Last half term some of  the  children from Mr. Hartley's Year 5 Literacy group studied figurative language. We read and evaluated the poem, "The Fire of London" by John Dryden then later wrote some poems of our own on the theme of fire. Below are just a few examples. We hope you like them.

The claw-shaped
Flames reached high
Into the sky like
A lion pouncing on its prey
Houses falling like
A defeated army.
People run towards the Thames
A boat and the river
A welcome friend
The wind sweeping
This fierce enemy
Forward,forward
Swiftly marching
The flames rise high then lower
Like an eagle swooping
Then climbing
But wait!
The army now retreats
The tower stands proud and tall
The General remains
To remind us all.

                  Faye Downes HB12

The fire roamed like a lost child
The fire stood out like
Red flowers in a green jungle
People are killed
As in war
The fire left
Like it had done its duty
But fiercely returned
As if it had forgotten
Something important
London had been
Overtaken by a monster.

                            Rachel Wakelin HB12