The Swing
Reading Comprehension Activity
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson delighted generations of children with his simple, playful poetry. This poem is from “A Child’s Garden of Verses.” After reading the poem, students will respond to questions on its language and details.
Topic(s): Realistic Fiction. Skill(s): Summary, Figurative Language, Rhythm & Rhyme. Genre(s): Poetry
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How do you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!
Up in the air and over the wall,
Till I can see so wide,
Rivers and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside-
Till I look down on the garden green,
Down on the roof so brown-
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down!
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