Into the Blue

By Hilda Offen from Blue Balloons and Rabbit Ears

THEMES

Materials Transport and Journeys Weather and Climate

TYPE

Poem

POETIC DEVICES

Alliteration Assonance Repetition Rhythm Simile

We're floating into the blue,
Me and my blue balloon.
Over the rooftops of the town,
The brown fields and the trees
And the Downs – we're floating,
Floating, into the blue.
The grass-green sea
Glitters like glass.
Gulls circle and scream
Far below.