Home learning lesson 1

Q1.How are the figurative language used in the poem? Give the specific word(s), explain what type of figurative language it is and why the poet chose to use this figurative language?

Q2. Tell us why you like this poem in no less than 100 words.

Q1. Ans :
There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white, (Hyperbole)
And there the sun burns crimson bright, (Hyperbole)
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight (Personification)
To cool in the peppermint wind.

Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black (Hyperbole)
And the dark street winds and bends. (Personification)
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow (Hyperbole)
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go (Symbolism)
To the place where the sidewalk ends.

Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go, (Symbolism)
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends.

Q2. Ans :
This poem is very touching and has very good descriptions. It is a very relaxing and calming poem. It describe a place where the sidewalks ends and what there is there; the grass, the sun, the moon-bird, the black smoke the flowers, the children. When you read this poem you can imagine a sidewalk and you can imagine yourself walking down it slowly. It also uses hyperbole, personification and symbolism which I stated in question one. It described the colour of the arrows by saying not only white arrows, but chalk-white arrows. While walking down the sidewalk you can feel the peppermint cool wind blowing on your face.
(101 words)