SONGS AND POETRY

FOR YOUNG LEARNERS

TUTORIAL WEEK 2

1. Analyse and compare the various forms of poetry

suitable for children.

LIMERICK

HAIKU

A pun poem

A nature poem
from Japan

NURSERY
RHYMES
A melodious
traditional poem

Nursery rhymes is the most suitable poem because;

Majority of the rhyme use simple words (easy to memorise)
The poem has rhyming pattern

2. The use of language in poetry

Rhyme
Examples

of rhyme might be

Whose woods these are I think I know

His house is in the village though
Or
The woods are lovely dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep

Rhyme
A poem

that rhymes makes it easy and more

enjoyable to read.

Rhyme

makes a poem more musical.

Images
A poem

is a series of word pictures.

We

see them with our imagination instead of our

eyes.

We

call these pictures images.

Theme
The

theme of a poem is the main

topic or issue in the poem.

Just

ask yourself what is the poem

really about?

For

example, the theme of Stopping

by Woods on a Snowy Evening might
be that life is sometimes hard but we
need to keep travelling on.

Tone
When

you talk to someone you can change the

meaning of what you say by changing the tone of
your voice.

Poems

also have a tone.

This

is the tone of voice of the poet, or the

speaker of the poem.

The

tone in this poem is a very sad, lonely or tired

tone.

Mood
The

main emotion in the poem is

called the mood.

In

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy

Evening, there is a mood of wonder
or sorrow.

Atmosphere
The

atmosphere of the poem is linked to the

setting of the poem.

The

lonely woods in Stopping by Woods on a

Snowy Evening gives the poem an atmosphere of
mystery, wonder and silence.

Alliteration
When

lots of words in a poem start

with the same letter it is called
alliteration.

This
In

gives the line a special beat.

poetry this is called rhythm.

For

example the poem Truant opens

with the line Sing a song of sunlight

Simile
A simile

is a special kind of image.

The

poet creates a picture by comparing two

things using the words like or as

For

example:

as snug as a gun

ran

like the wind

Metaphor
Sometimes

a poet creates an image by comparing

two things without using the words like, as or
than.

This
For
It

is called a metaphor.

example:

raining cats and dogs The rain is compared to

cats and dogs falling from the sky.

Personification
When

something that is not live (an inanimate

object) is given human characteristics it is called
personification.

wandered lonely as a cloud The cloud is

described as if it is a person wandering around.

Onomatopoeia
When

a word imitates the sound it is describing it

is called onomatopoeia.

The

snow was whispering and rustling as it fell.

These

verbs recreate the sound of the snow

falling.

Assonance

When a vowel (a,e,i,o,u) is repeated in a line it is called

assonance.

Notice it is the vowel sound and not just the vowel letter
that creates assonance.

Words that rhyme often have assonance; this makes them

sound the same.

For example:

I know/ this rose is only/ an ink-and-paper rose/ but see

how it grows and goes/ on growing

Repetition

Repetition is when words or phrases are repeated in a

poem.

In Stopping by Woods...

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep.

Thank you