Shape Poem
This simple shape poem, in just one rhyming couplet, includes examples of personification, metaphor and imagery in its figurative language. [click to continue…]
POEMS ABOUT THE WEATHER
These are all of my poems about or involving mentioning of the weather. I have included a brief description of the poetic and figurative writing techniques that the poem includes, simply to make it easier for you to find poems appropriate to your use.
I have used italics to highlight the examples of personification in this poem: these are all the occasions when human qualities have been given to the subject. There are also lots of metaphors and some alliteration. [click to continue…]
This very simple sun poem is great for teaching personification to children. Many children automatically relate to the sun as a smiling face, so this poem introduces personification to them using this idea. I have also included some questions to use to study it more closely.
