After six google docs, three bowls of grapes, and several text messages to friends, I finally decided what I was going to write my slam poem about. Mr. Brocato kept repeating, “This will not be a lifechanging experience for you, but if it is, then good.” In my head, all I could think was, if I get up there and pull this off, it sure will be life changing. It took awhile to settle on a topic. I kept bouncing around a few different themes like high school, bullying, suicide, and depression. They all had a similar theme, but I chose high school. I know what you are thinking, that is a really basic topic. Sure, it is, but what if I told you we were young again asking for fifty cents by passing cars and Jack was back climbing a beanstalk? We all have had struggles with our transition from middle school to high school, so I thought I should speak the truth and highlight everything everyone else is thinking in their heads but it would be completely inappropriate to say it out loud unless it is an occasion like the poetry slam. The poetry slam may have been somewhat …show more content…
I thought I was the only one but the text messages sure showed differently. Everyone had different worries like what other people would say or what grade they would receive. What surprised me was how people were completely honest and told the truth. If a person was suffering depression they let their words flow out and found an outlet in it to do that. Everyone had a different, distinctive topic which made each of their poems unique. Whether it was highschool, depression, rape, or even coming out they were all unique and told the truth in their
Frost further points out that the stretch of woods being viewed is very rural. This is made possible by the reference to the location between the woods and frozen lake. In closing the final sentence of the second stanza Frost reiterates the fact that this occurs on “the darkest evening of the year” stating the darkness of the mood.
Prompt: Read the following two poems very carefully, noting that the second includes an allusion to the first. Then write a well-organized essay in which you discuss their similarities and differences. In your essay, be sure to consider both theme and style.
Reflections Within is a non-traditional stanzaic poem made up of five stanzas containing thirty-four lines that do not form a specific metrical pattern. Rather it is supported by its thematic structure. Each of the five stanzas vary in the amount of lines that each contain. The first stanza is a sestet containing six lines. The same can be observed of the second stanza. The third stanza contains eight lines or an octave. Stanzas four and five are oddly in that their number of lines which are five and nine.
To change is to transform, to undergo metamorphosis. It is essential and unavoidable in life. In black and white' by Eleni Fourtouni and My brother' by Bruce Dawe attempt to encapsulate the essence of change and demonstrate its complexity. The poets create this imagery and make their point through techniques and structure.
Before walking in, I didn’t know what to expect. I choose to go to the Beltway Poetry Slam, because I would have the opportunity to hear and feel the poets’ raw emotions. Before walking in, I thought the poetry slam would have more of a competitive aspect.
For every change within a society, personal changes with “self” must happen. These social changes are important to people while, people who don’t benefit from it think changes within the self isn’t important for social changes. Personal change is a journey a person takes of discovering something within themselves and acting upon a social change. That social change is society evolving to better ways. Jane Goodall talks about her experience in a moment of truth with self being absent in a moment of need in her writing titled In the Forest of Gombe, where she spends a few weeks in the forest following chimpanzees has helped her cope with her grief of her husband. She comes to the realization that her “self” was nonexistent and everyone in
There are many events that stand out in my life that were significant and helped me grow stronger. One of these events stands out in particular to me and had the greatest impact in my life. When I attended high school my focus was never on the academics but only on sports and having fun with my friends. I never payed attention for more than five seconds and failed to complete any type of work given to me. My lack of care for high school affected me on going to a four year college, playing a sport in college, and taking remedial classes.
After contemplating on which topic would be most intriguing to my audience, the topic I have chosen is the time I dislocated my knee. The experience made me reevaluate my life and where I was going with it. I questioned myself and what I knew. I was extremely lost and confused, but I also learned so much about myself. I experienced depression much deeper than I had ever felt. I’m no stranger to depression, but this was different. I think this will appeal to others because everyone has felt lost and confused at some point. Some students may feel lost in this moment and hearing someone else express a time when they felt like that, may help them. The message of my story is it's okay to be lost and confused, it’s all part of life and things will be horrible before getting better, but things will get better.
Life changing events can sometimes be difficult. In the stories “I Never Had it Made,” By Jackie Robinson Warriors Don’t Cry By Melba Patillo Beals and “The Father of Chinese Aviation.” By Rebecca Maskel. Melba Beals, Jackie Robinson, and Feng Ru all experienced life changing events that impacted their lives. If you did not know these people went through danger to break segregation. Melba Beals and Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier by playing on a white ball team and going to a white school as blacks.
I am a tall girl with chestnut hair, forest green eyes and sun-tanned skin. My physique sets me apart from the 7.4 billion other people on our planet. If, however, I were an identical twin, physical characteristics alone would not suffice to distinguish between my sister and me. Even though we would look the same, we would clearly be two different people. Therefore, we can conclude that a mere description of our physique cannot be considered a universal and comprehensive response to the question at hand, as it neglects other aspects of our identity.
All through life, we experience various occasions when decision-making become necessary. A number of them present themselves in difficult forms and at crucial points. Most of the verdict we take will eventually figure and describe our track of lives. These are what we refer to as lessons of life. Choices never present themselves in an easy way. In some instance we are always forced to pay a price to achieve something. This implies that we are trading for an outcome we are seeking.
There have been very few events throughout my lifetime that I feel have impacted or inspired me with such noteworthiness and that I know will change my outlook on the world and affect me forever. One of those events occurred when I traveled to Portugal, my parent’s homeland. From this excursion in 2007, I learned the importance of family, most importantly the distant kind. It provided me with a totally different perspective on the world and how large and extended one’s family can really be; even across cultures and continents. I felt so fortunate learning this lesson at a young age and growing to appreciate the ideals I was brought up with as a child. The family I have in Portugal has always been there; however, their faces have aged and
Just a couple week or before, I was hovering around the streets of Kathmandu and was gyrating around a top of my house with a heavy brain box. Every of those 24 hours of my days used to be spent on finding the meaning of life, death and the reason I am here on this planet. After those rigorous searches inside the book ‘Nirwad, ‘The Alchemist’, and inside my own heart, I finally got the answer.
As a very small child I don’t remember too much, but the things that I do remember were seen through a child’s eyes that has made me the person that I am today and I will always have those memory’s with me until my last breath on this earth. In this essay I intend to show how my childhood and adult life to this point has influenced my life, my journey. By utilizing the adult development theories from this class I also intend on showing how they relate to my Life experiences and where I am today as an Adult student.
The end of school came eventually, and I abandoned dreams of the sixth grade. Luckily, I was transferring to another elementary school, but this offered me little consolation. Only dummies have to repeat a grade.