My Mother Saw a Dancing Bear

Where did the poet’s mother see the dancing bear?

• In the school yard.

• In the moon

• In the road

• In the Mall

Who made the bear dance? How did he make the bear dance?

• The bear himself. He want to entertain himself

• The Rich Boy. To make his friends laugh.

• The keeper of the bear made it dance. He made the bear dance by playing a tune on his whistle.

What is a bruin?

• A place where people live in France.

• A bruin is a brown, European bear.

• A bruin is a white, Canadian bear

• A bruin is a brown. Asian Bear

They watched as for the Queen it died.

They watched it march. They watched it halt.

They heard the keeper as he cried,

“Now, roly-poly! Somersault!”

What did the keeper call the bruin?

(a)  

Why was the bruin’s coat of fur ‘burning

• Because it was dancing

• It was playing in the hot dust so it was very hot.

• It bruin’s coat of fur was burning to the heat of the day

My mother saw a dancing bear

By the schoolyard, a day in June.

The keeper stood with chain and bar

And whistle-pipe, and played a tune.

What are the devices used here?

• Personification

• Simile

• Rhyme

• SYNECDOCHE

They watched as for the Queen it died.

They watched it march. They watched it halt.

They heard the keeper as he cried,

‘Now, roly-poly﹗’ ‘Somersault﹗’

What is the rhyme scheme here?

(a)  

And bruin lifted up its head

And lifted up its dusty feet,

And all the children laughed to see

It caper in the summer heat.

What is the type of poem based on

line number:

• Sestet

• Quatrain

• Octave

• Couplet