Figurative Language - Worksheet 3
Grade 4•Reading•Figurative Language
Aligned to: RL.4.1
Read the poem "The Land of Counterpane" by Robert Louis Stevenson. Identify figurative language and imagery.
1.
The Land of Counterpane
by Robert Louis Stevenson
poetry · 102 words
11 When I was sick and lay a-bed,
2 2 I had two pillows at my head,
3 3 And all my toys beside me lay,
4 4 To keep me happy all the day.
5 5 And sometimes for an hour or so
6 6 I watched my leaden soldiers go,
7 7 With different uniforms and drills,
8 8 Among the bed-clothes, through the hills;
9 9 And sometimes sent my ships in fleets
1010 All up and down among the sheets;
1111 Or brought my trees and houses out,
1212 And planted cities all about.
1313 I was the giant great and still
1414 That sits upon the pillow-hill,
1515 And sees before him, dale and plain,
1616 The pleasant land of counterpane.
Answer the 5 questions below.
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What figurative language does the poet use?
A.The child imagines being a giant looking over their bed like a land
B.There is no figurative language
C.It means exactly what it says
D.It is about something else
3.
What imagery does the poet use?
A.The child plays with toy soldiers marching and ships sailing on the sheets
B.There is no figurative language
C.It means exactly what it says
D.It is about something else
4.
What imagery does the poet use to help you visualize the scene?
5.
Find an example of rhyme in the poem.
6.
Find an example of imagery in the poem.