PURPLE CLASS-Poetry Lab Assignment May 3
PURPLE CLASS ONLY! Complete tonight and post.Let's see. You struggled to name ten poems that you read prior to this class. Maybe you can read a few today (and increase your knowledge of poetry exponentially) before you decide on one to write about for this assignment.
Check out this list of 180 poems, specially chosen for high school students by Billy Collins (yup, the same one), the former poet laureate of the United States of America.
Read through some of them, find one that you immediately like, then comment on why you like it here at Schoolsville.
As much as you may like the poem's meaning, make sure that you comment on its performance, too.
If you don't understand what I mean by a poem's "performance," then review the most recent blog post on "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."
This assignment is due before class begins tomorrow: 25 BLOG LINES OR 200 WORDS.
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To a Daughter Leaving Home
Linda Pastan
When I taught you
at eight to ride
a bicycle, loping along
beside you
as you wobbled away
on two round wheels,
my own mouth rounding
in surprise when you pulled
ahead down the curved
path of the park,
I kept waiting
for the thud
of your crash as I
sprinted to catch up,
while you grew
smaller, more breakable
with distance,
pumping, pumping
for your life, screaming
with laughter,
the hair flapping
behind you like a
handkerchief waving
goodbye.
This poem by Linda Pastan uses significant descriptive details and imagery to paint a picture of a young child on her bicycle, riding away from her parents. The meaning of this poem is that the parent is watching the child as she rides away, and it signifies the child also getting older and becoming more distant from her parents. A descriptive setting, alliteration, repetition, symbolism and personification perform this poem’s “how it means”. The setting is formed as Linda describes the eight year old “wobbling away” down the park pathway, laughing with her hair flapping in the wind. Personification is used for the description of the child’s hair “flapping behind you like a handkerchief waving goodbye.” Also Linda uses alliteration in this poem when she writes the words “path of the park.” Another significant device that this poet uses is repetition. The word “pumping” is repeated in the poem to describe the child pumping the petals of her bicycle excitedly. You can see that poet Linda Pastan uses many poetic devices to perform her poem, To a Daughter Leaving Home.
I found the poem, "The Blue Bowl" to be very interesting. I've always like the use of animal imagery in literature and poetry, so this poem immediately spoke to me. He uses onomatopoeia (hiss, thud) as well as many other literary devices. He also uses clever rhymes, but does not overdo it by rhyming every line. Even the title uses alliteration as well as the "s" sound heard throughout the beginning of the first stanza. This poem has a great performance as well. Collins paints the picture of a sad scene where a family is burying their cat with its things. The "hiss and thud" of the dirt hitting its body reminds me of the sounds a cat makes. The "white feathers between his toes" confused me at first, but than i began to think that it must be related to the robin in some way. When they then "worked, stared, and slept," I wondered, "What they were staring at?" Was it the cats grave or something else? I also like the setting of the clearing storm. I think the storm represents the sadness of a death and the clearing of the storm represents a new beginning. Collins was very clever when he used the robin because one would not imagine a bird would show sympathy toward a cat. It seemed very ironic. It shows how death can bring even the worst enemies together. He also personifies the bird making it seem like the bird is talking. Collins leaves you at the end of the poem thinking, "What was the bird saying?"
Poem: Before the World Intruded by Michele Rosenthal
I liked the poem "Before the World Intruded" because of the message it gave and because I can relate to this poets thought. The wish to go back in time to when things were simpler is a dream I think everyone has at least once in their life.I liked this poem because of its simple style and format, but at the same time it has a deeper meaning of childhood innocence that we can all relate to. The poem uses short 2 line stanzas and nature imagery to remind the reader of the purity of childhood, such as the ocean crashing on a beach to show how ideas came to children. Another image to be noted is the way the poet sees the light as "unkind", meaning that enlightenment is the cause of lose of childhood innocence. At the end on the last line it shows that the poet was looking at a picture of herself from the past, which reminded her of her innocence.
