Shadow Poem

Language Arts Here's a classic POEM which can be shared with your students as a follow up or  extension to the previous science activity (What Causes Shadows?).  My Shadow
By Robert Louis Stevenson
I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head  And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.  The funniest things about him is the way he likes to grow Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow; For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India rubber ball, And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all. He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play, And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way. He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see; I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me! One morning, very early, before the sun was up, I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup; But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head, Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed. This poem could lead to a discussion of the science concepts contained in the poem and/or could inspire the kids to write their own Shadow Poems.They could also illustrate the poem.