WALT read a poem and analyse the language features of a poem. This will help us think poetically so that we can write a similar poem to share with others.
Night Time
By Andrea, 12, London, UK
The wind is whistling
The trees twisting round and round,
When the clock struck 12.
The river was running on the seashore
The moon was smiling nice and bright,
When the clock struck 12.
The cars were roaring along the street
The lamps were looking down with their dim eyes,
When the clock struck 12.
The clouds in the sky looked sad and gloomy
The children screaming from shadows behind,
When the clock struck 12.
(July 2008)
1. Summarise the poem you have read in your own words.
- The poem I read this week is about Night Time.
2. Identify at least 2 different language features in the poem and give examples. You can identify more than 2 language features.
There are metaphors and similes in this poem.
One of the language features in this poem is a metaphor. Here is an example of this language feature The wind is whistling the trees twisting round and round,
When the clock struck 12.
- Another language feature in this poem is a simile .Here is an example of this language feature the river was running on the seashore.
3. Evaluate (which means reflect and give your opinion) the author’s purpose for writing this poem - in your answers include the words: inform, entertain, persuade.
- By analysing the poem I have read this week I think the author wrote this poem because it is a reminder of what happens at midnight and about the things we all barely notice.
- The author was informing the audience about all the things that happen at night that we don’t notice.
- The author was entertaining the audience by writing a poem as powerful as that (emotions/language features)
- The author is trying to persuade the audience to think/believe/reflect on the poem that she had written.
