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Christina Rossetti

Hurt No Living Thing

How can a poem can affect your feelings? 

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How do writers and authors create magic through their language choices?

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This unit will help you to write your own poem with mood and feeling.

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With thanks from Leah Crawford - www.leahcrawford.com

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Christina Rossetti

Hurt no living thing:

Ladybird, nor butterfly,
Nor moth with dusty wing,
Nor cricket chirping cheerily,
Nor grasshopper so light of leap,
Nor dancing gnat, nor beetle fat,
Nor harmless worms that creep.

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