when had the speaker decided to visit shed (honeycomb class 7 poem)
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when had the speaker decided to visit shed (honeycomb class 7 poem)
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Rhyme Scheme: This poem is not written in free verse as a few rhyming words can be observed in all the stanzas. But the rhyme scheme used here is irregular in pattern.
Stanza 1
There’s a shed at the bottom of our garden
With a spider’s web hanging across the door,
The hinges are rusty and creak in the wind.
When I’m in bed I lie and I listen,
I’ll open that door one day.
Explanation
The speaker of these lines is a child who is very curiously describing a shed which is there at the bottom of his garden. He says that the door of the shed has a spider's web across it and its hinges have also become rusty which suggests that the door of the shed is not opened very often. Whenever the wind blows a creaky sound comes from the shed which is listened to by the child while lying on his bed. The last line describes his curiosity to open the door and visit the shed one day.
Poetic Devices
i. Imagery - The poet has given the visual description of the shed throughout the stanza.
ii. Repetition - The word ‘door’ has been repeated.
iii. Assonance - 1. The prominent sound of the vowel ‘i’ - I’m in bed I lie and I listen.
2. The prominent sound of the vowel ‘e’ - When I’m in bed I lie and I listen.
3. The prominent sound of the vowel ‘o’ - bottom of our garden.
Stanza 2
There’s a dusty old window around at the side
With three cracked panes of glass,
I often think there’s someone staring at me Each time that I pass,
I’ll peep through that window one day.
Explanation
Now, the child is describing the window of the shed. He says it is very old and three of its panes are also broken. He says whenever he passes from there, he feels some strange scary presence. He thinks that someone is staring at him. He says one day he’ll visit the shed and peep through that window.
Poetic Devices
i. Imagery - The poet has given the visual description of the window of the shed in the first two lines.
ii. Alliteration - It is the repetition of a letter at the start of closely placed words. The repetition of the letter:
‘S’ in someone staring.
‘T’ in think there.
iii. Assonance - The prominent sound of the vowel ‘o’ - old window around.
iv. Repetition - The word ‘window’ has been repeated.
Stanza 3
My brother says there’s a ghost in the shed
Who hides under the rotten floorboards,
And if I ever dare to set foot inside
He’ll jump out and chop off my head,
But I’ll take a peek one day.
Explanation
This stanza shows the rivalry between the siblings. The child says that his brother often scares him by saying that a ghost lives in the shed under the old floorboards. His brother also says that if he dares to visit the shed then the ghost will come out of the floor and chop his head off. In the last line, he says that he is not afraid of any of the things said by his brother and he’ll visit that shed one day.
Poetic Devices
i. Imagery - The poet has given the visual description of the activities of the ghost in the shed in the first four lines.
ii. Assonance - 1. The prominent sound of the vowel ‘o’:
Who hides under the rotten floorboards.
out and chop off.
2. The prominent sound of the vowel ‘e’ in 'ever dare to set foot inside'.
Stanza 4
I know that there isn’t really a ghost,
My brother tells lies to keep the shed for his den;
There isn’t anyone staring or making strange noises
And the spider has been gone from his web since I don’t know when,
I’ll go into that shed one day soon, But not just yet……..
Explanation
In the last stanza, we see the child convincing himself that no ghost lives there in the shed and that’s just a lie that his brother tells him in order to protect his den. The den here means the hiding place of his brother which he must be using while playing. The child further convinces himself by saying that no one is there to stare at him through the window and the spider of the web must have gone long ago. In the last line, he again says that he’ll visit that shed one day, not today but soon.
Poetic Devices
i. Alliteration - It is the repetition of a letter at the start of closely placed words. The repetition of the letter ‘t’ in that there.
ii. Consonance - Prominent sound of the consonance ‘s’ - staring or making strange noises.