Describe the picture you see in the ninth stanza. I see the old lady, with her hands covering her face, while she guesses where the boy is hidden.
In the last stanza, why does the author use so many "olds", in speaking of the Grandmother? He wants to make us feel she is quite old.
Why does he say "dear" so often? He wants to show how very kind she was to the lame boy.
Why does he say the boy was "half-past three", instead of three and a half years old? It sounds better the way he says it. It suggests the clock's time.
Give me some other titles for this poem. "The Chums", "A Queer Game", "The Two Playmates".
DANDELIONS
(Second Reader, page 30)
AIM
To lead the pupils to perceive and appreciate how the poet uses personification and comparison.