The Shed

AP/ NCERT Solutions for Grade 7 Honeycomb 
Poem 3 The Shed

Working with the Poem

1. Answer the following questions:

(i) Who is the speaker in the poem?

The speaker of the poem is the poet.

(ii) Is she/he afraid or curious, or both?

He is afraid as well as curious. He is curious to enter the shed, and at the same time, he feels that someone is staring at him.

(iii) What is she/he planning to do soon?

He is planning to open the door and enter the shed someday soon.

(iv) “But not just yet…” suggests doubt, fear, hesitation, laziness or something else. Choose the word which seems right to you. Tell others why you chose it.

The poet shows fear in his mind as well as he is hesitant to go in. His brother has made him doubtful that there is a ghost in the shed.

2. Is there a room in your house or a house in your neighbourhood/locality where you would rather not go alone and never at night? If there is such a place and a story to go with it, let others hear all about it.

I don't go to my aunt's backyard store room alone or at night. It's filled with unused stuff. Once, I went alone, lights went out, and I got scared. I screamed. My aunt came with a flashlight and comforted me.