NCERT Solutions Class 7 English (Honeysuckle)
The NCERT Solutions in English Language for Class 7 English (Poetry) (Honeysuckle) Poem – 3 The Shed has been provided here to help the students in solving the questions from this exercise.
Poem – 3 (The Shed)
There’s a shed at the bottom of our garden
With a spider’s web hanging across the door,
The hinges are rusty and creak in the wind.
When I’m in bed I lie and I listen,
I’ll open that door one day.
There’s a dusty old window around at the side
With three cracked panes of glass,
I often think there’s someone staring at me
Each time that I pass,
I’ll peep through that window one day.
My brother says there’s a ghost in the shed
Who hides under the rotten floorboards,
And if I ever dare to set foot inside
He’ll jump out and chop off my head,
But I’ll take a peek one day.
I know that there isn’t really a ghost,
My brother tells lies to keep the shed for his den;
There isn’t anyone staring or making strange noises
And the spider has been gone from his web
since I don’t know when,
I’ll go into that shed one day soon,
But not just yet…
– FRANK FLYNN
Working with the Poem
1. Answer the following questions:
(i) Who is the speaker in the poem?
Answer – The speaker of the poem is the poet.
(ii) Is she/he afraid or curious, or both?
Answer – She/he is both, afraid and curious.
(iii) What is she/he planning to do soon?
Answer – She/he is planning to look into the shed soon.
(iv) “But not just yet…” suggests doubt, fear, hesitation, laziness or something else. Choose the word which seems right to you. Tell others why you chose it.
Answer – The phrase suggests hesitation. He hesitates to expose his brother. He wants to keep him away from the shed.
2. Is there a room in your house or a house in your neighbourhood/locality where you would rather not go alone, and never at night? If there is such a place and a story to go with it, let others hear all about it.
Answer – Yes, there is a house in our locality. It is a very old house. Nobody lives there. It is believed that a ghost lives there. The ghost is believed to be the spirit of the owner who died at his young age. Sometimes during night people hear strange noises and lights coming from the house. Once I went inside the house during play. First I was very fearful, but after some time everything was normal. I don’t feel what the people say is true.
