The letters ‘s’ and ‘l’ create the quiet sound eff ects in the next poem. ‘S’ is one of the softest sounds in the English language. We use it when we ask for silence: shush. ‘L’ is also a soft, smooth sound. Think of the word ‘lullaby’.
Listen to the soft, quiet eff ect of combining ‘s’ and ‘l’ in ‘still’, ‘softly’ and ‘A robin shrills/His lonely tune’. Look out for the metaphor that describes the snow on the trees. Make sure you recite this poem out loud – it’s beautiful to say.
the softness of ‘s’ and ‘l’ sounds in poetry
METAPHOR (N.):
a comparison of two things without using ‘like’, ‘as’ or ‘than’
What I will learn:
how the possessive apostrophe is used
features of a ballad
metaphor
‘Snow’ BY WALTER DE LA MARE
No breath of wind, No gleam of sun – Still the white snow Whirls softly down – Twig and bough And blade and thorn All in an icy Quiet, forlorn. Whispering, nestling, Through the air, On sill and stone, Roof – everywhere, It heaps its powdery Crystal fl akes,
