1. What does this
phrase mean or
suggest?
Why do you think
the poem is called
this?

2. Tackling the language in a poem – 1
Focusing on detail - images
What
0 Read the whole poem again you’re
0 Find a section that you think is doing is
most interesting in relation to focusing on
conflict. detail, from
a ‘big’
0 Find the image in that section picture to a
that you think is most ‘smaller’
interesting – relate to conflict. detail –
0 Find the word in the image that details are
you think is most powerful – more
relate to conflict. significant
and
0 Summarise your choices of interesting.
language and image – relate to
conflict.

3. Tackling the language in a poem – 2
Looking for patterns
Rhyme is a form of
0 Read the whole poem again repetition, where
0 Look for: sounds are being
repeated.
0 Repetition
Listing makes us
0 Listing connect things together.
0 Synonyms
Synonyms are words
that share a meaning, or
are close in meaning.
0 What effects do these things Antonyms are words
create? that mean the exact
opposite.

4. Tackling the structure of a poem
How is punctuation used? 1
0 In a poem, the end of a line does What is the
not always mean the end of a effect of the
sentence.
enjambment?
0 On your copy of the
poem, highlight or underline
where the sentences end. Think about
conflict and
0 When meaning continues why the lines
across lines, it is called don’t end the
enjambment. meanings.

5. Tackling the structure of a poem
How is punctuation used? 2
0 What other types of Think about how
punctuation does Armitage a poet is being
use? Find some examples creative, but
on the poem. some types of
punctuation are
0 How are these interesting in necessary to
terms of conflict? convey meaning
– like question
marks.

6. Tackling the form of a poem
How is punctuation used? 2
0 Who is the poem directed at? The word form
means the way
0 What purpose do the the writing is
questions have? presented. This
poem is written
in first person.
0 What can you say about the
way the poem looks on the
page?

7. Homework – due Thursday 10th January
0 Write about the way that language is used to show conflict in
‘Out of the Blue’.
0 Use your ideas and annotations about the image you found in
class.
0 Use this to help you:
In the poem ‘Out of the Blue’ Armitage has used language to create images of
conflict. An example of this is, ……………… This image makes the reader
feel…………… Armitage has used words like “……..” and “…………” to suggest that
………….. The reader feels ………