phrases of two words that replace a noun and are often used in poetry

Learning how to write a kenning poem about big and small objects

English

In this unit, pupils have used big and small objects as the subjects of their poems. In Poetry inspired by weather’, pupils will follow a similar pathway, but with the more abstract topic of weather.

In 'The Magic Box': reading imaginative poetry', pupils explored Kit Wright's poem ’The Magic Box’. They explored the poetic devices used in the poem and also used it as inspiration to write their own imaginative poetry. In this unit, pupils will build on this by using some of the same poetic devices to write poems about big and small objects.’

Poetry inspired by big and small objects: understanding form

True or false? Riddles work like puzzles. They describe something without saying directly what it is. 

Kenning poems are just like __________ and they hint at the subject of a poem rather than telling the reader. 

What piece of punctuation is often used to join the two words together in a kenning?

Which of these kennings could be used to refer to the noun 'snake'?

Which suffix is often used for the second word in a kenning?

How many syllables are in the words 'primary school'?

True or false? There is no rhyme scheme in a haiku.

Traditionally, what are haikus written about?

True or false? The first line in a haiku will contain seven syllables. 

Which of these could be the first line of a haiku?

Which line in a haiku could this be? 'Raindrops falling to the ground,'

Starter Quiz