1. Can you find examples of sensory language in these poems? Sensory Language in Poetry

2. Table Manners The Goops are gluttonous and rude, They gug and gumble with their food; They throw their crumbs upon the floor, And at dessert they tease for more; They will not eat their soup and bread But like to gobble sweets instead And this is why I oft decline, When I am asked to stay and dine! -Gelett Burgess

3. Grasshopper and Elephant Way down south where bananas grow. A grasshopper stepped on an elephant’s toe. The elephant said with tears in his eyes, “Pick on somebody else your own size.” Unknown Author

4. Lullabye Sleep, baby , sleep The large stars are the sheep; The little stars are lambs, I guess; The gentle moon’s the shepherdess: Sleep, baby, sleep. -Author Unknown

5. The Tower There was a young girl on a tower Who looked just as fresh as a flower. Her hair was like silk, Her skin smooth as milk, But her breath made the strongest knight cower. _ Author Unknown

6. The Ram On my way to Hampton, One fine Autumn day, I met the biggest ram That was ever fed on hay. This ram was fat in fore and aft. He stood ‘bout ten yards high, The wool upon his back. Reached way up to the sky. The space between his horns, Was so far no one could reach, He could prob’ly eat a mountain, But I handed him my peach. -Author Unknown