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Writing skills  - write a poem II

Pointless - Lewis Capaldi

I bring her coffee in the mornin'

She brings me inner peace

I take her out to fancy restaurants

She takes the sadness out of me

I make her cards on her birthday

She makes me a better man

I take her water when she's thirsty

She takes me as I am

Poetic devices 

Homophone - a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning, or a different spelling and meaning.

Antithesis  - the juxtaposing of two contrasting or opposing ideas. 

Parallelism - successive phrases that use the same grammatical structure. 

Speaking skills 

Read your song text and find out what its rhyme scheme and rhythm are. 

- why did you choose it?

- what is the most beautiful line in it?

Speaking skills 

Discuss in twos 

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A poem  - general definition

1. an arrangement of language that conveys a story, an idea, or an emotion.

2. an emotional expression including (but not limited to) loss or love.

3. a purposeful gathering of literary techniques, which may include the visual (imagery), the sonic (assonance, alliterations, repetition), and the figurative (metaphor, simile).

A poem - personal goals

1. to make sense of something that has happened

2. to express emotions 

3. to bring some things to other people's attention in a creative way

4. ......

Poetry - How to

1. Topic  -  working hard (say 9 to 5)

2. explore this topic - note the specifics - specific people at a specific moment in time / specific emotions at a specific time/ specific story

3. use poetic devices to help you express yourself (alliteration, rhyme, meter, repetition etc.)

In groups of two

1. Write 6 to 8 lines of a song / poem

2. Make sure the lines have a similar amount of syllables and rhyme

3. Use parallelism and antithesis

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Strands

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Wordle

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Squaredle

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