Poetry

Putting pictures in our minds is one way poets and other writers get their message across. These pictures are called images or imagery.

The language that is used to produce these pictures is called figurative language, because the words do not have their everyday meaning (literal meaning) but another meaning (figurative meaning) which our imagination helps to create.

To help with ideas we watched a video that had beautiful images of NZ landscapes. Koru 2 then explored some of the language features that can be used in poetry; similes, metaphors, and personification.

Can you identify some of the language features in our poems?

River Flows by Koru 2

Flowing like a snake

Powerful turn it rides

River flows

Under banks

Over rocks

River flows

Splashing, rushing

Tumbling and rumbling

River flows

Wonderland Begins By Taila

Fluffy pillows in the sky

Gliding through the moonlight

Sparkling diamonds up so high

Rivers splashing over slimy rocks

Wonderland of hope and dreams

Night Sky by Lily

Blue ocean

Up high

White splashes

Fairy dust

Silver balloon

Rising

Wonder why?

Dream how?

Mysterious life.

Blue Sky by Jasmine

Sky like an ocean

Streaky shades of white

Smashing together

Powerful sight

Unique shapes

Universe to behold