Task 13: Metaphor Poem

Firstly, well done to ALL of you who completed Task 12 on time. I felt privileged to read such an impressive body of work, and no one would have guessed the writers were from four different year groups either. Yet again, your work is being read by bloggers all over the world, and what they are reading is fantastic stuff. So well done to the lot of you!

And if you haven't read everyone else's efforts (and commented on them too) you don't know what you're missing! So get reading (and commenting) straight away...
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Another poetry task this week.

Firstly, have a look at this week's Poem of the Week on the Fast Track BLOG. (Click here to read it.)

As you will see, this poem is a masterclass in metaphors - and, in fact, almost every line in the poem gives a different metaphor for the poem's topic: love.

Your task - as you've probably guessed already - is to write your own metaphor poem, using 'Love is...' to provide your structure.

Like that poem, yours too will follow these rules:

1. Each stanza will consist of four lines. (You should write a minimum of 5 stanzas.)
   
2. All four lines will begin with "???? is". (N.B. Insert the topic of YOUR poem where he has used the word LOVE.)
3. The fourth line of each stanza will simply consist of those two words: i.e. "???? is."
4. Lines 1-3 of each stanza will rhyme.
5. Lines 1-3 of each stanza will be of a similar length. (Look carefully at the example below, and you will see how I stick to a similar rhythm too: see if you can manage the same.)
   

All of you should obey these five rules.

Some of you might choose to obey the following rule too:

• The most observant of you will realise Lines 1-3 each have FOUR FEET (or BEATS). They are different types of feet, but there are still always four beats to the line. If you think you can manage this (and some of you should definitely be able to do so), make sure each of your Lines 1-3 have FOUR FEET too. (Ask me if you are stuck on this...)

Like Henri's poem, try to make yours as original and fresh as possible.

All you need to do first is choose your topic. Here are some ideas, but you don't have to choose one of them if you don't want to:

• Friendship
• Happiness
• Football
• School
• Family
• Freedom
• Music
• Nature
  

The choice of topic (and so title) is up to you. Just make sure you follow the rules above, and GOOD LUCK!

And remember: if you are stuck for a rhyme, use RHYMEZONE.COM.

Deadline = midnight on Saturday 20th October

As always, here is my attempt:

HOPE is a friend when all others desert you
Hope is a plaster when others have hurt you
Hope is a fact and won't need to convert you
Hope is...

Hope is a car that will never break down
Hope is a house in the posh part of town
Hope is a smile and never a frown
Hope is...

Hope is a suit with a perfect fit
Hope is a patch when you can't seem to quit
Hope is a serious piece of kit
Hope is...

Hope is a crutch when you can't seem to walk
Hope is an ear when you just need to talk
Hope is the flower, the leaves and the stalk
Hope is...

Hope is the meat on doubt's dubious bone
Hope is all ears and won't hang up the phone
Hope is immune to the toxic unknown
Hope is...