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Poem, Somebody's Mother, Read and Enjoy, The woman was old and ragged and gray, And bent with the chill of the Winter's day., The street was wet with a recent snow, And the woman's feet were aged and slow., She stood at the crossing and waited long,, Alone, uncared for. amid the throng., Shop, Of human beings who passed her by, None heeded the glance of her anxious eyes, Down the street, with laughter and shout, Glad in the freedom of "school let out,", Came the boys like a flock of sheep,, Hailing the snow piled white and deep., Past the woman so old and gray, Hastened the children on their way., Nor offered a helping hand to her-, So meek, so timid, afraid to stir, Lest the carriage wheels or the horses feet, Should crowd her down in the slippery street., At last came one of the merry troop,, The gayest laddie of all the group:, He paused beside her and whispered low,, I'll help you cross, if you wish to go.", er aged hand on his strong young arm, ne placed, and so, without hurt or harm,, 9,

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pe some fellow will lend a hand, ne that night, and the prayer she said, s aged and poor and slow., mes poor and old and gray,, own dear boy is far away.", nebody's mother, boys, you know,, hody's mother" bowed low her head, a, y mother, you understand.", be kind to the noble boy., mebody's son, and pride and joy!", -Mary Dow Brine, aings, aing ton clothes: throng: a large crowd of people; heeded: paid attention;, rmec hastened: hurried: meek: quiet and gentle; timid: shy: troop: a group of, es: most cheerful, I hierstand, e the foilowing questions orally., ihat de you come to know about the old woman at the crossing from the first six lines of, e zcem?, Vmy ic the cid waman keep waiting at the crossing?, wn The sreet with laughter and shout. Who is being referred here?, Vna Teiced he dd woman and why?, e c Maman was afraid to stir and cross the road. Why?

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similarity is drawn between them, e.g., as clever as a fox. Words like 'as' and 'like' are used, A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things that are dissimilar but so, in similes., 1. Pick out the simile that has been used in the poem and explain what it means., 2. Add suitable words and complete the following similes., cuçumbe, cryestal (b) as cool as a, Reatock (d) as white as, silk., (a) as clear as, (c) as proud as a, zold!, (e) as smooth as, (f) as precious as, Idiamonde, Pick out lines from the poem that indicate the following:, 1. The street was covered with snow., the.estreetuaos wet with recent Anow, 2. The street was not deserted., Alone uncared fos.amid the throng, 3. The contrast brought out between the abilities of the young and the old., Stles aged hand on hid trongyoung arm, Shefiesced.anddo.quithout Rert dr harm., ale quided the tremblingeet along ., Pick out four pairs of rhyming words from the pbemt Pacoud, 1., own were -fim, and astreng, 2., 3.