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Guided Reading Friday 5th February We are going to read a poem titled A Poem To Be Spoken Silently Prediction What do you think a poem titled A Poem To Be Spoken Silently will be about? You dont need to write this answer down. Read

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Guided Reading – Friday 5th February

We are going to read a poem titled “A Poem To Be Spoken Silently”

Prediction
What do you think a poem titled “A Poem To Be Spoken Silently” will be about?
You don’t need to write this answer down.

Read the whole text.
If you are unsure of the meaning of any words, you can clarify them on the internet.<br>
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A Poem To Be Spoken Silently… It was so silent that I heard
my thoughts rustle
like leaves in a paper bag . . .
 
It was so peaceful that I heard
the trees ease off
their coats of bark . . .
 
It was so still that I heard
the paving stones groan
as they muscled for space . . .
 
It was so silent that I heard
a page of this book
whisper to its neighbour,
‘Look he’s peering at us again . . . It was so still that I felt
a raindrop grin
as it tickled the window’s pane . . .
 
It was so calm that I sensed
a smile crack the face
of a stranger . . .
 
It was quiet that I heard
the morning earth roll over
in its sleep and doze
for five minutes more . . .

by Pie Corbett<br>
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Questions

①Find four synonyms used for “silent” in this poem
②Find a simile used in this poem
③Find two examples of personification in this poem
④What does the word ‘rustle’ tell you about the sound of the author’s thoughts?
⑤Why would paving stones groan if they were muscling for space?
⑥Do you think the author could actually hear ‘a smile crack the face of a stranger?’ Give some reasons.
⑦What does the line ‘I heard the trees ease off their coats of bark’ mean?<br>