While reading through the poems from the list, I especially liked "The Summer I Was Sixteen." This poem reminded me of my past summers, where my friends and I hung out at the pool all day and didn't worry about anything. The author talks about the feelings of diving into a pool and climbing out of the water, then continues on to describe how it feels to lay out in the sun and indulge in foods such as cherry colas and dreamsicles. These images portray a typical summer day at a pool. The poem's performance is shown through the author's use of clever metaphors and adjectives. She compares eating cotton candy to sweet kisses beneath shadows on a bench and compares a slide to an afterthought. The description of the sensation of jumping into a pool is shown by the words “turquoise pool” and “plunging into a mirage of bubbles.” Other images, such as laying blankets down on the grass and singing along to the radio, help add to the performance of this poem because it puts the reader in the mindset of a summer day. The way the words are arranged make one feel like they are actually experiencing the carefree nature of relaxing by a pool. I like this poem because it brought back memories of my past experiences of hanging out at the pool with my friends and it really describes the stress free life of a young teenager in the summer.
"Lift Your Right Arm" by: Peter Cherches
This poem at first was strange to me. I had no idea what message this poem was trying to portray. After a little study I came up with what I think it means. Now grant it I could very well be wrong I'm giving it my best shot. I think this poem is saying that sometimes we do things just because people tell us too, but after we get the hang of it, we actually enjoy what was previously an order. I believe this poem is almost about practicing. That sometimes we have people tell us to do things and at first we think they are strange but realize they can help us in the long run so we want to start practicing them as well. This poem's performance could be a well done piece. Although it does not rhyme the simple wording and direct orders draw the reader in. I know when I was reading it I was curious to get to the climax of the poem and once I did I was a little confused but then I thought about it and I think I understand it now.
From the selection of 180 poems that I browsed, I found the poem "The Summer I Was Sixteen" to be of most interest to me. This composition has the ability to take you into the poem, as if 'dropping a mouse in it to browse around'. It sets the exact mood of a summer from your childhood. While reading, I could imagine just have "plunged, screaming, into a mirage of bubbles" or maybe "gobbling cotton candy torches, sweet as furtive kisses, shared on benches beneath the summer shadows". After reading this I feel like I have been stuck in this poem, enjoying every line, every stanza. You remember moments like these that happened in your childhood summers which brings back many memories. This poem does not have a rhyme scheme but I like the way it is written. I feel that it would not have the same effect if it had a rhyme scheme such as 'abab' or 'aabb'. The poem feels more true-to-life being written in free verse. The author of "The Summer I Was Sixteen" perfectly explains his/her own memories with vivid description. This poem puts the reader in a reminiscent, happy state of mind, which is what I enjoy most about it. This author knew exactly how to reach the reader with bright images and cheerful recollections.
Smoking
By: Elton Glaser
I chose this poem because it really puts an image of someone smoking and what all takes place throughout someone smoking. The poet starts off with describing the lighter. Going into detail about the feel of the lighter in ones hand. Next the poet describes the actions of lighting the lighter: the click of the flint causing the spark, and the hiss of the lighter fluid coming out and igniting the flame. The poet then goes into describing the flame and the colors you see in the flame. Finally the poet goes into describing the cigarette (I assume) and how it burns down. How the white paper and tobacco turn to ash and then how the smoke interacts with the body. This poem is very descriptive in providing an image for the reader about the sights and feeling of smoking and the steps it takes to do so. The poet also throws in a hint about the dangers of smoking by adding a descriptive line of the smoke and tar and poisons going into the lungs and also adding an eerie description of a funeral in the cold December in London.
Who made the world?
Who made the swan, and the black bear?
Who made the grasshopper?
This grasshopper, I mean-
the one who has flung herself out of the grass,
the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,
who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down-
who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.
Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.
Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.
I don't know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?
(PERFORMANCE- the speaker is asking questions. and using descriptive words to describe the grasshopper. why is she thinking about where the animals came from? the speaker claims to not know how to pay attention, or fall in the grass, but then claims to have done it all day. She uses a lot of questions as well. She's making the reader question their life and what they're going to do with theirs.)
This poem immediately came to my attention because I can relate to her asking questions about where things came from as I do the same as well. She's talking about nature and describing the grasshopper which I thought was pretty interesting. I also liked it because I had to think about what she was trying to say when she said she had been doing that all day, wondering if there was anything better she could of been doing instead. She realizes that life is precious and beautiful and she doesn't want to waste it, but rather enjoy it and live it to the fullest. This was one of my favorite poems that I read because I felt like i could get into the poem, and felt like I was actually there.
