My Shadow Summary Class 5 English Marigold Poem 3

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Summary: in the first paragraph, the poet says that he has a little shadow that keeps following him wherever he goes. At the same time, the poet also wonders what is the use of shadow. The shadow’s appearance is just like the poet from toe to head. The poet also observes that his shadow goes to bed before him. He is fascinated by the shadow and very curious to know more about him. 

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The funniest thing about him is 
the way he likes to grow
Not at all like proper children, which
is always very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller
like an India-rubber ball,
And he sometimes gets so little that
There’s none of him at all.

Summary: In the second paragraph, the poet is curious to observe how the shadow keeps changing his shape. The poet finds it funny. He compares his shadow with other children and says that he does not behave like them. Other children are generally slow in everything but the shadow is way faster than them in changing forms. The poet observes that sometimes, the shadow becomes taller than him like a huge rubber ball and sometimes he becomes very small.  

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One morning, very clearly, before the
Sun I was up,
I rose and found the shining dew
on every buttercup;
But my lazy little shadow, like an
arrant sleepyhead,
had stayed at home behind me and
was Fast asleep in bed.

Summary: In the third paragraph, the poet says that one day he woke up early morning before the sunrise. He went out to see the flowers and he found morning dew on each petal but he did not find his shadow behind. The poet calls his shadow lazy because he thought that he was still sleeping. The fact is, shadows are formed when sunlight falls on your body. Since the sun did not rise still when the poet woke up, he did not find the shadow. The poet was confused and wondered why his shadow did not wake up when he went to bed at night before the poet. The poet thinks that the shadow plays tricks with him all the time.