Homework

Write down eight words the poet has used to describe sounds.

• Whisper 
• Clang 
• Creak 
• Swish 
• Sigh 
• Slap 
• Hum 
• Drum 

The poet describes some objects as acting like humans, for example "quiet things speak". Find two more examples of this kind of writing from the poem

• Grasses swish 
• Tree tops sigh 

In the second line the poet states, "The quiet things speak". Name two "quiet things" from the poem.

• Window 
• Treetops 

What is shown by the use of the hyphen at the end of the line, "When the wind goes —"?

The hyphen is too show that there is no noise and is simply silent. 

What two main things happen in the poem?

The wind started and made everything thing that was normally silent noisy, then the wind stopped and everything became silent again that was silent before the wind struck.