We have been spending a
significant amount of time on poetry. This week, I want you to find a
poem that you admire. Whether it's a classic childhood poem, a newly
discovered poem, or a poem that we have read in class, choose one and
copy and paste it into your post.
BE SURE TO INCLUDE THE NAME AND THE POET!
Then,
in at least 8 sentences, explain why you like the poem. Talk about the
figurative language, the rhythm or rhyming, or the overall meaning of
the poem. What makes it so great? Is it powerful? Is it cheerful? Do you like the mood or tone it conveys?
Your post is due no later than Friday at 5pm!
Looking for a new pet?
ReplyDeleteBored with cat, dog, goldfish, gerbils, and hamsters?
How about a cheap rhinoceros?
By Shel Silverstein
I really like this poem because it would be an interesting experience to have a rhino as a pet. Shel Silverstein was one of my favorite writers as a kid. The mood of the poem is funny and playful for kids. That's why i like it, because that's how I see myself. This poem doesn't really have a meaning it's just different and that's what I like about it. Everyone is one of a kind and so is this poem.
The Dream Keeper
ReplyDeleteBring me all of your dreams,
You dreamer,
Bring me all your
Heart melodies
That I may wrap them
In a blue cloud-cloth
Away from the too-rough fingers
Of the world.
-Langston Hughes
I like this poem because it is cheerful. The mood of this is happy. The alliteration in this is “Cloud-cloth”. This poem has no rhythm. The personification in this poem is “Away from tho too-rough fingers of the world” this sentence is personification because fingers can’t be the world. This poem is powerful because it is talking about a dream keeper. The meaning of this poem is meaningful. The author could be talking to her daughter or the world the message could mean that she is keeping the child or the world safe.
The Loser
ReplyDeleteMama said I'd lose my head
if it wasn't fastened on.
Today I guess it wasn't
'cause while playing with my cousin
it fell off and rolled away
and now it's gone.
And I can't look for it
'cause my eyes are in it,
and I can't call to it
'cause my mouth is on it
(couldn't hear me anyway
'cause my ears are on it),
can't even think about it
'cause my brain is in it.
So I guess I'll sit down
on this rock
and rest for just a minute...
-Shel Silverstein
I liked this poem because I think its sort of humorous because . I mean you can’t actually lose your head and then let it fall off. That’s and example of personification. There can be various meanings to this poem. For example, the author could be talking about when his mother used to say that to him when he was a young boy. There is an abundance of rhyming in this poem. Such as on and gone, minute and in it. That is why I like this poem “The Loser”, by Shel Silverstein.
Rain by Shel Silverstein
ReplyDeleteI opened my eyes
And looked up at the rain,
And it dripped in my head
And flowed into my brain,
And all that I hear as I lie in my bed
Is the slishity-slosh of the rain in my head.
I step very softly,
I walk very slow,
I can't do a handstand--
I might overflow,
So pardon the wild crazy thing I just said--
I'm just not the same since there's rain in my head
I like this poem because it is funny, enjoyable, and exaggerates many times. I think it is funny because the poem is all about a young child who is trying to sleep but he cant because of all of the rain. The repitition in this poem is when it states, "The rain in my head". Another poetic device is, on lines 11 and 12, "said-head". This is an example of rhyme. There is an example of exaggeration when he says,"I cant do a handstand, I might overflow". This is humorous and exaggeration because your body cant overflow from rain water! This poem overall entertained me and thats why I liked it.
The Rider
ReplyDeleteNaomi Shihab Nye
A boy told me
if he roller-skated fast enough
his loneliness couldn’t catch up to him,
the best reason I ever heard
for trying to be a champion.
What I wonder tonight
pedaling hard down King William Street
is if it translates to bicycles.
A victory! To leave your loneliness
panting behind you on some street corner
while you float free into a cloud of sudden azaleas,
pink petals that have never felt loneliness,
no matter how slowly they fell.
This is my favorite poem because the character in this story is not afraid to admit that she is lonely.
The mood in the story seems to be happy because she enjoys to ride her bike. There is also a lot of vivid imagery like "while you float free into a cloud of sudden azaleas," This a very vivid she feels free or the personification "A victory! To leave your loneliness
panting behind you on some street corner." This is Why I like this poem so much.
The poem I chose was "Train Tune" by Louise Bogan.
ReplyDeleteTrain Tune
Louise Bogan
Back through clouds
Back through clearing
Back through distance
Back through silence
Back through groves
Back through garlands
Back through rivers
Back through mountains
Back through lightning
Back through cities
Back through stars
Back through hours
Back through plains
Back through flowers
Back through birds
Back through rain
Back through smoke
Back through noon
Back along love
Back through midnight
I like this poem because of the way it sounds. It also has a poetic divice. This poem is amazing because if you read it out loud it sounds somewhat like a train chugging along the tracks. The poetic divice used is repitition. The repitition is Back Through. This is repitition because it is used many times repeatedly. That is why I enjoyed Train Tune by Louise Bogan
Somebody has to by Shel Silverstein
ReplyDeleteSomebody has to go polish the stars,
They’re looking a little bit dull.
