Poem: My Shadow
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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 asleep in bed.
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 asleep in bed.
A.
In the poem "My Shadow," which is NOT a way the shadow is described?
- lazy
- foolish
- friendly
- coward
B.
In "My Shadow," what does the speaker's shadow do before the speaker jumps into bed?
- jumps in before him
- gets so little
- makes a fool of him
- stays asleep in bed
C.
In the poem "My Shadow," it says:
"He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play,"
The word NOTION most likely means
"He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play,"
The word NOTION most likely means
- feeling.
- idea.
- friend.
- thread.
D.
In the poem "My Shadow," the speaker calls his shadow a coward. This is because his shadow
- sleeps with the lights on.
- stays close to him.
- hides under the blanket.
- cries all the time.
E.
What is the poem "My Shadow" about?
- a boy with an imaginary friend
- a boy with a lot of friends
- a boy who can't find his shadow
- a boy who tells about his shadow