Unseen poetry

What you'll learn

1. 1

   Imagine you're a detective 🕵️‍♂️. Unseen poetry is like a mystery poem you've never seen before — your job is to crack its clues!

2. 2

   When you first see an unseen poem, what should you do first?

3. 3

   Tap the words in this poem that jump out at you — words that feel important or create a picture in your mind.

4. 4

   Let's look at a short poem together: 'The fog comes on little cat feet.' 🐱

5. 5

   What is the poet comparing fog to in this line? 'The fog comes on little cat feet.'

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   Now you try! Read this line: 'The moon was a ghostly galleon.' Tap the two things being compared.

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   When you spot a comparison in a poem (like 'fog is like a cat'), what is that called?