Key learning points

1. Poets use vivid description to create imagery.
2. Poets may choose to use figurative language such as personification to bring their poem to life.
3. Reading and rereading a poem leads to a richer response and a greater understanding of language within the poem.
4. Engaging in conversations about poems allows us to make connections with our own lives and the world around us.
5. A theme is a big idea, topic or message that recurs in a poem.

Keywords

• Theme - a central idea that the writer intends the audience to engage deeply with.

• Imagery - involves the use of vivid and sensory language that appeals to the reader’s senses, creating vivid mental pictures.

• Figurative language - includes the use of metaphors, similes, personification and other literary devices to create imaginative meanings.

Common misconception