RIC-0205 Discovering Poetry
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This is a ballad. Ballad is the word used to describe simple, ancient, folk poems. Most<br />
countries have their own contemporary folk poets who write ballads about life, activities<br />
and events. Ballads use rhyming pairs of lines (couplets) like the one here. Each stanza<br />
is usually made up of four lines (a quatrain). Ancient ballads were often sad, telling<br />
about love, war or death. This modern one is also about war and death!<br />
The Mosquito<br />
It’s hot at night, the window’s wide<br />
I’ve tossed my cover and sheet aside.<br />
And then a buzz inside my ear<br />
Announces that a mozzie’s here<br />
Full alert! There’s one close by<br />
Sting poised on my nose or eye<br />
Sound the sirens, beat the bed<br />
I’m sure it’s aiming at my head<br />
The moving shadows flit and fall<br />
I’ll squash it up against the wall<br />
If it were bigger, I’d go splat!<br />
And then I’d feed it to the cat<br />
It stings, but you don’t even know<br />
Till next day there’s a tingling toe<br />
A lumpy face, a swelling hand<br />
All itchy red and dry as sand<br />
Got it! Splatter! Clatter clatter<br />
Book and drink go tumbling down<br />
At last in gentle sleep<br />
I’m drifting<br />
THEN<br />
I hear that<br />
BUZZING SOUND!<br />
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R.I.C. Publications www.ricgroup.com.au 50 <strong>Discovering</strong> <strong>Poetry</strong><br />
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