Reading Poetry Walking the Dog
A crackle, a scrape, a huffing pant
A sudden shower of leaves,
A darting squirrel, a taut leash
The energetic dog heaves
On through the canopied, crackling brown sea
His chest like the bow of a boat
Only his leaps and his forward motion
Keeping him afloat
Sunlight falls at a horizontal slant
As we enter the late afternoon
And pick up our pace a little more-
Darkness will fall on us soon
DIRECTIONS: Read the poem aloud. Then answer the questions,
1. What is the "canopied, crackling brown sea?"
2. Circle the word below that describes the dog.
sleepy
lively
frightened
3. What season is it in the poem?
4. Circle the correct rhyme scheme below
ABCB DEFE GHIH
ABABCDCDEFEF