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The Shed by Frank Flynn
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The Shed
Frank Flynn
INTRODUCTION
Think about this!
What things are you likely to find in a shed?
How will you describe the shed?
LET'S BEGIN!
- scary
- spooky
- isolated
- spacious
- empty
- stuffed
- tools
- grains
- animals
- vehicles
- furniture
- insects
About the Poem
INTRODUCTION
- There is a shed in the poet's garden.
- He is curious to find out what is inside that shed.
- He explores his feelings about that shed and what it possibly contains.
- Will he be able to go to the shed without being scared?
Frank Flynn
The Shed
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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...
ANALYSIS OF THE POEM
Stanza 1
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.
Stanza 1
- hinge: a movable joint on which a door, gate, or lid swings
spider web
- creak: high pitched, unpleasant sound
rusty hinge
Stanza 2
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
Stanza 2
broken window panes
- peep: look through a narrow o opening
old, dusty window
peeping through a hole
Stanza 3
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.
Stanza 3
floorboards
- rotten: decaying or decomposing
- chop: to cut into pieces
floorboards
Stanza 4
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...
Stanza 4
- strange: weird
NARRATIVE POETRY
Characteristics of Narrative Poetry
Conflict
Figurative Language
Setting
The poet's brother scared him by telling him that there is a ghost in the shed.
The poet is too scared to go the shed alone.
Stanza 1
Stanza 3
- chop off my head
- spider's web
- rusty hinges
- creak
A garden, at the bottom of which, is a shed.
Stanza 2
Stanza 4
- strange noises
- dusty, old window
- cracked glass panes
Timeline
Characters
Point of View
The poet
His brother
First person point of view
Plot
There is a garden shed in the poet's garden which is abandoned. It has creaky doors and broken windows.
The poet wants to know what is inside this shed, but is too scared to go there.
Some Other Literary Aspects
CONCLUSION
Tone: narrative, inquisitive
Mood: fearful, curious
Themes: curiosity, wonderment