What poem that caught my eye was The Summer I Was Sixteen by Geraldine Connolly. What I liked about this poem is that we teenagers understand what the author is trying to tell us. Also it's positive, happy and very dream-like. The words are so positive throughout the entire poem. Words such as turquoise, bubbles, cherry colas, Dreamsicles,and cotton candy; Items that embodied our teenage characteristics. But the last fragment is where the mood changes which is a kicker. "Tossing a glance through the chain link at an improbable world". Meaning, we What poem that caught my eye was The Summer I Was Sixteen by Geraldine Connolly. What I liked about this poem is that we teenagers understand what the author is trying to tell us. Also it's positive, happy and very dream-like. The words are so positive throughout the entire poem. Words such as turquoise, bubbles, cherry colas, Dreamsicles,and cotton candy; Items that embodied our teenage characteristics. But the last fragment is where the mood changes which is a kicker. "Tossing a glance through the chain link at an improbable world". Meaning, got to get back to reality, it won't happen when you're older and this dreamlike stage won't last forever.
It's performance is positive and uplifting until you reach the last 2 words. There is really no rhyme scheme and it seems like a free verse poem. This poem is from a 16 year old girl's point of view. A girl who loves to go out and live her life during the summer. There are metaphors such as cotton candy torches and mirage of bubbles. It's very colorfully descriptive for a poem such as turquoise pool and oil and sated we sunbathed. It's good for performing this poem with feeling.
The poem I chose is called "Sidekicks" by Ronald Koertge. I chose this poem because I liked the point the poet was trying to make. It seems as though he is trying to say that sidekicks are never as perfect as the heroes, they always get hurt or killed because we want to see the best part of us survive, (the best part of us being the hero, the lesser part the sidekick.) The poem does not have a certain rhyme scheme but uses repeating sounds like "Kidney" and "Corpulence." Imagery is used to give a visual of the funeral of a hero and how upsetting it would be to see the perfect person die. Koertge seems to be describing the sidekick as being needy and desperate for attention much as a child would be, that is the part of us we dislike or would not want to see survive.
I like the poem Fat Is Not A Fairy Tale by Jane Yolen. It talks about how in fairy tales, the princesses always have perfect bodies and none are ever fat. The poet says that she is thinking of a poem where the princess is fat and it is a good thing. She does not want fat to be considered a bad thing. Her ideas are very relevant to today's society where people have eating disorders because of the skinny celebrities and models that they see in the media. The poem does not have a rhyme scheme, but if it did I think that it would not have the same effect as the way it is read. It has repetition of the first line "I am thinking of a fairy tale" to show that this is her idea of how a body image should not be focused on just being skinny. The poem also has listing in the power of threes to show her ideas. The poem also uses humor with the names such as "Cinder Elephant" and "Sleeping Tubby". I think that the writer did a good job of getting her point across and I enjoyed this poem.
The one poem that really stood out to me was the poem by Jane Yolen called "Fat Is Not a Fairy Tale." I enjoyed this poem because it put a twist on societies views. This poem hints that all the fairy tales are stereotypical and that the princesses in those tales seem to have the mentality that skinny is better and makes you more popular. This poem tries to go against that mentality and say that a princess can be heavy but also beautiful and glad at the same time. This poems is written in free verse because it has an irregular meter and no rhyme scheme. The poem also had a multiple number of play on words. For instance Jane used "Sleeping tubby," "Cinder elephant," and "Bounty and the beast. Jane might have chosen these play on words in order to establish her message that we might have a distorted image of beauty and that not just skinny people are pretty.
Fat Is Not a Fairy Tale
Jane Yolen
I am thinking of a fairy tale,
Cinder Elephant,
Sleeping Tubby,
Snow Weight,
where the princess is not
anorexic, wasp-waisted,
flinging herself down the stairs.
THE PERFORMANCE: Jane uses play on words with snow weight etc. She also contradicts the steretypical skinny princess
I am thinking of a fairy tale,
Hansel and Great,
Repoundsel,
Bounty and the Beast,
where the beauty
has a pillowed breast,
and fingers plump as sausage.
THE PERFORMANCE: Jane uses more play on words and even uses some profound imagery like "fingers plumped like sausage."
I am thinking of a fairy tale
that is not yet written,
for a teller not yet born,
for a listener not yet conceived,
for a world not yet won,
where everything round is good:
the sun, wheels, cookies, and the princess.
THE PERFORMANCE: uses description of a princess who isn't the typical anorexic princess but a heavy princess who is just as beautiful no matter hat size she is.
