This poem is all about the
colour RED
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Interpretation:
RED is the colour of…
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1
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Red is sunset
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Hot and bright sun
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2
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Blazing and bright.
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3
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Red is feeling brave
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Bravery and strength/power
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4
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With all your might.
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5
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Red is a sunburn
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Nose that is burnt by the sun (when you are under the hot sun
for too long)
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6
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Spot on your nose.
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7
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Sometimes red
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A rose (the flower)
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8
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Is a red, red, rose.
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9
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Red squiggles out
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Blood that comes out of a cut finger/hand
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10
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When you cut your hand.
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11
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Red is a brick
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Brick that is used to build houses and buildings
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12
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And the sound of a band.
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Loud and high pitch sound of a musical band
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13
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Red is hotness
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The great feeling of embarrassment makes you feel like hiding
from other people
(Some people blush when they are embarrassed – their faces
turn red)
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14
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You get inside
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15
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When you’re embarrassed
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16
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And want to hide.
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17
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Fire-cracker, fire-engine
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Fire crackers, fire brigade
or an unsteady movement of flame like a candle or flickering
light (like a police car/ambulance/fire brigade)
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18
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Fire-flicker red –
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19
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And when you’re angry
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Your head feels hot with anger (hot temper)
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20
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Red runs through your head.
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21
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Red is an Indian,
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Reference to the native American tribe
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22
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A Valentine heart.
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Romantic love
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23
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The trimmings on
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The bright red decorations on a circus cart
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24
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A circus cart.
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25
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Red is a lipstick
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The colour of lipstick that women love to wear
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26
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Red is a shout
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Loud call or cry (to show a strong emotion)
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27
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Red is a signal
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A warning of danger (to be on the look-out / to be alert)
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28
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That says: “Watch out!”
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29
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Red is a great big
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A big rubber ball
(small children are always attracted to a red ball)
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30
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Rubber ball.
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31
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Red is the giantest
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Red is the most widely seen colour around us / the colour that
we will notice immediately around us
(‘giant’ already means very big. ‘giantest’ is just to make it
sound extremely big)
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32
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Colour of all.
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33
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Red is a show-off,
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Obviously easy to see/notice/display
(Some people use red simply to attract attention – maybe for
personal reasons)
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34
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No doubt about it –
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35
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But can you imagine
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The question emphasizes the fact that our life would be dull
and boring without red as a colour in the world.
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36
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Living without it?
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