Our Class Poem: Shock

 
This week, we have read lots more of Kaspar Prince of Cats. There was a big twist in the story and the main character, Johnny, received some terrible news.

We used this as inspiration to write a poem together, using our ladder technique. We worked together to suggest lines for the poem, then we sorted them into an order we liked, before dividing them into verses and editing the punctuation.

Here is our completed poem:

Shock

What's wrong?

Could it be true?

Shock hits me like lightning,

Falling off a cliff,

A thought as deep as the sea.

Heart pounding,

Jaw dropping,

Stomach churning,

Throat burning,

Brain bursting.

My blood freezes,

Unstoppable pain,

Attacks me like a tiger.

Surrounded by darkness.

By St. George's Class

It's a fantastic poem, with lots of great examples of types of poetic language. Can you spot a metaphor? Can you see a simile? How about some alliteration?