Jane Yolen's poem "Fat is Not A Fairy Tale" is the poem that I liked the most. I think it can be portrayed as both a funny and serious poem. In today's society, a perfect image is coveted by many people, especially women. The need to be thin and beautiful has engulfed most of our lives. This image has been endorsed by celebrities and magazine covers and even fairy tales. The heroines are often thin and beautiful, with cinched waists, gorgeous hair, and a prince waiting for her. From Yolen's point of view, princesses or heroes from all shapes and sizes should be included in fairy tales and today's society. The perfect person has not yet been created, and probably never will be. We should all just be content with the way we are and everything is good. This poem also portrays a good performance. The first line of every stanza repeats itself, which makes it have a more profound meaning. It does not follow a certain rhyme scheme and the words do not rhyme, following a free verse. Each line is followed by a comma which separates each thought, signifying the importance of these thoughts. There are also allusions to many fairy tales in the first two stanzas, but they are mentioned with a slight twist to the name. There are many traits listed such as anorexic, wasp-waisted, and pillowed breast. The third stanza is completely different from the first two. Instead of mentioning certain traits, it speaks about a new fairy tale, one that hasn't been written yet. I think it is up to us to write that fairy tale and include things of all shapes and sizes because everyone is different and we shouldn't focus on just one aspect of our society. I liked how the poem was both humorous, but also taught an important lesson.
Fat Is Not a Fairy Tale
Jane Yolen
I am thinking of a fairy tale,
Cinder Elephant,
Sleeping Tubby,
Snow Weight,
where the princess is not
anorexic, wasp-waisted,
flinging herself down the stairs.
I am thinking of a fairy tale,
Hansel and Great,
Repoundsel,
Bounty and the Beast,
where the beauty
has a pillowed breast,
and fingers plump as sausage.
I am thinking of a fairy tale
that is not yet written,
for a teller not yet born,
for a listener not yet conceived,
for a world not yet won,
where everything round is good:
the sun, wheels, cookies, and the princess.
The performance of this poem is very humorous. The first and second stanzas consist of the names of several fairy tales. However, the names are altered so they include puns about being “big”. The author listed these titles so a quick and comical feeling is portrayed. It appears as though the author is trying to get her point across in an entertaining way. Each stanza begins with the line “I am thinking of a fairy tale.” The author wants the reader to know that there is not yet a fairy tale of the type she is describing. The author is simply “thinking” of the idea at this time. In the last stanza, the three middle lines are similar to one another. These lines give off the impression that the idea of a “fat fairy tale” is a very modern and not yet accepted one. Since these lines have the same structure, they leave a lasting impression on the reader. In the last line, the author includes “princess” in a list of things, which reflect that, “everything round is good.” This poem makes good use of figurative language as a method of getting a visual effect across. Much of the poem deals with visual images that help reflect the author’s message.
he Blue Bowl
Jane Kenyon
This poem is a short poem that addresses the saddening toll that burying a pet has on people. The poem is not necessarily “deep”, but it has a strong meaning and is somewhat clever. The poem does not have a specific rhyme scheme but there is a rhyme and rhythm incorporated. The first stanza is a content stanza and addresses the subject of the poem. The author writes of the difficulties that come with the burial of a pet or anyone for that case. The author is clever in the second stanza by indenting the first line almost to the middle of the page making a sideways hole in the poem. The second stanza is a description stanza and from it the reader learns specific facts about the dead cat. It was a male cat, it has long red fur and a human-like nose. The third and fourth stanza specifically addresses the effects that the death of a loved being has on people. They create a solemn mood by showing the tormenting effects losing a loved one has on people. For example, in the fourth stanza it is written, “It stormed all night; now it clears, and a robin burbles from a dripping bush like the neighbor who means well but always says the wrong thing.” Despite that fact that this poem is not highly symbolical and analytical, it is still, however, relatable to the reader.
