The Shed | English | Melody VII | Summary | Questions and Answers

 

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Unit 3
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Poem 3. The Shed (Frank Flynn)

There’s a shed at the bottom of our garden

With a spider’s web hanging across the door,

The hinges are rusty and creak in the wind.

When I’m in bed I lie and I listen,

I’ll open that door one day.

There’s a dusty old window around at the side

With three cracked panes of glass,

I often think there’s someone staring at me

Each time that I pass,

I’ll peep through that window one day.

My brother says there’s a ghost in the shed

Who hides under the rotten floorboards,

And if I ever dare to set foot inside

He’ll jump out and chop off my head,

But I’ll take a peek one day.

I know that there isn’t really a ghost,

My brother tells lies to keep the shed for his den;

There isn’t anyone staring or making strange noises

And the spider has been gone from his web

since I don’t know when,

I’ll go into that shed one day soon,

But not just yet...

FRANK FLYNN

 

 

Short Summary

       The poem ‘The Shed’ is written by Frank Flynn. This poem is about a shed that is at the bottom of the garden. In this poem a little child describes the appearance of the shed. He says that the shed is at the bottom of their garden with a spider’s web across the door. He could hear the noise of the rusty hinges at his bed when the winds pass bye. He often thinks that there is someone staring at him through the cracked glass panes of old dusty window whenever he passes by the shed and is sure that one day he will peep through the window. His brother stops him going there by saying that there is a ghost hiding under the rotten floorboards and threatens him if he goes there the ghost will jump out and chop his head off. He knows that there is no ghost and his brother is telling lies. He is sure that there is no one staring or making noises and the spider has also gone. After all, he decides to go into the shed but hesitates and leaves his decision for one day, as he is wants to make himself sure that the shed is safe from all evils.

 

Working with the Poem

 

1. Answer the following questions.

Question:

(i) Who is the speaker in the poem?

Answer:

The poet himself as a small boy is the speaker in the poem.

Question:

(ii) Is she/he afraid or curious, or both?

Answer:

He/she is both curious and afraid. He is curious to enter the shed, but he/she also feels that someone is staring at him from the windows of the shed.

 

Question:

(iii) What is she/he planning to do soon?

Answer:

 Soon he/she is planning to take a peep and go into that shed to overcome his/her fear and curiosity.

Question:

(iv) “But not just yet...” suggests doubt, fear, hesitation, laziness or something else. Choose the word which seems right to you. Tell others why you chose it.

Answer:

The phrase “But not just yet…” suggests hesitation because the speaker wants more time to clarify his doubt. He is sure that there is no one in the shed but at the same time he needs courage to enter the shed.

 

2. Is there a room in your house or a house in your neighbourhood/locality where you would rather not go alone, and never at night? If there is such a place and a story to go with it, let others hear all about it.

Answer:

Now a days there is no such a room or shed or house near my neighbourhood but there was a shed when I was a child in my neighbourhood and my parents and elders often forbid me to go there by saying that there was a ghost in the shed.