Blackberry Picking Poem Analysis

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Vocabulary

figurative language

Meaning

metaphor

simile

imagery

verbs

nouns

adjectives

adverbs

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Setting

Late August

heavy rain and sun

summertime

ripen

mature/ to develp

hard as a knot

tight

sweet like thickened wine

want to have fun

summer's blood was in it

break from school/holiday/sunny days

stains upon the tongue

taste is memorable

lust

strong desire

inked up

colorful and ready to eat

briar

a prickly plant or shrub

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In a farm

line 11

round hayfields,cornfileds and potato-drills

line 12

trekked

made a slow and difficult journey on foot

line 13

tinkling

like the short high ringing sound of a small bell

line 14 and 15

dark blobs burned like a plate of eyes

Line 16

Bluebeard

a notorious murderer and pirate-type figure

meaning

setting

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figurative language

vocabulary

nouns

verbs

adverbs

adjectives

cow shed

imagery

simile

line 17

hoarded

kept hidden or private

line 17

byre

cow shed

line 19

rat-gray

metaphor

line 19

glut

to provide more than is needed or wanted

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line 19

cache

hiding place

ferment

to cause it to undergo a breakdown of chemical substances into simpler substances

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alliteration

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the trekked and picked until the cans were full

onomatopoeia

tinkling

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