Lesson 1: Figurative Language
Watch the video at the following URL for more information on figurative language.
An Introduction to Figurative Language in Poetry
Search for your favorite poem or song lyrics on the internet or at this website http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/
Copy and paste the poem/ lyrics on your blog and answer the following questions:
- How are the figurative language used in the poem? Give the specific word(s), explain what type of figurative language it is and why the poet chose to use this figurative language?
- Tell us why you like this poem in no less than 100 words.
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.
Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
To the place where the sidewalk ends.
Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.
Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
To the place where the sidewalk ends.
Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends
Alliteration is used in which constant sounds are repeated as shown in bold in the above poem.
Question 2
I like this poem as the author is very desciptive and always puts for example does and adds the desciptive of that action at the end of the line as underlined in the first stanza. In the second stanza, the author describes the movement of the subject as underlined in the stanza. In the last stanza, the author repeats the action words twice to emphasize the meaning.
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