refers to a single line or a group of lines within a poem, often characterised by rhythm, meter and rhyme, forming a unit of poetic language

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

the similarity of sounds between the ending syllables of words, creating a musical quality and pattern in the poem

Writing a free verse poem about 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

a single line or a group of lines within a poem

the similarity of sounds between the ending syllables of words

Match the keywords to the correct definitions.

True or false? Free verse poems are poems which follow a strict and consistent pattern of rhyme or rhythm.

True or false? Words that rhyme always have the same spelling at the end of the word.

Which of these kennings could be used to refer to a cat?

True or false? A free verse poem has no rules about the number of verses.

daisy's delightful dance in the dewy grass

Which of the following contain alliteration?

Which form of poetry sounds similar to songs and has words that sound the same at the end of some of the lines?

Words that rhyme have the same __________ sound. 

Which of these words rhymes with the word 'school'?

True or false? Kenning poems are just like riddles and they hint at the subject of a poem rather than telling the reader. 

Which of these could be used as a kenning for a seatbelt in a car?

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