Question

summary of the poem 'A Shadow From Before' by Sylvia Stults
It should be paragraph vise.

Answer 1

He is fascinated how the shadow is different from what he has seen and come across. He is fascinated how it grows big and small in the same day, unlike the children he has come across. He sees the shadow is just like him from the heel to his head, and always follows him wherever he goes. He sees that the shadow always follows him, sticks to him, and never leaves him alone.

The poet has set a mood of child’s enthusiasm and curiosity in the poem. He has written it from the perspective of a small boy, and how he sees his shadow. The small boy gets excited to see the shadow following him. The poet has set a tone of innocence of a child by writing the poem in a way how the child does not understand the science of the world, and does not understand the shadow and how it functions.

By externalizing the perspective of looking at the shadow, the poet gives a touch of innocence, fascination, and excitement to the poem.