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The poem "The Shed" by Frank Flynn deals with the speaker's desire to visit the  in his garden. The shed is not adequately maintained, and hence, is filled with . The hinges of the door had become , and as a result, it  as the wind passes. The speaker listens to the sound as he lay in his bed and expresses his desire to open the door one day.

 

 

In the second stanza, he talks about a  on one of its walls. It is, as expected,  and old. Moreover, three panes of its glass have cracked. Each time he passes by the window, he is overcome by a feeling that someone is watching him from the shed. The speaker then wishes that he could at least  through the window and see what lies inside.

 

 

In the third stanza, the speaker reveals how his  had scared him into believing that there is a  hiding under its floorboards. The speaker then hopes that he could, at the minimum, take a peek at the shed from a safer distance.

 

 

Later, in the fourth stanza, he convinces himself by rejecting all his above fears, such as the ghost, spider, and the noise as groundless. The speaker is determined to visit the shed; however, he concludes by stating that he is not  to do so yet.