What are they? What do they have to do with poetry? Similes What are they? What do they have to do with poetry?

Activity Cut out each of the poems on your sheet and stick them into your book. Each one on a NEW page Make sure you stick them in, in this order ‘The Warm and the Cold’, ‘The Highwaymen’, ‘The Pelican’, ‘The Fog’, ‘The Sea serpent’ and ‘Noise’.

What is a simile? A simile is a comparison of two things that uses the words ‘like’ or ‘as’. Examples “The water dripped like a leaking tap” “Running from her enemy as fast as a cheetah”

Explaining Meaning When a poet uses similes, they often use them to try and liken what they are talking about to something that is more familiar. The use of similes helps us to identify and look for different pictures (or images) that are in the poem.

Finding Examples of Similes What examples of similes can we find in the poem ‘The Warm and the Cold’? Let’s find out what each of the similes mean.

The Warm and the Cold Like a slow trap of steel Like a planet in its heaven Like a loaf in the oven

Like a violin in its case Like a doll in its lace

What are they? What do they have to do with poetry? Metaphors What are they? What do they have to do with poetry?

What is a metaphor? A metaphor states that an object is something else. Like a simile, a metaphor compares one thing to another. An example is: ‘The ocean is a rippled blue-green parachute’

The Highwayman – Alfred Noyes What metaphors are used in the poem? What are the comparisons that are made in the poem? How would you draw a picture of the poem? What would you include?

Representation Representation in poetry is seen through the use of devices such as similes. Activity Pick one of the similes that we have looked at and draw a picture of what you think it means.

Explaining representation In poetry, poets use imagery to show what they are trying to say. Imagery means the pictures that we can see through the words that the poet uses.