The Rainbow — Key Points

The poem The Rainbow is written by the poet Christina Rossetti.

Boats sail on rivers and ships sail on the seas.

Clouds that sail across the sky are prettier than boats and ships.

The word bow in the poem refers to the rainbow.

The rainbow bridges heaven and overtops the trees.

The rainbow builds a beautiful road from the earth to the sky.

God-made or natural things are far more beautiful than man-made things.

In the poem The Rainbow Fairies, clouds bump their heads and cry raindrops.

Old Father Sun sends seven colourful fairies to dry the falling tears.

The fairies hang their colourful wet gowns on sunbeams to make the rainbow.

A rainbow consists of seven colours: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red.

Two words can join together to create a new compound word like rainbow.

The opposite of large is small, and the opposite of weak is strong.

Naming words of persons, places, things, animals, and birds are called nouns.

Mixing yellow and blue colours together makes the colour green.