Sights and Sounds of Bonfire Night

 This bonfire night poem is a great example of alliteration poetry
and includes some personification, metaphors  and a simile.

Since Guy Fawkes’ time, our bonfire nights
Have been bewitched by sounds and sights.
They represent his punishment
For plotting against parliament.

The prancing, dancing flames of fire Excitedly rise higher and higher, Tripping, skipping in the air Raining hot ash everywhere.
	The wailing, trailing rockets fly Attention seeking in the sky While shooting, scooting, left and right Explosively display their might.
The whirling, twirling Catherine wheel Then orbits with a piercing squeal, Sprinkling twinkling stars around Which fall like moon-dust on the ground.

Then all at once, the silence falls
And once again the night-time calls
Normal life again resumes
The memory lingers, with the fumes.

This poem uses lots of figurative language to describe the sights and sounds of bonfire, as well as other poetic techniques like internal rhyming (Rhyming within a line).

It is great for teaching alliteration (where the same initial letter is repeated) as it has so many examples eg.Punishment for plotting against parliament, as well as assonance (where vowel sounds are repeated ) eg, shooting, skooting etc  (Click here to see the TEACHERS’ PAGES FOR MORE DETAILS ON ALLITERATION) and also includes a simile (ie Fall like moon dust on the ground)

Lastly, there is some personification, ie, when an object is referred to as if it is alive (eg “dancing flames of fire, excitedly rise higher” and rockets…”attention seeking in the sky”

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