The poem explores the endless questions a curious child has about nature through six rhyming stanzas. The child questions their father about various natural elements like why the trees rest, who lights the stars, and who hangs the clouds. While the style is conversational, by the end the child seems disappointed their questions remain unanswered, capturing the innocent wonder and frustration of a young mind eager to understand the world.

1. ELEMENTS
I Wonder

2. STYLE AND LANGUAGE
The poet’s style is conversational and personal.
There are six stanzas and each stanza has a couplet that rhymes.
It creates a powerful continuity of the mysteries of nature
questioned relentlessly by the child who is eager to know.

3. Personification
And told Who lights
the trees the stars
to take a when they
rest blow out
Themes : An object being given a human quality

4. A word repeated for emphasis
WHO WHY
3 times 2 times

5. VISUAL IMAGERY
• The image of trees resting (line 4)
• The image of stars being lit and
blown out (line 7)

6. VISUAL IMAGERY
• The image of flashing lightning
(line 8)
• The image of the painted rainbow
(line 9)

7. VISUAL IMAGERY
• The image of someone hanging
up the clouds so high (line 10)

8. S
Y
M
B ‘grass, wind, birds, tree
O s, moon, stars
‘Dad’ symbolises lightning, rainbow and
the adult who is L fluffy clouds’
supposed to be symbolises the
S wonderful creations of
knowledgeable
nature

9. MOOD
TONE
• being happy, captivated and
i. Wonder child-like innocence as she
explores the many elements in
nature
ii. Curiosity
• She is awed by nature and
ponders by asking questions. The
iii. Innocence many questions posed relate
directly to her curiosity.
iv. frustration and • Towards the end, the speaker
shows slight disappointment
disappointment
when her many questions are
not answered by her father.

10. •‘ rass is reen’
•‘ irds to uild’

14. It is the voice of an adult

15. The speaker is not a Nature lover

16. The speaker is an observant person

17. The speaker is bright and inquisitive

18. There are no answers to his questions

19. The speaker is asking nonsensical questions

20. Many natural phenomena cannot be
explained

21. The poet, the speaker and persona are the
same person

22. The persona is in awe of the beauty and
power of Nature

23. The persona thinks that his father can
answer his question

24. THE MENTAL PICTURES
1 The green grass
2 The bird’s nest
3 The trees
4 The ‘not quite round’ moon

25. THE MENTAL PICTURES
5 The stars
6 The lightning
7 The rainbow
8 The fluffy clouds

26. What is the thing that cannot be seen?

27. How does the persona know it exists?

28. What is the thing that cannot be located?

29. WH words used in the poem

30. 1st Word 2nd Word
green seen
nest rest
RHYMES
round found
WITH
out about
sky high
suppose knows