Unit 4 · Up High · NCERT Class 4 Santoor

The Swing

A breezy poem about swinging up high. We only name the poem — every example here is our own — and use it to learn how poets compare and bounce: similes with like and as, rhythm and repetition, and picture words. Tap each idea to start.

👥 3 topics⏱ ~15 min📝 9-question quiz

Play with it

How a poem swings

Poets compare things and bounce with rhythm. Tap each idea to feel how.

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Learn

The three big ideas

Simile — compares two things using the words like or as: “as brave as a lion,” “flew like a kite.”
Why poets use them — a good comparison helps you picture something at once.
Make your own — finish: “The swing went up high, like a ___.” (a bird? a rocket?)

Try it. Find the simile: “She was as quiet as a mouse.”

It compares “she” to a mouse using the word “as,” so it is a simile that means very quiet.

Rhythm — the steady beat you can clap to, like a swing going to and fro.
Repetition — repeating a word or line, like “up and down, up and down,” builds that beat.
Read aloud — you feel the rhythm best when you say a poem out loud.

Imagery — picture words that let you see and feel a scene: “the cool wind brushing my cheeks.”
Movement words — soar, glide, sway, rush show how things move.
Mix them — a simile plus picture words makes a poem really come alive.

Common mix-up: a simile always uses like or as. “The swing is a bird” compares without those words — that is a metaphor, not a simile.

Where you'll meet it

Comparing & bouncing, all around you

Describe with a simile

Stuck describing something? Compare it: “the cake was as soft as a cloud.” Your writing instantly gets clearer and more fun.

Songs and skipping rhymes

The rhythm and repetition you feel in poems are the same beats in songs and skipping games you already love.

Paint with words

Picture words let your reader see exactly what you saw — a sunset, a swing, a busy market — right inside their head.

Check yourself

Skill quiz

Nine quick questions that check the skill — spotting similes, feeling rhythm and repetition, and using picture words — not just remembering the poem.

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