1. Year 7 English
Poetry booklet

2. Comparison poetry: simile
Simile: A figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another.
Uses the words ‘like’ or ‘as’
E.g. He was driving like a bat out of hell.

3. SIMILE Match Leech Rake Bone Sheet Dog Swan
The ballerina moves like a graceful …
The river bed was a dry as a ….
After seeing the accident she was a white as a …
Her frightened friend clung to her like a …
The jogger was a thin as a ….
During the party he was a sick as a ….

4. SIMILE MATCH Snail Cucumber Peacock Wind Pancake Diamonds
The principal’s eyes gleamed like ….
During the argument she remained as cool as a …
Desert country is often as flat as a …
In her new clothes she was as proud as a …
The old bus was as slow as a …
The sprinter ran like the …

5. SimileS: BLUEBACK EXAMPLES
“… every pane of glass looked like a little fire.” p2
“… clinging to his skin like pearls.” p3
“… round and silver like shiny hubcaps.” p4
“… the sun melting like butter on white dunes.” p66

6. THE BOXER
The great iron figure crouches, Scabs like flowers on his knees, And his chest like a mountain And his legs as thick as trees. He spits blood like a cherub In a fountain spouting foam. Ringed around by swinging ropes And punters going home. Broken-knuckled, shiny-eyed, Battered, bruised and wet With droplets like cold rubies, And laced with bitter sweat. He crouches in a corner In his pool of sparking red And dreads the jeers which soon will fall Like blows upon his head. Emma Payne
Identify the similes from each stanza of ‘The Boxer’
What is being described and what is it being likened to – compared with e.g. scabs on his knees – like flowers

7. Simile: bushfire Roaring like a lion Racing like a cheetah
Hot as the sun
Crackling and blazing
Bushfire
Alison Reldas

8. simile From ‘Blueback’
“Above them, on the rippling shiny surface, the boat hung like a kite … “

9. Writing your own simile poems…
TIGER By Alison Reldas Quiet as a sea breeze Striped like a crossing Swift as an express train Lying in ambush – Tiger.
BUSH RABBITS By Alison Reldas Ears like radars Claws like knives Stealthy as thieves Searching, eating, scratching – Bush rabbits.

10. Writing your own simile poems…
Formula Poems…
Title (the subject of the poem)
Three similes about the subject
A statement about the subject
The title repeated

11. metaphor
A comparison technique where one thing is said to be something else.
Assists understanding by creating an image.
It often appeals to the reader on a personal level as it relates to the reader’s own experiences.

12. METAPHOR
‘The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees, The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor.’ Alfred Noyes

13. Extended metaphor A metaphor that continues for several lines.
Sometimes a whole poem can be a single metaphor…
The Crimson Serpent Fire: a serpent, hissing and crackling Now pacified, now demanding Climbing and swirling through countless grotesque forms – Hungrily eying the next morsel of food in its path to self-destruction. Fire – now secluded, now rampant through the charred ruins of its meal Now friendly and warm, the next moment fierce and hot Desperately trying to escape an inescapable fate – A crimson serpent with an insatiable appetite, Doomed to death through its own greediness.

14. Extended metaphor
The Sea The sea is a hungry dog. Giant and grey. He rolls on the beach all day. With his clashing teeth and shaggy jaws. Hour upon hour he gnaws The rumbling, tumbling stones. And ‘Bones, bones, bones, bones!’ The giant sea-dog moans, Licking his greasy paws. And when the night wind roars And the moon rocks in the stormy cloud, He bounds to his feet and snuffs and sniffs, Shaking his wet sides over the cliffs, And howls and hollows long and loud. But on quiet days in May or June, When even the grasses on the dune Play no more their reedy tune, With his head between his paws He lies on the sandy shores, So quiet, so quiet, he scarcely snore. James Reeves

15. PERSONIFICATION
PERSONIFICATION
PERSONIFICATION

16. personification Human characters are given to non-human things.
It is used to help make an image more vivid by having the audience associate human characteristics with it.

