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Exploring Poetry Techniques Through Windy Nights

Dive into the world of poetry with a focus on techniques like onomatopoeia, rhyme, repetition, imagery, alliteration, and rhythm using Robert Louis Stevenson's poem "Windy Nights" as a guide. Learn to identify and appreciate these literary elements in poems.

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Exploring Poetry Techniques Through Windy Nights

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  1. Poetry Techniques imagery rhythm rhyme alliteration repetition onomatopoeia

  2. What are the following techniques? • Onomatopoeia– • Rhyme- • Repetition- • Rhythm- • Imagery- • Alliteration-

  3. Poetry Terms • Onomatopoeia-the use of words which sound like the thing that they represent E.g. buzz, bang • Rhyme - when words sound the same E.g. mat, cat, bat • Repetition - words/phrases repeated near each other • Rhythm - the beat of a poem • Imagery - the pictures in the poem • Alliteration- when words in a poem/sentence(s) start with the same letter

  4. Alliteration • When words in a poem start with the same letter, it is called alliteration. Example:She sells sea shells on the sea shore. The bubbles boiled at the brim.

  5. Stan the strong surfer saved several swimmers on Saturday. Tiny Tommy Thomson takes toy trucks to Timmy’s on Tuesday. Click here to read more alliterations.

  6. Tongue-twisters • Can you invent some tongue-twisters using alliteration? • Silly sisters........ • Bold brothers...... • Lovely lollipops...... • Tough teachers...... • Fabulous football...... • Miserable Mondays...... • Zany zebras...... • Comfy couches.....

  7. Now you try! Let’s look at the poem ‘Windy Nights’ by Robert Louis Stevenson

  8. Windy Nights Whenever the moon and stars are set, Whenever the wind is high, All night long in the dark and wet A man goes riding by. Late in the night when the fires are out, Why does he gallop and gallop about? Whenever the trees are crying aloud? And the ships are tossed at sea, By, on the highway, low and loud, By at the gallop goes he. By at the gallop he goes, and then By he comes back at the gallop again. by Robert Louis Stevenson

  9. Be a detective! Group 1: Alliteration in the poem Group 2: Rhyme in the poem Group 3: Imagery in the poem Group 4: Onomatopoeia in the poem Group 5: Rhythm in the poem Group 6: Repetition in the poem

  10. Do you know your techniques? Find an example of… • Onomatopoeia– • Rhyme- • Repetition- • Rhythm- • Imagery- • Alliteration-

  11. Homework • Design a poster using alliteration.

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