some are new. Introduce your child to a world of words to whisper, savour and inspire with some classic poems, chosen for primary-school children of all ages by poet Helen Mort, editor of The Owl and the Pussycat: An anthology of poems that every child should read. Enjoy!
Metaphors are sometimes hard to find and it takes some thinking to figure out, but they give writers more power to express their thoughts about a certain situation. In fact, not only is it found within the story, the story itself is a metaphor of memory and the constant reminder of the ...
Whereas the first two lines focus on the image of the returning green of spring, the last two pivot with the antithetical theme of time irrecoverable once past. It is possible the restrictive conditions of topic poems give “Kayō jūei” a condensed feeling. While, in fact, in a poem ...
These lines go against the grain of the poem because there are no metaphors of hope or any anaphora, which can be a clue to her pessimism. The tone of the poem is hovering between wearied impatience and lightly accusing. Maternal and Paternal Tug of War In her bee poems, she views ...
imagistic prose-poems think with and through the senses; embody metaphors; and revel in or marvel at the fungibility of body/soul, animate/inanimate, word/idea/object, the one becoming the other as easily and uncannily as (to cite one of the volume’s most striking images) an angel’s ba...
Ruskin Bond is a prolific writer whose short stories for children are found to havea deep insight into several aspects of human nature as well as Nature in general. Bond grewup in Dehradun among trees, birds, and animals. Hence, his short stories and poems aboundin metaphors and imageries ...
Were there any similes or metaphors in the prologue of the shipman from "The Canterbury Tales"? What is the irony between the sin and the punishment of circle 6 in Dantes Inferno? Who is the audience in "Lamb to the Slaughter...
Personification is a figure of speech. Like similes and metaphors, personifications are figures of resemblance or relationship. It assigns human qualities to non-human objects. For example, the phrase "leaves were dancing in the wind" personifies leaves by attributing it with the ...
A true surrealist, Éluard’s poems inCapital of Paincontain details of his controversial personal life. As the collection’s name suggests,Capital of Painis a document of the poet’s private anguish and personal agony made public and the poetry crackles with immense power. ...
with three exact same sound wordsB.should pay more attention to vowels and consonantsC.have to use the words such as “like” and “as”D.should use one word to refer to another meaning2.According to the text, the use of onomatopoeia makes ___.A.poems sound more like a poemB.readers...