Class 4 English (Santoor) Chapter 10, The Swing, opens Unit 4 (Up High) with Robert Louis Stevenson’s beloved lyric poem celebrating the sheer delight of soaring up into the blue air on a garden swing and looking out over walls, rivers, trees, cattle, and brown roofs.
What Class 4 English Chapter 10 Covers
Soaring Over the Countryside captures the child’s joy as the swing rises higher than the garden wall, revealing a wide panoramic view of rivers, trees, grazing cattle, green gardens, and brown rooftops below.
Rhythm, Rhyme Scheme (ABAB) & Sensory Imagery mirrors the back-and-forth motion of a swing through its alternating rhythm and ABAB rhyme scheme (swing/thing, blue/do; wall/all, wide/countryside; green/again, brown/down).
Exercises in Chapter 10
- Let us Think, Let us Speak, and Let us Listen comprehension activities.
- Let us Learn, Let us Write, and Let us Do grammar & writing tasks.
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FAQ
Who wrote the poem ‘The Swing’ and what does the child see from up high?
The poem was written by Robert Louis Stevenson. From high up on the swing, the child sees rivers, trees, cattle, the wide countryside, the green garden, and the brown roof.
Which lines in the poem show that the speaker loves swinging?
The lines ‘Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing / Ever a child can do!’ show how much the speaker enjoys riding on a swing.