The Rainbow — Chapter Summary
CBSE · Class 5 · English
Summary of The Rainbow for CBSE Class 5 English. Key concepts: The poem "The Rainbow" is, Boats sail on rivers and The word "bow" in the poem.
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Overview
The poem "The Rainbow" by Christina Rossetti compares human-made things and natural things. It shows that clouds and the rainbow are more beautiful than boats, ships, and bridges. The poem also uses the word "bow" for the rainbow and describes it as a bridge that links earth and sky. The chapter als
Key Concepts
The poem "The Rainbow" is written
The poem "The Rainbow" is written by Christina Rossetti. It compares boats, ships, clouds, bridges, and the rainbow.
Boats sail on rivers
Boats sail on rivers, ships sail on seas, and clouds sail across the sky. The poet says clouds are prettier than boats and ships. In the second stanza
The word "bow" in the poem
The word "bow" in the poem means the rainbow. It is described as a bow that bridges heaven, overtops the trees, and builds a road from earth to sky.
In the first stanza
In the first stanza, "these" refers to boats and ships. In the second stanza, "these" refers to bridges on the rivers.
VIBGYOR is a way to remember
VIBGYOR is a way to remember the seven colours of the rainbow in order: Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the meaning of the poem "The Rainbow"
- Identify the comparison between natural and human-made things
- Learn the meaning of the word "bow" in the poem
- Recall the order of rainbow colours using VIBGYOR
- Understand how a rainbow is formed
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- CBSE Official — cbse.gov.in
- National Education Policy 2020 — education.gov.in
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