P7 at Yester have enjoyed learning about the snow in Norway. I think they are very jealous. We have also been listening to stories of dark winter nights in Norway, stories of trolls and gods. Today we listened to a story about Thor's lost hammer.
Today we wrote poems about winter darkness. William Wallace enjoyed learning about trolls. He wrote his poem about trolls in the darkness. He used a lot of alliteration (repeating the same letter at the start of words). Alliterative poetry was very popular in Britain in Medieval times. How many examples of alliteration can you find? Here is his poem:
The trolls were trundling through the thick trench-like snow.
Harmlessly the snow glided through the thick trees like feather from the birds.
Everyone was in their warm cosy beds.
Winter was truly coming, the snow was coming fast.
It was pitch black but the trolls kept trundling through the thick trench-like snow.
Never had it been this cold and the snow so thick.
The trees were tricking the treacherous trolls tearfully tripping them up.
Everything outside was frozen from the fir on the trees to the grass on the ground.
Recklessly the trolls snatched the tiny toddlers in their beds and ate them for tea.
By William Wallace
Tammy's Birthday
14 years ago
2 comments:
Cool poem :D :b
What a super poem. It reminded me of Moley and Ratty finding Badger's House in the Wild Wood,well.... until the last line!. Well done to you, and to the "imaginative, inspired, intellectuals" that is P7.
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