Poem Homework

Read the poem to help answer the questions.

a)	Write down eight words the poet has used to describe sounds.

i) ii) iii) iv)

Clang Sigh Slap Drum

v) vi) vii) viii)

Hum Creak Whisper Swish

b)	The poet describes some objects as acting like humans, for example "quiet things speak". Find two more examples of this kind of writing from the poem.

i) ii)

Treetops Sigh Wires on poles whistle and hum

c)	In the second line the poet states, "The quiet things speak". Name two "quiet things" from the poem.

i) ii)

Grasses Treetops

d)	What is shown by the use of the hyphen at the end of the line, "When the wind goes —"?That the poet is suddenly changing the subject. Turning the story around and going onto a new idea.

e)	What two main things happen in the poem?

i)

The quiet things speak ii) All the different noises that the quite things make are described.