Poem rationale -- My shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson?

Question

I have to write a rationale about the poem My Shadow. I have started writing but I got stuck. Wondering if any of you out there could help me out! thanks

rationale including: the poem's use of literary devices such as rhyme, rhythm, stanzas, simile, metaphor, personification, imagery, alliteration, repetition etc.

please google the poem My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson because I don't have enough characters to write it up here=D

I have to write a rationale about the poem My Shadow. I have started writing but I got stuck. Wondering if any of you out there could help me out! thanks

rationale including: the poem's use of literary devices such as rhyme, rhythm, stanzas, simile, metaphor, personification, imagery, alliteration, repetition etc.

please google the poem My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson if you don't know it because I don't have enough characters to write it up here=D

Answer 1

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I HAVE a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;
And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.

The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow— 5
Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India-rubber ball,
And he sometimes gets so little that there’s none of him at all.

He hasn’t got a notion of how children ought to play,
And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way. 10
He stays so close beside me, he’s a coward you can see;
I’d think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!

One morning, very early, before the sun was up,
I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;
But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head, 15
Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.

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try this link for your questions;

http://quotations.about.com/cs/poemlyrics/a/My_Shadow.htm

Answer 2

My Shadow Poem