Hand in hand they dance in a row,
Hitler and thither, and to and fro,
Flip! Flap! Flop! and away they go-
Flutt'ring creatures as white as snow.
Like restive horses they caper and prance;
Like fairytale witches they wildly dance;
Rounded in front, but hollow behind.
They shiver and skip in the merry March wind.
One I saw dancing excitedly,
Struggling so wildly till she was free,
Then, leaving pegs and clothesline behind her,
She flew like a bird, and no one can find her.
I saw her gleam, like a sail, in the sun,
Flipping and flapping and flopping for fun.
Nobody knows where she now can be,
Hid in a ditch, or drowned in the sea.
She was my handkerchief not long ago,
But she'll never come back to my pocket, I know.
Little is known about this poet though her poems are such wonderful creations. Her poems have been found in a number of children's anthologies in the early twentieth century.
What kind of weather do you think it is?
What is hanging on the clothesline?
Various kinds of clothes were hanging on the clothesline.
What is their colour?
The clothes hanging in the clothesline were all white as snow.
Identify the line in the poem which says that
- the clothes are like human dancers.
- the clothes are like animals.
- the clothes are like someone who has magical powers.
- ’Hand in hand they dance in a row’
- ‘Like restive horses they caper and prance’
- ‘Like fairytale witches they wildly dance’.
Rounded in front, but hollow behind,
They shiver and skip in the merry March wind.
- What is being talked about?
- Why are they rounded in front, but hollow behind?
- Do you think they enjoy the wind?






















































