What the poem is about
A bridge of colour.
The poet compares things people make with things nature makes. Nature wins.
↳ Two stanzas, two comparisons.
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The Rainbow · Class 5 English · Santoor
English 3 topics 66 leveled MCQs 36 flashcards 8 games Free
Shared by a Veda teacher · Generated with Veda AI · Oct 2026
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The two comparisons
Who wins each round?
↳ The second column wins twice.
Bow
Not a ribbon.
Here bow means an arch. The rainbow is a curved arch of colour.
↳ Bow = arch.
What makes a rhyme
Listen, do not look.
Two words rhyme when their end sounds match. Sea and key rhyme perfectly.
↳ The ear decides, not the spelling.
Rhyme families
Build a family.
↳ One word opens a whole family.
The puzzle of bow
Two sounds, one word.
In this poem bow rhymes with go. When you bow to greet, it rhymes with cow.
↳ The sentence chooses the sound.
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1
The Poem: A Bridge of Colours
Christina Rossetti compares boats with clouds and river bridges with the rainbow. Nature wins both times. Meet the words bow, bridges and overtops.
- The poem is by Christina Rossetti, and it compares human things with natural things.
- In stanza one, boats and ships sail, but the poet prefers the sailing clouds.
- In stanza two, people build bridges, but the poet prefers the rainbow.
~30 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
2
Word Play: Rhymes, Friend Words and Opposites
Hear rhymes with your ears, rebuild scrambled words from the poem, join friend words into new ones, spot nouns that are also verbs, and find opposites that start with S.
- Words rhyme when their endings sound the same, even if the spellings differ.
- The word bow has two sounds and two meanings, so the sentence decides.
- Two small words joined together make a compound word, like rainbow and teacup.
~30 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
3
Colours, Voices and Your Own Journey
Learn VIBGYOR and how a rainbow forms, mix paints to make new colours, read a poem in three different voices, and write a paragraph about a journey.
- VIBGYOR names the rainbow colours in order, from violet inside to red outside.
- A rain drop splits white sunlight into its seven colours.
- Red and blue make purple, yellow and blue make green, red and yellow make orange.
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66 questions laddered from warm-up to topper-level, each with an explanation. A taste:
Sahil stands on his terrace after rain. A coloured arch hangs above the trees. What is he looking at?
Beginner
A A cloud
B A rainbow
C A bridge
D A kite
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A rainbow
A coloured arch after rain is a rainbow, the bow of the poem.
In the poem, boats sail on the ____.
Beginner
A seas
B roads
C rivers
D clouds
Show answer & explanation
rivers
Boats belong to the rivers. Ships belong to the seas.
In the poem, the word bow means an ____.
Intermediate
A arch
B arrow
C anchor
D island
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arch
A bow here is a curved arch, and the rainbow is one.
The rainbow rises above the trees, so we say it ____ them.
Intermediate
A carries
B crosses
C follows
D overtops
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overtops
To overtop is to rise higher than something.
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