Secondary 1 Literature: Poems

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Secondary 1 Literature: Poems

Personification

Example: The oval eye of an needle has the shapeof a human eye -'the eye of the needle'

The octopus would surely beThe fastest pickpocket in the sea.In a flash he gets all pockets done,Instead of picking them one by one.-Sonja Delander-Explanation: 1) The octopus is personified as a pickpocket.2) The octopus has 8 tentacles (8 hands/arms), resulting itto be able to get all pockets done in a flash.

The poet would give objects or other creatures human qualities such as speech, feelings, actions and appearance

Onomatopoeia

Example: Hear the tolling of the bells!

Examples: Thump, Sizzle, Tinkling, Gobble, Gulp, Munch, Slurp etc.

Sounds made by people or object being spelt out

Simile

Example: As happy as a lark

A simile is the comparison of two unlike things using the word 'like' or 'as'

Metaphor

Example: Adrain was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net.This metaphor compares Adrain to a wall because he kept returning the balls

Metaphors state that something is something else

Metaphors are comparisons that show how two things that are not alike in most ways are similar in one important way. Metaphors are a way to describe something

Alliteration

Example: Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day

Alliteration occurs when a consonant sound is repeatedly used at the beginning of words very close to one another.

Rhyme Scheme

When answering, always put in a form of (aabbcc)