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Sounds in Poetry Exploration

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Sounds in Poetry Exploration

Read the poem aloud, then investigate how its sounds help create a mood. Rhyme means matching end sounds; alliteration repeats starting consonant sounds; onomatopoeia uses words that imitate sounds.

Read the poem

Rain at the Bay Pitter-patter, rain taps the tin, A silver stream goes spinning in. The restless waves go crash and roar, Then whisper softly at the shore. A kererū coos in the pōhutukawa tree, While salty wind sings wild and free. The clouds drift off; the sky turns bright, The bay glows gold in fading light.

1.Which phrase from the poem is onomatopoeia—a word or phrase that imitates a sound?
  • “Pitter-patter”
  • “fading light”
  • “silver stream”
2.In the phrase “silver stream goes spinning”, which sound device repeats the starting sound?
3.Match each sound device to the best example from the poem.
  • Rhyme
  • Alliteration
  • Onomatopoeia
  • “salty wind sings”
  • “crash”
  • “roar” / “shore”
4.True or false? The words “coos” and “crash” help the reader imagine sounds in the poem.
TrueFalse
5.Fill in the missing word: “The restless waves go and roar.” Choose the word that imitates a loud wave sound.
6.Find one pair of rhyming words at the ends of lines 3 and 4. Write both words.
7.How does “crash and roar” help you imagine the waves? Explain what mood these words create.
8.The poem’s sound changes from “crash and roar” to “whisper softly”. What change in the scene do these sounds suggest?
9.Write two short lines about a sound in the rain, wind or sea. Include at least one sound device, then name the device you used.

2 printable pages

  • Sounds in Poetry Exploration, page 1 of 2: Read the poem

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  • Sounds in Poetry Exploration, page 2 of 2: 5. Fill in the missing word: “The restless waves go and roar.” Choose the word that

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