I Wonder - Elements

ELEMENTS

I Wonder

The poet’s style is conversational and personal.

There are six stanzas and each stanza has a couplet that rhymes.

It creates a powerful continuity of the mysteries of nature questioned relentlessly by the child who is eager to know.

STYLE AND LANGUAGE

Personification

Themes : An object being given a human quality

1And told the trees to take a

rest

2Who lights

the stars when they blow out

REPETITIONA word repeated for emphasis

WHO3 times

WHY2 times

VISUAL IMAGERY

• The image of trees resting (line 4)• The image of stars being lit and

blown out (line 7)

VISUAL IMAGERY

• The image of flashing lightning (line 8)

• The image of the painted rainbow (line 9)

VISUAL IMAGERY

• The image of someone hanging up the clouds so high (line 10)

SYMBOLS

‘Dad’ symbolises the adult who is supposed to be knowledgeable

‘grass, wind, birds, trees, moon, stars

lightning, rainbow and fluffy clouds’

symbolises the wonderful creations of

nature

MOOD• being happy, captivated and

child-like innocence as she explores the many elements in nature

• She is awed by nature and ponders by asking questions. The many questions posed relate directly to her curiosity.

• Towards the end, the speaker shows slight disappointment when her many questions are not answered by her father.

i. Wonder

ii. Curiosity

iii. Innocence

iv. frustration and disappointment

TONE

ALLITERATION• ‘grass is green’

• ‘birds to build’

METAPHOR

‘fluffy clouds’

This metaphor shows that the clouds in the sky are soft

and fluffy

QUIZ TIME

TRUE OF FALSE STATEMENTS

TRUE or FALSE?TRUE or FALSE?

It is the voice of an adult


The speaker is not a Nature lover


The speaker is an observant person


The speaker is bright and inquisitive


There are no answers to his questions


The speaker is asking nonsensical questions


Many natural phenomena cannot be explained


The poet, the speaker and persona are the same person


The persona is in awe of the beauty and power of Nature


The persona thinks that his father can answer his question

THE MENTAL PICTURES

The green grass

The bird’s nest

The trees

The ‘not quite round’ moon

1

2

3

4

THE MENTAL PICTURES

The stars

The lightning

The rainbow

The fluffy clouds

5

6

7

8

What is the thing that cannot be seen?

The wind

How does the persona know it exists?

It can be felt

What is the thing that cannot be located?

The missing part of the moon

WH words used in the poem

i. Whyii. Who

iii. Wheniv. Where

1st Word

RHYMES WITH

2nd Word

green seennest rest

round foundout aboutsky high

suppose knows

Education

I Wonder - Elements