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Why are we so afraid of the dark?
It doesn't bite and doesn't bark
Or chase old ladies round the park
Or steal your sweeties for a lark
And though it might not let you see
It lets you have some privacy
And gives you time to go to sleep
Provides a place to hide or weep
It cannot help but be around
When beastly things make beastly sounds
When back doors slam and windows creek
When cats have fights and voices shreek
The dark is cosy, still and calm
And never does you any harm
In the loft, below the sink
It's somewhere nice quiet to think
Deep in cupboards, pockets too
It's always lurking out of view
Why won't it come out till it's night?
Perhaps the dark's afraid of light.
James Winston Henry Carter is a poet and guitarist. He lives in Oxfordshire with his family and his guitars. According to him, he gets his ideas from the magic wood at the back of his house. James believes there is a magic wood - your imagination - which takes things from your life, things you've done, seen, daydreamed, remembered - and turns these into poems.
- lark: (here) have fun by acting in a silly way
- privacy: being alone, without being seen by other people
- beastly: very unpleasant
- lurking: waiting quietly or secretly
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In the first stanza, which animal has the dark been compared to? Why has this comparison been made?
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In the first stanza, the dark has been compared to a dog. This comparison has been made to identify the reason of our fear of dark.
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What, according to the speaker, are the good things about the dark?
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The good things are about dark that it provides us privacy and offers us time to sleep. It gives us a place to hide and to weep.
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What are the scary situations where we can find the dark?
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Where does the dark hide? Why does it hide during the day?
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The dark hides in the deep of cupboards and in pockets.
According to the poet, the dark is afraid of light. So it hides during the day.
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It's somewhere nice and quiet to think. Explain these line with reference to the context.
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