RIC-0205 Discovering Poetry
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Air Raid<br />
Air Raid is a short narrative poem in lyric style written to express an idea. It uses a<br />
technique called ‘personification’. Personification is a kind of comparison in which nonliving<br />
objects are described as having human traits. In this case, the plastic bags have<br />
taken on a life of their own.<br />
Air Raid<br />
The world is full of plastic bags<br />
They’re living everywhere<br />
At supermarket checkouts<br />
Or fluttering in the air<br />
Pale jellyfish against the light<br />
They float across the sky<br />
Or split or torn, like roadkill squashed<br />
On muddy pavements lie<br />
If all these earth-worn groundlings<br />
Should join their friends in flight<br />
They’ll form a mighty legion<br />
And conquer earth by night<br />
In parachute formation<br />
Descending in a rush<br />
They’ll clog the sun, and stifle spring<br />
And turn the sea to slush<br />
The world is full of plastic bags<br />
They’re lurking everywhere<br />
Until the time comes to arise<br />
And suffocate the air<br />
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R.I.C. Publications www.ricgroup.com.au 14 <strong>Discovering</strong> <strong>Poetry</strong><br />
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