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The Balloon Man Summary Class 3 English Unit 5

Summary

  • A young girl describes a balloon man she sees whenever she goes to the market.
  • The balloon man always stands in the market square and carries a variety of balloons of all sizes and colours. 
  • The balloon man is busy even during lunch hours and does not think of eating.
  • The balloons are tied together and move together in a particular direction whenever the wind blows along with the tie strings.
  • The girl hopes that someday the balloon man will untie the balloons so they all sail high and everybody can see how pretty they will look when free in the sky.

Techniques used in the Poem


Rhyming Words: The words when the spoken end in a similar way is called rhyming words.

  • Days- Stays
  • Bunch- Lunch
  • Green- Between
  • Day- Away
  • Small- All
  • String- Anything
  • Go- Below
  • High- Sky

Imagery: Words in a poem or prose that creates a visual picture for the reader.

In stanza 2: a sunny day, the carts and people get between

In stanza 3: they tug and tug like anything

New Words and their Meaning
The Balloon Man Summary Class 3 English Unit 5

About the Poet

  • Rose Fyleman was a prolific English author who published over sixty books of fiction, poetry and plays. Fyleman was born in Nottingham, England, in 1877. She studied at Nottingham University College before pursuing training as an opera singer.
  • Rose Amy Fyleman was known for her children's books about fairy folk. Liza Lehmann, an English composer, adapted her poem "There are fairies at the bottom of our garden" to music.
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