The Arrow and the Song

        The Arrow and the Song

I shot an arrow into the air,

It fell to earth, I knew not where; 

For, so swiftly it flew, the sight 

Could not follow it in its flight.

I breathed a song into the air,

 It fell to earth, I knew not where; 

For who has sight so keen and strong,

That it can follow the flight of song?

Long, long afterward, in an oak

 I found the arrow, still unbroke; 

And the song, from beginning to end,

 I found again in the heart of a friend.

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 

Word note : 

Swiftly - quickly

Keen - sharp 

Flight - in motion 

Oak - a huge tree 

Follow - to come and go after the same direction.

Working with the poem 

1.' It fell to earth, I knew not where' 

a) What is the 'it'?

Ans: Here , 'It' refers to  the arrow.

b) Where did it fall ? 

Ans: It fall to the earth.

c) Why did the person not know where 'it' fell?

Ans: The person donot know where 'it' fell because it flew so quickly.