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Monday 28 August 2017

Two Day Wonder Poem

Today for reading our group Ruru were doing poems. We had to read a poem called Two Day Wonder and then answer some questions about it. Today I learnt a new word called juxtaposition. The thing I found hard about this task was listing the words because it was a bit tricky finding them.

There is a clever contrast between the way the poet describes yesterday and today.  List all the words that give you a feeling of being sick, sad, depressed or bored. - Grumbled, Sulked, Dragged, Silent, Yawned and drooped

Now list all the words that describe feeling well, happy, bright and active from the second verse. - Gallops, Shines, Dances, Swish, better, Hurry, flying and clatter

The lines from each verse matchup 1 also.  List five of the opposite images.  This first one is done for you.
The street stretched silent - Cars swish, skateboards clatter.
Clouds dragged, low and slow - Clouds hurry, high and flying.
The World yawned and grumbled - The World shines and dances.
My bike lay on the drive - My bike waits by the garage.
The Dog sulked in his basket - The Dog gallops around the house.
Washing dropped on the line - Shirts, sheets, socks stream in the breeze.

This is called juxtaposition.  The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

2 comments:

  1. Good to see you learning new literary devices. Were there other words that were new to you?

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  2. Thank You Ms Kirkpatrick. No there weren't any other new words.

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