Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.
Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
To the place where the sidewalk ends.
Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends.
(source, FamousPoetsAndPoems)
PARAPHRASED!
Stanza 1
The author of the poem starts of with the description of "a place" where the sidewalk end. At this so called place, it is surrounded by nature and looks stunningly beautiful. It is to the point that the author describes the wind to be in the state/taste of peppermint.
Stanza 2
Then, the author focus his attention to the place surrounding the sidewalk. It is the complete opposite of before. Here, the place is filled with black smoke and the term "asphalt flower" symbolize how badly polluted it is. However in the last 3 lines the author said of a white arrow that points to a place where this "torture" would end.
Stanza 3
The author is encouraging the readers to follow the arrow no matter how slow or hard because in the end that's where the children wanted.
FINAL SAY
This poem in all shows how much suffering that we are going to cause to the future generations and one day there would no longer be a place where the children can play freely in unpolluted areas.
If youre not satisfied by my paraphrasing of this poem, please leave a comment and say how you think it should be done.
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