Raintree 2 Over in the Meadow

Summary: Over in the Meadow

Over in the Meadow is a poem by Olive A Wadsworth, the pseudonym of Katherine Floyd Dana. She

adopted the nom de plume of a man because in the 1800’s, when the poem was written, society frowned

upon women writers.

Over in the Meadow remains one of her most well-loved poems. In this poem, she describes a meadow

which is full of different animals, birds and insects. She also describes their homes and their actions.

This popular poem originally has ten stanzas and it is used as a counting rhyme to teach children to count

from one to ten. Here, three stanzas have been chosen (the third one has been modified for easy

understanding). The students can be encouraged to read the full poem for pleasure and knowledge.

The rhyme scheme and the musical beat of the poem make it an engaging read besides enhancing the

students’ vocabulary.

POEM: OVER IN THE MEADOW

A. 1. Old mother toad and her little one lived in the meadow in the sand.

2. a) The two little fishes said these words.

b) They swam in the blue stream.

3. A black mother crow and her three little crows lived in a nest on a tree.

B. Stanza 3. It has 4: the next number in the sequence.

OVER IN THE MEADOW POEM

A. Answer in brief.

1. What did old mother toad and her little one do in the sand?

Ans: Old mother toad and her little one winked and blinked in the sand.

2. What did the two little fishes do?

Ans: The two little fishes swam and leaped in the blue stream.

B. Answer in detail.

Why did the little toad, the fishes and the little crows listen to their mothers?

Ans: The little toad, the little fishes and the little crows listened to their mothers because they knew

that their mothers would teach them how to live well and grow big and strong.

C. Read the lines and answer the questions.

Over in the meadow,

In a nest on a tree

Lived a black mother crow

And her little crows three

1. Where did the mother crow and her babies live?

Ans: The mother crow and her babies lived in a nest on a tree.

2. Write the words that rhyme in the lines.

Ans: meadow-crow; three-tree

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