Helper for our poetry

SWAN RIVER WORDS:

NOUNS (and rhyming words): Black Swan – on, con, iron, shone Boats – floats, coats, coax, ropes Wildlife – wife, rife, life, strife Avon and Canning River – hither, shiver, wither Waves – caves, saves, raves Water – daughter, martyr, smarter, Fish – swish, dish, wish Eutrophication – adoption, nation, vacation Ecosystem – stem, system Algae –bee, sea, see, flee, quay, key Riverbed – said, fled, lead Shells – bells, sells, wells, Food chain – brain, distain, pain Mouth – south, Sand – hand, and, brand Sea grass – brass, glass, class, mass Tree – me, we, see, sea, he, bee Plants – ants, pants, Estuary – sanctuary (see tree) Body – (see other ee sounds) Nutrients – hence, trance Catchment – meant, spent, went, sent, sediment Seagulls – hulls, gulls, Serenity – infinity, tranquility, serenity, humanity, humility, humidity, sanity

VERBS Running Waving Moving Swaying Sailing Swimming Fishing Dancing Flying Skiing Crabbing Relaxing Camping Vomiting Floating Boating Blooming Donuting Dying Climbing Farming Building Buying Selling Surfing Drowning Rowing

ADJECTIVES: Wet Exotic Peaceful Pristine Cold Dry Hot Clear Pure Polluted Surreal Pretty Rough Smooth Impure Tranquility Rocky Fresh Salty Intangible Happy Exciting Sandy Tangy Scorched Memorable

TIPS TO REMEMBER FOR WRITING ·       The last sound must be the same. ·       Spelling doesn’t need to be the same, just the same phonic. ·       Last word in the sentence. ·       Must follow the pattern A, B, A, B, C, C, which means in each verse line 1 and 3 rhyme, line 2 and 4 rhyme and line 5 and 6 rhyme. ·       Must have 8 beats per line (syllables)