To This Day Poem

The poem “To This Day” written by Shane Koyczan, the symbolism is the black things grabbing the kid. This is showing that words do hurt and it stays with you this is shown through the whole story of the pain and suffering of the kid. This is said " who used to say that rhyme sticks and stones as if broken bones hurt more than the names we got called" this is showing word do hurt and the black things grabbing him is showing that like a broken bone it still hurts over time just like words do. With this evidence it shows that if you don't want to be called that don't say it at all.

To This Day by Shane Koyczan is a spoken word poem that is about a kid that thinks pork chops are called karate chops. So when he falls out of a tree and gets a bruise and his P.E. teacher sends him to the office. When he got there he said that his grandma gives him karate chops.So he got removed from his house and was bullied his whole life. The tank in the hall represents that the hall is a battlefield because kids get bullied in the halls. “we would stop getting bombarded by spit balls

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