Poems relating to English langauge

Six O'Clock News - by Tom Leonard

This poem uses regional dialect to convey that people judge people and discriminate (not allow to talk in their regional accent on national news) because of an accent they have and the region they come from. The spellings of the words used show the effect that accent has on the language we speak. The poem also explains that people may tend to disbelieve what people say or even disregard what they think if they have a strong regional accent or if they use regional dialect.


Issues of language - Gajanan Mishra

This poem is based around the fact that learning different languages is a real challenge, especially learning the English language. This can relate to the next poem...

English pronunciation -

This poem relates to how different words with exactly the same spelling or ending of the word e.g. tear (from an eye) and tear (rip your trousers) are pronounced, which shows the sheer difficulty of anyone learning the English language such as foreigners or young children.


My poem -

People ask why the English language is so difficult
so let me tell you why.
Words said so differently,
yet have the same spelling incidentally.

Tear and tear, steak and streak
How can newcomers cope?
With the language frequently changing
there is so much false hope.