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- Year 9
Writing about the self and the world with Simon Armitage
I can follow Armitage’s advice on writing a poem about a newsworthy event or about the self.
- Year 9
Writing about the self and the world with Simon Armitage
I can follow Armitage’s advice on writing a poem about a newsworthy event or about the self.
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Key learning points
- Armitage suggests that daydreaming is an important part of finding inspiration.
- Armitage worries that we don’t give ourselves enough time to just let our minds wander in modern society.
- Armitage suggests that poetry is all to do with metaphors and comparisons.
- Armitage says that often you have to approach poetry writing through a different angle rather than head-on.
Keywords
Communicate - to share or exchange information, news, ideas, feelings, etc.
Metaphor - a word or a phrase used to describe something as if it were something else
Provoke - to excite to some action or feeling
Impact - to have a strong effect or influence on a situation or person
Common misconception
Poetic language does not exist in everyday life.
Poetic language is everywhere since we use metaphors and comparisons in everyday speech all the time.
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