Although a few weeks ago, Matthew has been working on a Dove Cottage poem in his spare time.  Here it is: 

Dove Cottage

Some say I’m cosy, some people are nosy.

I’m said to be cold, now I’m old.

I hold a story in each room. 

The fire's burning, the stew is turning. Shhh!  The children are learning.

When the wind comes in it goes in the bin.

I’m still warm, the fire will win. 

I know the tale, I have ginger ale, the tale of poetry, William likes his words, he

waits his turn.

The smoke from outside, I have a line as free as me.

You can see up high just like a fly, the house is on high.

By Mathew L (Yr6)

A brief explanation of some of the lines:

* When the wind comes in it goes in the bin.  I mean that when the wind comes  into the house the fire still wins.  It’s as if the wind has been thrown away.  

* I know the tale, I have ginger ale, the tale of poetry, William likes his words, he waits his turn.  Dove Cottage used to be a bar and may have sold ginger ale.  We were told that William liked to sit in a particular chair by the fire, but I think Dororthy or his wife would have liked that chair too.  William will have had to wait his turn.

* I have a line as free as me. The cottage is at the bottom of the mountain. William’s daughter ran up the mountain to collect flowers, put them in her basket and then replanted them in the cottage’s garden.  The line is the route the daughter takes.

* The house is on high. Although the house is down in the valley, from the sloping garden you can see over the roof of Dove Cottage towards Grasmere.