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Poetry in Focus
To a Squirrel at Kyle-Na-No
By William Butler Yeats
Come play with me;
Why should you run
Through the
shaking
tree
As though I'd
a gun
To
strike
you dead?
When all I would do
Is to
scratch
your head
And let you go.
Rhyme Pattern
1.
The final words in some of the lines rhyme. Find the word in the poem that rhymes with the word given.
me /
/ gun
dead /
Comprehension
2.
According to the poem, why is the squirrel running?
the tree is shaking
it is scared of the poet
it is playing in the tree
3.
What does the poet want to do to the squirrel?
touch it
eat it
scare it
