My First Poem By Samantha

The poem “Love Song” by Carol Muske-Dukes is about lost love. She uses a sparrow that lost its family. The life in this poem is being lived in a house in a village. The poem suggests this when it states, “He and I had a blue landscape, a village street, some poems, bread on a plate” (stanza 5). The poem doesn’t tell us when this poem takes place only where it happens. The tone of the poem is nostalgic. The bird misses its family. Two times the poem shows that the bird is nostalgic, “All day it pecks at the tin image of a faceless bird.” (stanza 3-4), “Love was faceless even when we’d memorized each other’s lines.” (stanza 6) The 1st quote shows that he wants his family back because all he does is stay with a tin bird which is the only resemblance

On December 26, 1996 Patsy Ramsey made a phone call to 911 and frantically told dispatch that she found a ransom note on the main staircase of her home and that her daughter was taken. Experts from the CBS special reviewing the ransom note determined whoever wrote it was desparately trying to “sell” it too much and used too many words instead of getting right to the point as most ransom notes do. Also, the amount of money that was asked for was the same amount of money that Mr. Ramsey got for his bonus that year. Linguistic experts also matched most of the handwriting to Patsy and said that parts of the note used maternal language, also pointing to Patsy. While reviewing the ransom note, CBS showed experts also looking at the autopsy report.

In the past decades, when referring to American Indians, people often associate racism. Native American culture is linked to the culture’s history of racial discrimination. Diane Burns, a Native American, who was born in Kansas and grew up in the U.S. Her poems usually revolves around Native American stereotypes. The poem “Sure You Can Ask Me A Personal Question" is one of her typical works. The title suggests that there are many questions and answers in this poem. The poem is built up as a monologue, even though it is a dialogue between an American Indian and a louder voice in the American society. With a unique narrative, the author divides the poem into three sections, each of which gives the viewer many views about the main character

By using the cyclic structure the end is firmly tied to the beginning, the structure is very appropriate for this poem and the theme of time, as it reflects the continuum of time wonderfully.

The title of Natasha Trethewey’s poem, “Amateur Fighter”, is what made me curious to read it. An amateur fighter is an odd subject choice. It is more common to read poems or even stories about great fighters or champions. The title also sets the tone of the poem. Obviously, the poem will not be about a hero, but instead, it will be about a fighter. It is also interesting that the poem is titled “Amateur Fighter”, yet the poem says that the fighter won a prize. It makes me think the word ‘fighter’ could mean a boxer or someone who is fighting for life or their place in it.

I chose the poem Oranges by Gary Soto because it seemed simple but at the same time seemed profound. When I first read this poem it was easy to follow but I realized there was a deeper meaning behind the simplicity and I was intrigued. To find this poem, I searched on the internet for poems that were recommended for students in grade 11. I was looking for a poem that was somewhat long so I could write quite a bit about it. I was also looking for a poem that did not contain any allusions or ornate language. While I was reading through my choices, I briefly analyzed them, after this process I chose the one that I understood the most. The word ‘oranges” caught my eye, because it is rare to see a poem with such a simple name, but I felt that

To begin the first poem, the topic of my first poem, “ Bullies Suck ” is a boy who gets bullied and the theme of the poem is Don’t let others bring you down. My poem is about a boy and he is bullied then one day he stands up to the bullies and ignores them they end up leaving him alone. One part in my poem that shows the theme is “after he ignored them, they stopped bullying him.” This part of my poem shows the theme because they called him names, but he didn’t let that bring him down. Once again, the theme of my poem is don’t let others bring you down. I chose

My favorite poem out of all five poems we worked with today would have to be Streets. The author really knows how to connect to the reader through many emotions. She was very descriptive on the “streets’ as you can tell. Really read this very carefully and you will be able to analyze and take everything possible out of the reading.

As a group, we picked poems that cover different aspects about which students in elementary school or even in junior high might be dealing with on a daily basis, affecting their lives emotionally, mentally, as well as physically.  We open up with a poem that is about each of us being born “in different ways.”  People are all born different sizes, shapes, and colors.  We each have a few poems that we feel fit both our differences as well as fit the majority of what students in elementary and junior high go through.  The poem Freckle Face is about a girl with freckles and her many ways of trying to remove them in order to look like the rest of the girls.  Four Eyes is about a child who feels his style is being destroyed and he is becoming a nerd due to the fact that he now has to wear

The second poem is “Home Burial”, by Robert Frost. The poem is about a couple, Amy and her husband, losing their son causing Amy to go through emotional turmoil. Amy is trying to avoid the situation by trying to leave, but her husband is trying to pull her back, so he can figure out what’s wrong with her and as the poem continues the drama increases. The topic of the poem is sadness, which ties into the theme of Amy and her husband’s relationship is on the rock. The theme in this poem is that everyone goes through sadness, but bottling it up doesn’t help the situation. This is due to the death of their son and as the story continues the husband is trying to understand, why Amy is acting the way she is but she receives the message as rude and offensive. Most of the tension is coming from the graveyard, which resigns on their lot that contains their relatives and son. In lines 1-2, it expresses my theme because it has both

In this portfolio you will gather your best poetry to create a portfolio. You will submit this along with a poetry analysis for instructor review.

Have you ever read poetry that can inspire you in your everyday life? Poetry that discusses the deep truth about our world and the people who wander it? Well, there is some poetry that can give you a better understanding about life,ourselves, and how to handle situations that come across our path. Inspiring you and motivating you to do your best. These types of poetries can really give the reader a deep knowledge about how to challenge the unknowns. Guiding you on how to work on your up and down moments. Poet Erin Hanson writes poetry that explains the cruel reality of life and also poetry that attracts all walks of people and their everyday challenges with life itself. This essay will present Erin Hanson's excellent poetry motivating many

I feel that this poem does really well in describing what happens in the moment when the ball is caught by the receiver. I changed the structure of the ballad like poem so that it fits more with the steady pulse and the overall poem is rather smooth. The constant “ran and ran” does very well with the overall poem because the whole purpose of this poem is to run and run when the ball is caught. I also changed a couple words so that it flows slightly better. I really enjoyed writing this poem because I felt that this poem was not hard to write at all and required a bit of creativity as well. This poem was probably one of my favorites as well because the ballad like structure made this poem with a sense. I did not have to be too creative in writing the format of the essay and only had to write the words to fill in the format. I did not change too much of the poem as I felt that it was already really well written and only needed a bit of tweaking to make it editorial level.

With every end, there is a beginning. When the cold winter ends, there is a new beginning in nature where the trees and flowers start fresh as they grow once again. The poem “Spring”, takes us, readers, to a setting where the place shows complete nature. We are to imagine aesthetic scenery where spring has arrived and everything that happens during this season is happening right in front of us.