Poetry That Paints Pictures: Worksheet on Simile, Metaphor, and Personification for Class 8 

This Grade 8 worksheet explores three powerful poetic devices — simile, metaphor, and personification — through the beautifully descriptive poem “The Whispering Wind” (page 2). Students learn how poets bring nature alive by comparing, imagining, and giving human qualities to non-human things. Each exercise builds interpretation, creativity, and clear understanding of how imagery enriches poetry.

Why Poetic Devices Matter in Grammar? 

Poetic devices help students: 
1. Visualise scenes more clearly using comparisons and imagery. 
2. Understand how language can show emotion, movement, and mood. 
3. Write creatively by using comparisons and personification naturally. 
4. Interpret poetry with confidence in exams and classroom discussions. 

What’s Inside This Worksheet? 

ive creative and comprehension-focused tasks that deepen literary understanding using “The Whispering Wind.”

✏️ Exercise 1 – Short Answers 
Students answer four questions based on the poem, including how the poet brings wind, waves, clouds, moon, and stars to life. (Page 3)

🧠 Exercise 2 – Identify the Device 
Students name the literary device used in five lines from the poem such as “The sun smiles wide…” and “The clouds drift slow like gentle sheep.” (Page 4)

📘 Exercise 3 – Quote and Explain 
Students write one example each of simile, metaphor, and personification from the poem and explain what it means. (Page 4)

📝 Exercise 4 – Original Writing 
Students craft four original lines for each device — simile, metaphor, and personification — to show understanding through creativity. (Page 5)

🖊️ Exercise 5 – Personal Responses 
Students reflect on which device they enjoy using most and how poetic devices make poems imaginative. (Page 6)

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)

Exercise 1 (Sample Answers) 
1. The poet makes the wind seem alive by saying it runs, dances, hums, and rushes — actions of a living being. 
2. The “laughing waves” create a joyful, playful feeling. 
3. The clouds are compared to gentle sheep because they move slowly and softly across the sky. 
4. The moon is described as a silver lamp lighting the sky, and the stars blink shyly like tiny lights.

Exercise 2 
1. Personification 
2. Simile 
3. Personification 
4. Metaphor 
5. Personification 

Exercise 3 (Sample Responses) 
Simile – “The clouds drift slow like gentle sheep.” 
Meaning: Shows how slowly and softly the clouds move. 

Metaphor – “The moon becomes a silver lamp.” 
Meaning: Suggests the moon lights up the night like a lamp. 

Personification – “The waves laugh back in play.” 
Meaning: Shows the waves as cheerful and lively.

Exercise 4 (Sample Lines) 
Simile: The river shone like polished glass. 
Metaphor: The classroom was a buzzing beehive of ideas. 
Personification: The storm tapped angrily on my window.

Exercise 5 (Sample Answers) 
1. Answers will vary. Students may prefer similes because comparisons make images clear. 
2. Devices make poems imaginative by adding emotion, movement, and vivid pictures.

Help your child explore imaginative language with this expressive Class 8 poetry worksheet — where comparisons and creativity bring words to life. 

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