Poetry (Grades 2-4)
How do you like to go up in a swing, Up in the air so blue? Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing Ever a child can do!
Up in the air and over the wall, Till I can see so wide, Rivers and trees and cattle and all Over the countryside—
Till I look down on the garden green, Down on the roof so brown— Up in the air I go flying again, Up in the air and down!
From The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson (1885). Public domain.
1. How does the child feel about swinging?
2. The poem repeats "Up in the air." What feeling does that repetition create? Answer in a sentence.
3. Put these lines back in the order they appear in the poem.
Click the events in the correct order.
4. Read the line and type the missing word.
Oh, I do think it the _____ thing Ever a child can do!