Little by Little Summary Class 3 English Unit 3

Summary

• Little by Little poem shows how an acorn improves and enriches itself through the time when placed deep inside the earth. 
• The poem talks about how a plant and a tree grow. 
• At the beginning of the poem, it is said that the acorn is a seed that is improving little by little 
• This shows that all big trees were once tiny seeds.
• When surrounded by proper conditions the seed grows little by little. The first sign of growth is seen when the root and stem grow.
• After which the growth of leaves can be seen followed by branches and eventually matures into a massive oak tree. 
• This is to show that these changes do not happen after a day or a week. It takes many days, months and years for a tree to grow fully.
• Similarly, every child who hopes to grow up and become big like an acorn grew into an oak tree can do so by putting honest efforts little by little each day.

Theme of the Poem

Moral of Little by Little

• The growth of the tree represents the efforts that can lead to great results
• Little efforts put in overtime result in the success of work.
• The moral is to keep growing even if it is happening slowly and little by little.

New Words Meaning with Examples

Techniques Used in the Poem

• Said - Bed
• Day - Away
• Grew - Dew
• Root -  Shoot
• Year - Appear
• Wide - Pride

Simile: Similes are used to compare two things using like or as in the sentence.

Thread-like root - here the length and size of the root are being compared to a thread.