Poetry Analysis

Question 1

What does the word arrant in Line 15 mean?

Accepted Answer

completely

Question 2

What's the genre?

Accepted Answer

lyrical poem, poetry

Question 3

In line 9, why doesn't "he" no how to play with children?

Accepted Answer

He is unable to speak because he is not "human"

Question 4

What do you notice about the poetry piece?

Accepted Answer

it has rhyming and stanzas

Question 5

Lines 5-8 describe what?

Accepted Answer

The shadow growing

Question 6

What is the speaker trying to convey to you?

Accepted Answer

That the shadow is lazy

Question 7

On line 5, what type of figurative language does the poet use?

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 8

What can you infer about the poet's knowledge?

Accepted Answer

The poet knows enough about how shadows are made

Question 9

What does the word nursie mean?

Accepted Answer

a nanny, a babysitter

Question 10

Why do you think the little girl has a "he" as a shadow.

Accepted Answer

Maybe she's only girl in the neighborhood and she's surrounded with boys, Maybe she thinks all shadows are boys?, Maybe she is an only child and would like a brother?

Question 11

What do you think the illustration helps the reader with?

Accepted Answer

it helps with who the speaker is, it shows the what the topic is

Question 12

What does line 7 describe?

Accepted Answer

how fast the shadow can get taller like a ball bouncing high

Poetry Analysis

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Poetry Analysis

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