“Using Personification in Poetry” is a video lesson that defines personification, discusses its use in poetry, and demonstrates how to compose a poem using personification.

This video demonstrates identifying elements of personification in poems.

This video is answering the question of what is personification.

Pupil outcome: I can give my personal response to the poem, including some evidence to justify my ideas. Key learning points: - ‘No. 115 Dreams’ is a free verse poem; it contains five verses and a repeated refrain. - ‘No. 115 Dreams’...

Mr. Griot reviews figurative language and writes an original poem. He uses the poem to identify examples of simile, metaphor, idioms, personification, and alliteration.

This video will help students understand the critical role of comparative figurative language (metaphor, simile, and personification) in establishing theme in poetry.

This video examines figurative language in poetry such as similes, methaphors, hyperboles, personification, and symbolism.

Pupil outcome: I can explore how Hardy uses imagery to present a foreboding interaction during the breakdown of the relationship. Key learning points: - Hardy uses colour imagery to create a bleak and barren emotional landscape. - Hardy...

Here’s a thought: what if Death came to us as a gentleman in a carriage? In this poem, Emily Dickinson takes us on a journey to ‘Eternity’, hosted by a very polite but mysterious gentleman. Join us as we analyse the poem, stanza by...

Join us for a psychedelic stroll through the city streets of the early 1900s. As the clock strikes midnight, strange and sinister things begin to happen. Enjoy our step-by-step guide through Stanzas 1 and 2 of ‘Rhapsody on a Windy...

We continue our journey through T.S. Eliot’s vivid streetscape in Preludes 2 and 3 of his quadriptych poem ‘Preludes’. Experience the morning bustle of bleary-eyed city-dwellers as light struggles to break through the darkness. We’ll...

Join us for the conclusion of our urban wanderings as we analyse Prelude 4 of T.S. Eliot’s ‘Preludes’. As the sun sets, there is an unexpected vision on the horizon. Is there hope for this corrupted metropolis?

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Let’s dive deeper into the world of poetry. In this second lesson, we’ll explore poetry with all five senses. Discover how poets use sound devices, sensory imagery, figurative language and much more! Soon, you’ll have all the tools you...

Poetry can be puzzling. But we’ll help you piece it together! In this second lesson, we’ll unravel soundscapes, imagery, figurative language, tone and voice. Afterwards, you’ll have some handy new tools to help you understand and...

Pupil outcome: I can explain how Dharker uses natural imagery, personification, caesuras and enjambment to express the concepts of strength and resistance in ‘A Century Later’. Key learning points: - Dharker’s use of natural imagery may...

A reading, summary, and analysis of Emily Dickinson's, "Because I could not stop for Death." This video explores how Dickinson takes a creepy concept, dying, and turns it into a date set to an upbeat tune.

A video entitled “Sensory Language” which explores how to use sensory language when writing.

A video on how writers make comparisons using figurative language to make writing more interesting.

Every author has a toolkit of techniques – they use these tools to build meaning and share important ideas.

In this video, we’ll teach you how to break down a range of texts. You’ll learn how to identify techniques in poems and...