Key learning points

1. ‘You Are’ &‘Mum Says She Loves Me’ are both poems written by Valerie Bloom; each poem is accompanied by an illustration.
2. Metaphors are used in the poem ‘You Are’; they are a way of comparing something by saying that it is something else.
3. ‘Mum Says She Loves Me’ is a poem that offers a different perspective on the theme of love.
4. One way we can reflect on a poem and its themes, is to think about our own personal response to it.

Keywords

• Theme - a big idea, topic or message that recurs within a text

• Imagery - the use of language to create a mental picture or sensory experience for the reader or listener

• Metaphor - a way of describing and comparing something by saying that it is something else

Common misconception