Poetry analysis (advanced)

What you'll learn

1. 1

   Imagine a poet is like a chef, carefully choosing each ingredient (word) to create a specific flavour (feeling or image).

2. 2

   What is a poet's 'ingredient' in a poem?

3. 3

   Here's a line from a poem: 'The fog comes on little cat feet.' 🐱 What do you see?

4. 4

   Let's analyse a line together: 'Hope is the thing with feathers.'

5. 5

   Now try it yourself. Drag the words to build an analysis of this line: 'The sun is a golden coin.'

6. 6

   In 'The sun is a golden coin', what does the metaphor suggest about the sun?

7. 7

   Why might a poet use a metaphor instead of saying something directly?