After a Bath - CBSE Poem - Class 1 An explanation by Rachna Chandla\rbr\rbrEnglish Academy is an online English education channel focused on providing all English lessons (Poems and Stories) education Videos as per CBSE, ICSE and NCERT syllabi upto Class 12 (K-12)\rbr\rbrLink to Playlist:\rbr\rbrAbout this Video:\rbr\rbrIn this poem a child is talking about what he does after a bath. He says that after his bath he tries to wipe himself till he is dry. He further says that he has hands, fingers, toes, two wet legs and a shiny nose to dry. He then asks the reader to imagine if he were a dog and how much less time he would take to dry just by some shaking.\rbr\rbrAfter my bath\rbrI try, try, try\rbrto wipe myself\rbrtill Im dry, dry, dry.\rbr\rbrIn the first stanza, the child says that after his bath he keeps trying to wipe himself till he is dry. \rbr\rbrHands to wipe\rbrand fingers and toes\rbrand two wet legs\rbrand a shiny nose.\rbr\rbrIn the second stanza, he tells what parts of the body he has to dry. He says that he \rbrwipes his hands, fingers and toes. He also dries his two wet legs and his nose. \rbr\rbrJust think how much\rbrless time Id take\rbrif I were a dog\rbrand could shake, shake, shake.\rbr\rbrIn the third stanza, the little child asks the reader to do some imagination. He says that what if he were a dog how much less time he would take to dry himself. He would just shake to make him dry.