17. personification The wind shouted through the trees.
The old windmill moaned.
The leaves danced in the breeze.

18. PERSONIFICATION
PERSONIFICATION
PERSONIFICATION

19. personification From ‘Blueback’
“The school bus rattled along the Longboat Bay road, spitting gravel and raising dust … “
“Out at Robber’s Head the sea heaved itself at the cliffs.”
“High above him the wind groused in the crowns of the karris.”
“Surf hammered the shore and chewed it away.”

20. onomatopoeia
On – o – mat – uh – pee – u ‘Words that imitate sounds’ Makes the writing sound interesting or dramatic.

21. onomatopoeia
‘... A huge blue shadow twitched and quivered.” p.7

22. CHAPTER ONE: BLUEBACK Purred Skimmed Cold rush Cut the motor Phhht!
Whooshed
Swirled
Glowed
Terrible rush
Spit
Darted
panting

23. onomatopoeia From ‘Blueback’
“Abel saw the flash of his mother’s screwdriver.”
“She prised the abalone off the rock…”
“His mother came gliding up …”
“… another rush from the lurking shadow.”
“They skimmed back … toward the jetty …”
“… his mother clanking around in the shed.”
“… trees jangled with bells …”

24. onomatopoeia From ‘Blueback’ “ … a little puff of sediment …”
“Her snorkle wooshed beside him…”
“The muscle twitched in its shell.”
“The school bus rattled along … “
“The old fish scooted in circles … “
“His fins vibrated.”

25. Onomatopoeia: example
Crack an Egg
Crack an egg. Stir the butter. Break the yolk. Make it flutter. Stoke the heat. Hear it sizzle. Shake the salt, just a drizzle. Flip it over, just like that. Press it down. Squeeze it flat. Pop the toast. Spread jam thin. Say the word. Breakfast's in .
by Denise Rodgers

26. Onomatopoeia: example
Laundrette Wishy, washy, there’s my shirt Swirling, squirming round my vest. Splashy, dashy, two red socks, In a sandwich with the rest. A football scarf, a bright-red hat A pillow-slip, blue jeans a sheet. Oh, my goodness, what was that? A hand, a face, a pair of feet Someone swirling round quite bare – How did Granny get in there? Gareth Owen

27. alliteration
The repetition of the same consonant, especially at the beginning of words.
The Snake
“He sipped with his straight mouth,
Softly drank through his straight gums, into his slack long body,
Silently.”
D.H.Lawrence

28. alliteration From ‘Blueback’
“In a seam along the smooth granite rock, the shellfish grew round and silver like shiny hubcaps.”
“It had fins like ping pong paddles.”
“The mosaic of its scales shone in the morning sun.”

29. alliteration …………….. witches …………….. spiders …………….. sausages
…………….. holidays
……………. mothers
……………. hamburgers
……………. bananas
…………….. spiders
……………… footballers
…………….. teachers
…………….. Students
……………. fish
…………….. groper

30. assonance
The repetition of similar vowel sounds close together to create a musical effect.
The Lotus Eaters And in the stream the long leaved flowers weep, And in the craggy ledge the poppy hangs in sleep. Alfred Lord Tennyson

31. Free verse: definition
Free verse is just what it says it is - poetry that is written without proper rules about form, rhyme, rhythm, etc.

32. Free verse: definition
In free verse the writer makes his/her own rules.
The writer decides how the poem should look, feel, and sound.

33. Free verse: example Winter Poem Nikki Giovanni once a snowflake fell
once a snowflake fell
on my brow and i loved
it so much and i kissed
it and it was happy and called its cousins
and brothers and a web
of snow engulfed me then
i reached to love them all
and i squeezed them and they became
a spring rain and i stood perfectly
still and was a flower

34. Free verse: example
I May Be Dreaming, But Wouldn't It Be Great If... …I were a genius who could get straight As in school without having to do any homework. …My parents let me eat dessert first and then anything else wanted. …My little sister moved to an island off the coast of Madagascar and I never heard from her again, except on my birthdays, when she'd send me a card with money in it. …Instead of making me go to Sunday school, my parents would take me and my girlfriend to the amusement park, where I could practice the Golden Rule on the roller coaster by holding her hand whenever she got scared.

