One Inch Tall Poem PDF by Shel Silverstein
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This is a poem handout with questions about it. The poem 'One Inch Tall' by Shel Silverstein is about the experiences of a character who is only one inch tall. It describes the small-scale world a person of that size would encounter.
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One Inch Tall By Shel Silverstein If you were only one inch tall, you'd ride a worm to school. The teardrop of a crying ant would be your swimming pool. A crumb of cake would be a feast And last you seven days at least, A flea would be a frightening beast...
One Inch Tall By Shel Silverstein If you were only one inch tall, you'd ride a worm to school. The teardrop of a crying ant would be your swimming pool. A crumb of cake would be a feast And last you seven days at least, A flea would be a frightening beast If you were one inch tall. If you were only one inch tall, you'd walk beneath the door, And it would take about a month to get down to the store. A bit of fluff would be your bed, You'd swing upon a spider's thread, And wear a thimble on your head If you were one inch tall. You'd surf across the kitchen sink upon a stick of gum. You couldn't hug your mama, you'd just have to hug her thumb. You'd run from people's feet in fright, To move a pen would take all night, (This poem took fourteen years to write-- 'Cause I'm just one inch tall). 1. In which stanza does the character in the poem talk about a flea being a frightening beast? _____________________________________________________________ 2. In which stanza does the character in the poem talk about a bit of fluff being a bed? _____________________________________________________________ 3. Which line in the third stanza talks about it taking all night to move a pen? ________________________________________________________________ 4. What do the last two lines of the poem tell us? __________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________