Poetic Devices in "The Magic Box" by Kit Wright

Dive into the enchanting world of "The Magic Box" by Kit Wright and uncover the use of poetic devices such as alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhythm, repetition, and the vivid depiction of senses. Join the journey through the poet's imaginative box filled with a snowman, water from Lake Lucerne, and the wild waves of the Atlantic.

• Poetry
• Poetic Devices
• Kit Wright
• Free Verse
• Imaginative

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1. WALT: recognise the features of free verse poetry

2. The Magic Box by Kit Wright Click on the box to hear the poet Kit Wright tell you what he would put in it.

3. The Magic Box by Kit Wright I will put in the box Read this extract from the poem. Can you find these poetic devices? the swish of a silk sari on a summer night, fire from the nostrils of a Chinese dragon, the tip of a tongue touching a tooth. alliteration onomatopoeia rhythm repetition use of the senses I will put in the box a snowman with a rumbling belly a sip of the bluest water from Lake Lucerne, a leaping spark from an electric fish. I shall surf in my box on the great high-rolling breakers of the wild Atlantic, then wash ashore on a yellow beach the colour of the sun.

4. The Magic Box by Kit Wright I will put in the box Read this extract from the poem. Can you find these poetic devices? the swish of a silk sari on a summer night, fire from the nostrils of a Chinese dragon, the tip of a tongue touching a tooth. I will put in the box alliteration onomatopoeia rhythm repetition use of the senses a snowman with a rumbling belly a sip of the bluest water from Lake Lucerne, a leaping spark from an electric fish. I shall surf in my box on the great high-rolling breakers of the wild Atlantic, then wash ashore on a yellow beach the colour of the sun.

5. The Magic Box by Kit Wright I will put in the box Read this extract from the poem. Can you find these poetic devices? the swish of a silk sari on a summer night, fire from the nostrils of a Chinese dragon, the tip of a tongue touching a tooth. I will put in the box alliteration onomatopoeia rhythm repetition use of the senses a snowman with a rumbling belly a sip of the bluest water from Lake Lucerne, a leaping spark from an electric fish. I shall surf in my box on the great high-rolling breakers of the wild Atlantic, then wash ashore on a yellow beach the colour of the sun.

6. The Magic Box by Kit Wright I will put in the box Read this extract from the poem. Can you find these poetic devices? the swish of a silk sari on a summer night, fire from the nostrils of a Chinese dragon, the tip of a tongue touching a tooth. I will put in the box alliteration onomatopoeia rhythm repetition use of the senses a snowman with a rumbling belly a sip of the bluest water from Lake Lucerne, a leaping spark from an electric fish. I shall surf in my box on the great high-rolling breakers of the wild Atlantic, then wash ashore on a yellow beach the colour of the sun.

7. The Magic Box by Kit Wright I will put in the box Which typical poetic device is definitely NOT here? the swish of a silk sari on a summer night, fire from the nostrils of a Chinese dragon, the tip of a tongue touching a tooth. Rhyme is absent from this poem. I will put in the box This style of poetry is called free verse . a snowman with a rumbling belly a sip of the bluest water from Lake Lucerne, a leaping spark from an electric fish. Free verse may contain many of the poetic devices you have learned about, but not rhyme. I shall surf in my box on the great high-rolling breakers of the wild Atlantic, then wash ashore on a yellow beach the colour of the sun. It can also be used to turn a story into a poem.

8. Plenary What have we learned about Free Verse?