Growing Through Lines: Poetry Analysis Skills for Class 5

This Class 5 poetry analysis worksheet introduces learners to the world of poetic themes, rhyme schemes, vocabulary, and interpretation. Using the gentle and inspiring poem “The Little Seed,” students practise identifying themes, understanding figurative ideas, analysing rhyme patterns, and making meaning from imagery.  
The worksheet includes vocabulary support, comprehension questions, rhyme identification, and creative extensions to deepen students’ appreciation for poetry.

Through these structured exercises, children learn to:

• Identify the central theme of a poem  
• Understand stanza meanings and changes  
• Recognise rhyme schemes such as ABAB  
• Use poetic vocabulary correctly  
• Think creatively and interpret images and ideas  
• Write short poetic lines using rhyme  

This worksheet builds strong comprehension, creativity, and analytical thinking—essential skills for advanced English learning.

ANSWER KEY (Included for Parents & Teachers)

Poem Referenced: “The Little Seed” (Page 2)

Exercise 1 – Understanding the Poem (Sample Answers)
1. At the beginning of the poem, the seed is lying asleep in a corner of the garden bed.  
2. The rain falling overhead helps the seed wake up from its slumber.  
3. In the second stanza, the seed stretches its roots, grows a green shoot, and begins forming leaves and petals.  
4. The main theme of the poem is growth and the beauty of nature.  
5. The poet wants to show that small beginnings can grow into something beautiful with time and care.

Exercise 2 – Identify Rhyme & Structure
1. Rhyme scheme of stanza 1: A B A B  
  (bed – B; asleep – A; overhead – B; deep – A)  
2. Rhyme scheme of stanza 2: A B A B  
3. One pair of rhyming words: bed – overhead / asleep – deep / ground – ‘round / sky – high  
4. The poem has 8 lines in total.  
5. Rhyme gives the poem musical flow and makes it enjoyable and memorable.

Exercise 3 – Creative Thinking
1. Draw the journey of the seed — *Answers will vary.*  
  Sample written description:  
  “The seed sleeps in the soil, wakes with the rain, stretches roots downward, grows a tiny shoot, develops leaves, and finally blooms into a bright, proud flower.”  

2. Write 2 rhyming lines (Sample answers)  
  A A rhyme:  
  “My rose grows tall and bright,  
   It fills the garden with delight.”  
  OR  
  A B rhyme:  
  “The lily dances in the breeze,  
   Its petals flutter with gentle ease.”

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