Somebody has to go polish the stars,
For the eagles and starlings and gulls
Have all been complaining they’re tarnished and worn,
They say they want new ones we cannot afford.
So please get your rags
And your polishing jars,
Somebody has to go polish the stars
I like this poem because it rhymes. It gives you an amazing image in your mind about someone "polishing the stars". I love how he makes it seem like we can really polish stars. The repitition is "somebody has to go polish the stars". It also says that the eagles, starlings, and gulls are complaining that the stars are all tarnished and worn. This is an example of personification because those animals can't talk or complain and it says that they do. I think this is a very cheerful poem because it's a short and cute poem that rhymes.
"Love" by Eric Craaybeek
ReplyDelete"Love is the ocean,
And people are just boats on it.
It throws them around,
And sometimes even sinks them,
But if you make it through the storm
There is always a beautiful calm sea,
Stretched out for eternity,
before your eyes."
I love this poem because it has such a deep meaning. The poem is a metaphor that compares love to the ocean. I think this poem is so true, and is a great comparison. There is also rhyme in this poem, "There is always a beautiful calm sea
Stretched out for eternity".
Sea and eternity rhyme, because of the repetition of the 'e' sound. Also, "through the" is alliteration. The alliteration and the rhyme make the poem flow well, and sound nice. This poem is very powerful, and I really like it.
Everything on it
ReplyDeleteBy Shel Silverstein
I asked for a hot dog
With everything on it,
And that was a big mistake,
‘Cause it came with a parrot,
A bee in a bonnet,
A wristwatch, a wrench, and a rake.
It came with a goldfish,
A flag, and a fiddle,
A frog, and a front porch swing,
And a mouse in a mask-
That’s the last time I ask
For a hotdog with everything.
“Everything on it” by Shel Silverstien, is the best poem I have read. It is humorous, and enjoyable. In the poem they talk about how the character asked for a hot dog with everything on it, but got things that he didn’t want on it. So if you think about the meaning behind it, it is, don’ be greedy and ask for everything if all your going to do is not want it in the end. Also the poem has a little bit of alliteration in it. When he states “mouse in a mask”, and “a wristwatch, a wrench”. Adding the alliteration, just makes me love this poem even more, because it adds a smoothness too your tone while reading it. This is why I love the poem “Everything on it” by Shel Silversti
ReplyDeleteBoa Constrictor
Poem By: Shel Silverstein
Oh, I'm being eaten
By a boa constrictor,
A boa constrictor,
A boa constrictor,
I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor,
And I don't like it--one bit.
Well, what do you know?
It's nibblin' my toe.
Oh, gee,
It's up to my knee.
Oh my,
It's up to my thigh.
Oh, fiddle,
It's up to my middle.
Oh, heck,
It's up to my neck.
Oh, dread,
It's upmmmmmmmmmmffffffffff . . .
I have a book of poems by Shel Silverstein from when I was younger. I like this poem because when I was in 2nd grade my teacher read this poem to us and it was always funny to me. This poem has lines that rhyme throughout. This poem is meant to entertain the reader. The poem starts with the Boa constrictor eating the person's toe and gradually moving up the rest of his body. At the end of the poem you can figure out that his head is the last part to be eaten. You can figure this out because the second to last line says "Oh dread" which rhymes with head. This poem is fun and makes kids laugh.
One of my favorite poems is by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
ReplyDelete"Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age
The child is grown, and puts away childish things.
Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies.
Nobody that matters, that is. Distant relatives of course
Die, whom one never has seen or has seen for an hour,
And they gave one candy in a pink-and-green striped bag, or a
jack-knife,
And went away, and cannot really be said to have lived at all..."
The meaning of this poem is no matter how old a person becomes, they will always have that child like figure inside of them. Childhood can be gone in a flash. In a kids mind nothing could ever hurt them or their family; nobody would ever get sick or pass away. They believe a person will live forever. I think Edna experienced a tragic loss of someone in her life that meant so much to her. I also think that she wished she had spent more time with that person.
Hercshel Walker poem all you see it the out side of me
ReplyDeleteI wish they would see the real person in me. One day they will know, I'm not here for the show, my mind do shine, my heart is so kind, who I am, what I do is the reaction I get from you, because all that they see is they out side of me
-Hercshel Walker
I love it since I herd it in the movie Hercshel. Which is about a fierce football player who put his anger into actions as of football and became one of the best at the sport of football. This Poem Tells listeners that he is a different person than he is on the field. He is a truely nice person compared to on the field he looks like a killer. Its kinda hard to explain because it states its self.
"Where the sidewalk ends" by Shel Silverstein
ReplyDeleteThere is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.
Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
To the place where the sidewalk ends.
Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends.
This is one of my favorite poems because it is interesting,entertaining,and amusing.I like this poem because it is imaginative and very creative.This poet uses personification and similes.This poem uses a lot of rhyme such as "no" and "go".I do not think that this poem has an overall meaning.I think it was just written to amuse people.What makes this poem so great is that it catches a readers attention.This poem is powerful and cheerful because it uses figurative language and poetic devices.I like the mood that this poem sets and the tone that it conveys.