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
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round hayfields,cornfileds and potato-drills
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trekked
made a slow and difficult journey on foot
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tinkling
like the short high ringing sound of a small bell
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dark blobs burned like a plate of eyes
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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
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hoarded
kept hidden or private
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byre
cow shed
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rat-gray
metaphor
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glut
to provide more than is needed or wanted
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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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