'll get some stones to throw,
And watch the pretty circles show.
Or shall we sail a flower-boat,
And watch it slowly−slowly float?
That's nice−because you never know
How far away it means to go;
And when tomorrow comes, you see,
It may be in the great wide sea.
Available Answers
- 1.
Complete these sentences.
- The speaker is standing on ______________________.
- Some of the things the speaker wishes to see are ______________________.
- The thing that the speaker imagines will be in the great wide sea tomorrow is ______________________.
- The pretty circles in the poem are ______________________.
- 2.
Do you think the speaker enjoys standing on the bridge? Use words or lines from the poem to say why you think so.
- 3.
How old do you think the speaker might be? What makes you think this?
- 4.
Make phrases like a dancing spider by combining these words. Watch for the spellings when you make the -ing words.
- dance / spider a dancing spider
- leap / frog _______________.
- shine / star _______________.
- buzz / bee _______________.
- flutter / flag _______________.
- flow / river _______________.
- 5.Other than the title, the poem does not mention where the speaker is standing. Why do you think this has been done? What effect does it create?
- 6.A rhyme scheme is a regular pattern of rhyming words at the end of each line in a poem. In this poem, the words rhyme at the end of every two lines- fish - wish, eyes - surprise. This rhyme scheme follows the pattern aabb. Can you note down the rhyming words and mark the rhyme scheme for the rest of the poem?
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