Chapter 13: A Watering Rhyme

UNIT 7: Poem

A Watering Rhyme

By P. A. Ropes

 

 

A Watering Rhyme Poem Introduction

 

The poem ‘A Watering Rhyme’ is written by P. A. Ropes. This is a poem which teaches children about how to water and take care of flowering plants and what not to do so that they do not die.

 

 

A Watering Rhyme Poem Summary

 

‘A Watering Rhyme’ is a poem which teaches us how to take care of our flowers. In this poem the poet tells us the correct time and manner in which we should water our flowers and plants to keep them alive and beautiful. The poem also teaches us the wrong ways of watering which can make our flowers die.

The message of this poem is to love nature and plants around us and learn to take care of our environment.

 

 

 

A Watering Rhyme Poem Explanation

 

Early in the morning,

Or the evening hour,

Are the times to water

Every kind of flower.

Watering at noonday,

When the sun is high,

Doesn’t help the flowers,

Only makes them die.

 

The poet teaches us that the correct time to water every kind of flower or plant is either early in the morning or in the evening. If we water the flowers in the afternoon when it is hot, it will only make the flowers die.

 

Also, when you water,

Water at the roots;

Flowers keep their mouths where

We should wear our boots.

Soak the earth around them,

Then through all the heat

The flowers will have water

For their thirsty ‘feet’!

 

Here the poet tells us that we must water the roots of the flowers because that is where the flower’s mouth is. We must pour water in the soil around the plant and that is how the flowers will get water and stay beautiful and alive.