35. Free verse: example
Sleepy Thoughts on a Cold Winter Night I'm cold. I pull my blanket over my head. That's better. I find a comfortable position and start breathing slowly. I wonder what it would be like to be a bear and sleep all winter. I guess you'd have to have a pretty big last supper, or you'd have to wake up in January to find something to eat. to be a fish and sleep at the bottom of a lake. I guess you'd have to have gills, or you'd have to come up to the surface every ten seconds or so to get a breath of air.

36. Free verse: activity Write a paragraph describing yourself.
Break the sentences up into phrases
Add words to the phrases for more depth
Re-arrange the phrases
Play around with the words until you are happy with the final ‘look’ of the poem
Publish this.

37. Free verse: activity
Mrs. Alexander is undoubtedly THE most amazing and fantastic teacher in the world. Not only is she a highly talented educator, but is also extremely good looking and one of the nicest people you would ever wish to meet. She also has an extremely over-inflated opinion of herself.

38. Free verse: activity Mrs. Alexander amazing and fantastic teacher
highly talented educator
extremely good looking
nicest people you would ever wish to meet
unfortunately
over-inflated opinion of herself

39. An unrhymed poem consisting of 5 formatted lines.
cinquain
An unrhymed poem consisting of 5 formatted lines.
Written to a formula.

40. cinquain
Cinquains do not have titles. However, the first line serves as the announced topic.

41. One word relating to the topic
Cinquain: Format
One word topic
Two describing words
Three action words
A four word phrase
One word relating to the topic

42. Cinquain example Rain Heavy, awesome Drenching, soaking, penetrating
Renewing the earth’s firmament
Soil-soaker

43. Cinquain example Mantis Stick Predator Stalking, preening, searching
Slenderly fashioned by nature
Killer

44. Cinquain example Cat. Fluffy, cuddly. Purring, sleeping, kneading.
Asleep on my pillow.
Kitten.

45. Cinquain example
Dalmation Spotted, happy Running, barking, jumping Tail is always wagging Dog.

46. Japanese form of poetry. Non-rhyming and written to a formula
haiku
Japanese form of poetry.
Non-rhyming and written to a formula
Usually about something in nature.

47. 17 syllables in total 1st Line: 5 syllables 2nd Line: 7 syllables
Haiku: format
17 syllables in total
1st Line: 5 syllables
2nd Line: 7 syllables
3rd Line: 5 syllables

48. Haiku: example
Written by Basho (famous Japanese poet)
This snowy morning That black crow I hate so much .... But he's beautiful! —Basho

49. Sunshine on the morning dew Birds begin to chirp
Haiku: example
The flower rises
Sunshine on the morning dew
Birds begin to chirp

50. Drifting slowly to the ground Another leaf falls
Haiku: example
Orange, yellow, red
Drifting slowly to the ground
Another leaf falls

51. Limerick: example There was a huge dog from Tibet,
Who was loved by a girl named Odette;
Though large and hairy
And sometimes quite scary,
She thought him a marvellous pet.

52. Limerick: example There once was a man of Bengal
Who was asked to a fancy dress ball;
He murmured, “I’ll risk it
And go as a biscuit...”
But a dog ate him up in the hall.

53. Limerick: example I raised a great hullabaloo
When I found a large mouse in my stew,
Said the waiter, “Don’t shout
And wave it about,
Or the rest will be wanting one too.”

54. Limerick: format Set pattern poem of 5 lines. A nonsense verse.
Rhythm pattern is set – syllables / line
Rhyme pattern is set – aabba
Line 5 is the ‘punch line’ – a humorous twist.

55. Limerick: activity Think of something funny.
Who was there?
When did it happen?
Where did it happen?
What happened?
What was the conclusion?
Write some words that you might be able to use to describe the event.