Learning about Poetry This humorous poem will challenge

Learning about Poetry This humorous poem will challenge you to explore the relationships between uncommon items through homographs. How is a river bed and a bed that you sleep in are alike? Can you think of which kind of bed a sheet would be used on? Picture in your mind what a river would look like if it were covered in a sheet. The entire poem plays with words. As you read this poem, listen carefully to find the silly pictures. 1. 2. 3. 4. Where is the foot of a mountain? What is the foot of a mountain being compared to? Why is this poem funny? Which word play do you like best? Vocabulary: birch- a kind of tree dancers- people who dance needle- a metal tool with a point and a hole that is used for sewing pair- a group of two plot- the events in a story river- a stream of water soccer- a game in which players kick a ball into a goal sheet- a covering for a bed that is made of fabric Have You Ever Seen? by Anonymous Have you ever seen a sheet on a river bed? Or a single hair from a hammer’s head? Has the foot of a mountain any toes? And is there a pair of garden hose? Does the needle ever wink its eye? Why doesn’t the wing of a building fly? Do dancers go to a soccer ball? Can you open the trunk of a tree at all? Are the teeth of a rake ever going to bite? Have the hands of a clock any left or right? Can the garden plot be deep and dark? And what is the sound of the birch’s bark? Poetry Comprehension Skills by Steck-Vaughn