The wind song by Lilian Moore

a)	Write down eight words the poet has used to describe sounds.

i)ii)Hum iii)Drum iv)Swish

Whisper

v)vi)Snap vii)Clang viii)Creep

Sigh

b)	The poet describes some objects as acting like humans, for example "quiet things speak". Find two more examples of this kind of writing from the poem.

i) ii)Wires

Tree tops sigh                                     on a pole whistle and hum

c)	In the second line the poet states, "The quiet things speak". Name two "quiet things" from the poem.

i)ii)are

The quite things                                                                                         quite again

d)	What is shown by the use of the hyphen at the end of the line, "When the wind goes suddenly "?The hyphen means that the other word of the sentence count not fit.

e)	What two main things happen in the poem?

The two main things that happened were when the quite things talked and all the different noises in the poem.