Chapter Notes- First Day at School

Introduction

The poem has been written by Aileen Fisher . The poem uses language and tone in powerful and playful way to describe a child's first experiences at school. The poem reveals the anxieties, ignorance, and lack of understanding of a child on his first day at School. The poem not only explores the innocence of a child but also his curiosity.

Summary of The Poem

In this poem "First Day at School", the poet has brought out the same emotions. The narrator of the poem is a kid who is wondering how his first day of school will be. 

He/She is thinking about whether or not his/her drawing will be as good as the fellow classmates, whether or not they'll like him/her.

The purity of a kid's mind is also evident in the line where he/she wonders if the teacher's face will look like his/her mom or grandmother. It shows how close the kid is to his/her mom and gran and how he/she thinks of the teacher (a stranger as of now) to be similar to his/her close family members. 

In the final lines of the poem, the kid wonders if his/her dog will miss him at home. The poem beautifully amalgamates a kid's pain of coming out of his/her comfort zone and anxiety of stepping into a new world.