STORM
WRITING YOUR OWN POEM
1. Using the words given, create your own poem, entitled, ‘Storm.’ Do not
cut up the words until you are certain you need them!
2. Are you going to use alliteration? Remember hard consonants sounds
will create a harsh effect, e.g.:
brutal black winds batter the bruised…
Or
soft, gentle sounds, a quieter one, e.g.:
faint, fearful leaves flutter
stainless steel silhouettes against dark skies
3. Remember onomatopoeia (words which sound like the noise or action
they describe) add to the musical quality e.g. crash, murmur.
4. Short vowel sounds repeated (assonance) will quicken the pace. Long
vowels sounds slow it.
5. Do you want to use rhyme? In which pattern? Internal? For example:
rumble and tumble
6. Check your rhythm and line length.
7. If you wish to use repetition, ask for an additional sheet.
8. If you wish to use similes, remember you will need the word ‘like’ or
‘as.’
NOUNS
spark
hurricane
landscape
cascades
Thor
hammer
trees
ship
wind
rage
spectre
skies
thunder
grass
fingers
moon
leaves
cousin
coast
tongues
places
cacophony
silhouettes
havoc
lightning
torrents
circuit
roots
clouds
scent
darkness
rooftops
pools
mood
anguish
fear
puddles
graves
dagger
anarchy
fragrance
mystery
lake
earth
carnage
force
velvet
electricity
illumination
ADJECTIVES
jagged
omnipotent
howling
ancestral
jet-black
gold
scarlet
ebony
old
heavy
crusted
frozen
magenta
fragile
metallic
amber
crimson
stainless steel
skeletal
silky
bruised
icy
stealthily
callous
dark
isolated
silver
humble
tumultuous
violet
vicious
belligerent
battered
frantic
brutal
luminous
VERBS
break
violate
juxtapose
flash
magnify
bring
lay
howl
gather
echo
clatter
crash
slash
slither
whistle
murmur
splatter
whisper
talk
sweep
tell
reap
quiver
rip
terrorise
undulate
peal
seal
recoil
cackle
pulsate
whip
fall
rumble
tumble
unleash
rampage
shatter
reverberate
align
follow
ride
break
unchain
ADVERBS
viciously
desperately
violently
vindictively
suddenly
avidly
blindly
greedily
gleefully
zestfully
OTHER HELPFUL WORDS
(Conjunctions, prepositions, etc.)
a
a
a
a
a
in
in
in
in
in
an
an
an
an
an
am
am
am
am
am
are
are
are
are
are
is
is
is
is
is
so
so
so
so
so
to
to
to
to
to
the
it
it
it
it
he
he
she
she
she
of
of
off
off
by
by
-ed
-ed
-ed
-ing
-ing
-ing
with
with
with
from
from
away
like
like
like
like
like
will
will
very
very
then
then
then
when
when
under
under
back
back
even
even
why
why