Lesson 1b for Home Learning

There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.

Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
To the place where the sidewalk ends.

Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends.

This is a poem written by Shel Silverstein and he has written many other poems like Messy Room, Whatif, Bear in There, Picture Puzzle Piece, Cloony The Clown and many more. The poem exaggerates on the surrounding and that is a hyperbole as it expresses the calmness of the person that wrote the poem. There in no simile in this poem as it does not use words like 'like' or 'as'. the author used figurative language to show the peacefulness and calmness of the surroundings and lets one's heart settle down and rid all worries.

Personally i like this poem very much as it explains very clearly the peacefulness and the lack of noises and bustling of actions. It lets a person feel very relaxed and rid away all the worries in a person's heart