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Reference to the context

Read the lines from the poem and answer the questions that follow.

1. Little shadows, little shadows

Dancing on the chamber wall,

While I sit beside the hearthstone

Where the red flames rise and fall.

a. Who is ‘I’?

b. Why are the shadows described as little?
i. because they are formed at night

ii. because they are shadows of small children

iii. because they are formed by the light of the fire

iv. because the chamber wall is in front of it

c. What do you understand by ‘red flames rise and fall’?

2. Now what happens, now what happens?

One small shadow's tumbled down:
I can see it on the carpet

Softly rubbing its hurt crown.

a. What happens to one small shadow?

b. How does the speaker know that the shadow has hurt itself?

c. Where did the shadow get hurt?
i. feet ii. hand iii. head iv. eyes

Time to think and answer

1. Describe the bond among the children. Quote lines from the poem that tell us about
their bond. life skill logical thinking

2. Have you ever played shadow game with your friends or siblings? Describe your experience.
life skill self-awareness

Time to enjoy

1. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
2. Write any two figures of speech used in the poem.

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