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Fire Poetry Analysis Worksheet

Read the original poem below, then answer the questions using evidence from its words and images. In the final task, you will draft your own short poem about recovery after a bushfire.

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At dawn, the ridge is a blanket of grey; charred branches sketch their names in air. A wind combs ash from the sleeping ground, and far off, one bird tests the quiet. Then, under a fallen gum-tree limb, a green leaf opens its small bright hand. Rain beads on bark like glass buttons; the creek lifts its voice over stones. The hill is not healed in a single day. Still, roots hold fast beneath the black. By evening, the light lays gold on the slope— a slow promise, not a finished story.

1.Find one detail that appeals to sight and one that appeals to sound. Quote each detail and name the sense it appeals to.

2.In “a green leaf opens its small bright hand”, what language device is used, and what does it suggest about the leaf?

3.Which phrase is a simile comparing rain to something else?

“charred branches sketch their names in air”
“Rain beads on bark like glass buttons”
“the creek lifts its voice over stones”
“roots hold fast beneath the black”

4.True or false: The poem suggests that the bushland has completely recovered by the final line. Support your choice with a quotation.

TrueFalse

5.Match each quotation to the best language feature: personification, simile, or metaphor.

“the creek lifts its voice”
“like glass buttons”
“the ridge is a blanket of grey”

Metaphor
Personification
Simile

6.How does the mood change between the first stanza and the second? Use one detail from each stanza in your explanation.

7.Choose one quotation from the poem that best expresses resilience. Explain how its word choice creates that idea.

8.Complete the idea: The phrase “The hill is not healed in a single day” suggests that recovery is because .

9.Write a six-line poem about a place beginning to recover after a difficult event. Include one simile, one example of personification, and a sensory detail. Underline or identify each feature, then add a sentence explaining the mood you wanted to create.