Poem Vocabulary - Worksheet 4
Grade 4•Reading•Poem Vocabulary
Aligned to: RL.4.1
Read the poem "The Land of Counterpane" by Robert Louis Stevenson. Use context clues to understand vocabulary words.
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.
2.
In the poem, the word "counterpane" most likely means:
A.a bedspread or quilt
B.a type of animal
C.a color or pattern
D.something you eat
3.
In the poem, the word "leaden" most likely means:
A.made of lead (a heavy metal)
B.a color or pattern
C.a feeling of happiness
D.something you eat
4.
In the poem, the word "drills" most likely means:
A.practice marching like soldiers
B.to move very quickly
C.a color or pattern
D.to make a loud sound
5.
In the poem, the word "fleets" most likely means:
A.groups of ships
B.to move very quickly
C.a color or pattern
D.to make a loud sound
6.
Which word in the poem means something similar to "drills"?
A.drills
B.different
C.opposite
D.none of these