Story Pirates University: Ode Poem with Metaphor
3 min4th5th6thReading & Writing (ELA)
Summary
A short poetry lesson from Story Pirates University, the storytelling program run by the Story Pirates comedy troupe. This lesson writes an ode — a poem of praise — and uses metaphor to compare the thing you love to something surprising. A Story Pirates professor plays with sound and comparison, then invites students to write their own.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Poets play with sound and comparison.
- Which words or sounds in the example stood out to you?
- What is something you love enough to write a poem about?
- How does a comparison help a reader picture your idea?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: metaphor, simile, alliteration, rhythm, ode.
Try it: Write two or three lines about something you love, using one comparison. Read it out loud and listen to how it sounds.