Notes For One Scheu Guy

LESSON 4-ONE SCHEU GUY (by Ted Scheu)
III. Give the word meanings:

1.sue- file a court case
2.Misconstrue- mispronounce
3.Comply-obey
4.Azure- bright blue colour
IV.Answer these questions with reference to the context:

1. I’d threaten to have my lawyer sue,
But none of them seemed to have a clue,
(Well, some got the message, but only a few.)
a) What would the poet threaten to do?
Ans. The poet threatens to have his lawyer file a court case (sue).
b) Why would the poet threaten ‘them’?
Ans. The poet would threaten them for they misconstrue or mispronounce
his name.
c) Did the poet’s threat have any effect on ‘them’?
Ans. None of them seem to have a clue, but some do get the message.
d) Find the rhyming words from the given lines.
Ans. Sue – clue - few
2. Me? I can’t say it. I’m that kind of guy.
I thought that perhaps you’d identify-
When it comes to pronouncing my name
I’m Scheu.
a) What can’t the poet say?
Ans. The poet can’t say that he is as smart as the readers.
b) Who is ‘you’ in these lines? Why does the poet think that ‘you’ would
identify his name?
Ans. YOU refers to the readers. He thinks that readers would identify his
name as they are smart.
c) What is the correct pronunciation of the poet’s name?
Ans. The name is pronounced to sound as ‘Shy’.
V. Answer the following in 30-40 words.

1.What did the poet do to make people pronounce his name properly?
Ans. In order to pronounce his name properly the poet would tell the
people one or two times, and sometimes he would scream till he is blue.
He even would threaten to have his lawyer sue them.
2.What did the poet say about the people who mispronounce his name?
Ans. The poet says that the people who mispronounced his name would
never have a clue why would he get angry over their mispronunciation,
though some of them did get the message. He thought that their brains
were full of glue.
3.How did the poet describe his name?
Ans. The poet says that his name may look like ‘shoe’ and a name that
one could misconstrue. Yet his name is short and sweet and smooth as
pie. It is as gentle as a lullaby. It is as clear as a blue sky, and quiet and
quick as a butterfly.
4.Why did the poet compare his name with a ‘pie’, ’lullaby’, ’sky’, and
‘butterfly’? What is the poetic device used in the poem to show comparison?
Ans. The poet compares his name with ‘pie’, ‘lullaby’, ‘sky’ and ‘butterfly’
to indicate how his name sounds. He gives a clue to the readers that his
name not only sounds sweet, gentle and clear as these words but also
rhymes with them. The poet uses the poetic device ‘simile’ to draw the
comparisons.
5.What part of the poet’s name did people mispronounce?
Ans. The end part of his name is what people would often mispronounce.
Even though it looks like ‘shoe’ it’s not the way it is pronounced. It is
pronounced as ‘shy’.
6.Who did the poet call ’smart’ and why?
Ans. The poet calls the readers smart, because he believes that the
readers got the name correct in the first try, as opposed to the others
who mostly seemed to get it wrong.
VI. Think and write (50-60 words)
1.Can the poet sue someone for mispronouncing his name? If yes, then what do
you think would be the result of the trial? OWN ANSWER
2.’The poet is both critical and understanding of the people who mispronounce his
name.’ Cite lines from the poem to explain this statement.
Ans. HINTS
- The poet starts with stating how his name has always been
mispronounced and he goes on to explain the possible reasons.
- Though the poet is clearly not very happy with the way his name is
mostly mispronounced as stated in lines
‘I’d tell them one time, may be two, sometimes I’d scream till I was blue’
- the poet moves on to sympathise with the people who mispronounce his
name as he thinks that their brains were full of glue, and he agrees that
it’s a name that one could misconstrue, so not completely blaming them
for doing so.
3.Do you think that the rhyming words and the rhyme scheme of the poem is
cleverly Selected and placed? Give reasons for your answer.
Ans. Yes indeed the poet has very cleverly selected and placed the
rhyming words and arranged the rhyming scheme.
The poem starts with the poet’s displeasure over how his name is
mispronounced and in order to convey how it is done, the poet uses
words to rhyme with the way it is wrongly pronounced. The words like
‘do’, who, blue, sue, Kalamazoo, clue, few, you, glue, misconstrue, too
rhyme with the way the poet’s name is mispronounced. The poet states
that though the name may look like ‘shoe’ but that is not how it is
pronounced.
For the rest of the poem, the poet makes repeated attempts to give clues,
by using words that rhyme with the correct way the name is pronounced.
The words like cry, comply, I, try, pie, lullaby, sky, butterfly, lie, try, why,
guy, identify have been used to create a rhyming scheme, where the
reader can make out that the name which he has placed at the end
naturally rhymes with these words.
VII. Time to write.
Write a small poem on your name. Describe your name creatively using similes
and rhyming words.
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LESSON 4-ONE SCHEU GUY (by Ted Scheu)

III. Give the word meanings:

IV.Answer these questions with reference to the context:

V. Answer the following in 30-40 words.

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