Before the World Intruded
This poem invites the reader to feel what the author is feeling and makes the poem very relatable. It flows very easily, as almost every stanza (except for the 2nd and 3rd) are thoughts that are continued into the following stanzas and the rhyme scheme between the 3rd and 4th stanzas and the 2nd and 5th stanzas. This poem also has a serene, peaceful feel to it… it’s as if the reader/writer could be thinking these things in their own thoughts. In the first full sentence (the first 2 stanzas), we read about the time before he awoke from sleep (and the world intruded?). In these stanzas, he is giving us an idea of what his life used to be like and using sleeping, the ocean and the blank shores of sand to give us that sense that everything up to this point in his life was untouched and unscathed. In sleep, we don’t realize the world around us, and when we see his dreams as blank shores of sand, it gives us a sense that he is in that part of his life where he believes anything can happen… his dreams have not yet been prodded and picked through and his ideas are running wild like the ocean. The next 2 stanzas talk about his feelings in present day, about longing to go back. These stanzas I think are a transition point… the rhyming of these stanzas and the similar amount of syllables in both of these stanzas creates an urgency that wasn’t seen in the first two stanzas and it makes it move faster. The images also are not as peaceful and forgiving… we read about the “unkind light” and how he wants to be “transported fast” to who he used to be. This depicts the part of his life he wants to change—when the world intruded and changed him into someone else/ stole away his dreams, etc. In the final two stanzas, the author is concluding and realizing that he needs to change something—the urgency of the middle stanzas resides, and he wants to go back to how he was before he changed for the worst.
The poem “After Us” by Connie Wanek interested me because it is about the end of the world, or at least the end of life as we known it. As Billy Collins said, the poem creates a mysterious atmosphere. This poem really got me thinking while also raising many questions and sparking my curiosity about the topic of the end of the world. Wanek begins the poem with a quote from Tomas Transtromer which is a unique yet interesting way to begin a poem. The quote really ties into the meaning of the poem and gives it a deeper air of mystery. Then the poem begins with the rain which the poet uses as the cause for the end of the world. Rain is very symbolic and used in the Bible as the cause for the end of the world with the story of Noah and the Arch and the Great Flood that washed over the earth. In the second stanza, Wanek lists stereotypical and famous paintings from boats and strong sailors to open fields and barns to still shots of produce. She does this in order to portray to the reader that everything that defines us as a people and all of our history and accomplishments would be destroyed by this fatal rain. She continues of with this in the third stanza by mentioning all the inventions and music, just getting across the point that everything would be destroyed. Wanek calls the sky the color of gravestones which is literal because we are being buried under the clouds by the rain. In the last two stanzas Wanek talks about billions of years. By this she means that no one thought the end would until the far future but it all began with a drop and from then on it will never stop;the destruction will just continue.
I like the poem, The Bat by Theodore Roethke. Its literally about a bat. The Rhyme scheme is AABBCCDDEE. The first stanza like to say that bats live by them selves, they are just mice with wings. the second stanza says, uses imagery of the bat sleeping. Stanza 3 talks about the way bat fly through the dark night trying to avoid the light. The 4th stanza says that we are afraid of this animal when we see it, but if we look at it its not really scary, its scared of us. Bats live away from humanity to live alone in seclusion, wen we see one we think its out of place because very few people see them, there common there just mice with wings, we see mice all the time, but what they have in common is there both outcasts in the animal world. This poem is pretty literal but there is an underlying meaning to us. atleast how i see it is the bat is a representation of a regular kid lets say in high school who looks different so every one just out casts them because they are not "normal". There unique one in their own.
One poem that I liked more than others was the poem “Turtle” by Kay Ryan. After the first time I read this I could immediately understand what the author was trying to get across. The author was trying to tell the reader that some people just mope through life, with nothing to look forward too, and nothing to reminisce about from the past ; that as soon as these types of people encounter any form of challenge, they immediately relinquish all of their hope and look for the easier way out. The only positive attribute that these people have is their patience and that is only because they’ve been waiting their entire lives for opportunities to seek them out, rather than seeking them out for themselves. The performance of this poem is relatively simple. I am able to find four lines that have a rhyme scheme, however it is not present throughout the entire poem. The author uses many metaphors to get their point across. One is that the author compares how some people in life rely on things such as lotteries to help them out in life, while the turtle realizes that nothing like that will ever happen for it. I believe that the author is trying to tell us that people as a whole should try to be more like the turtle and less like society’s made them today.
The poem I decided to write about is Bringing My Son to the Police Station to be Fingerprinted by Shoshauna Shy. This poem is about how the mom is embarrassed to drive her son to the police station to get his fingerprints taken. Her son must have done something pretty bad to have to have her take him to the police station. The poem is performed by the mom talking or thinking about what she is wearing and how she looks. She does this to try to avoid the reality of what her son did and of what is going on around her and of where she is currently at. Throughout the poem she does not say or think one thing about where she is at or even what it is her son has done. The poet did not have the mom mention anything specific about what has happened because it is already expressed in the title and the title tell the reader everything he or she needs to know about the situation at hand.
The poem I decided to write about is Bringing My Son to the Police Station to be Fingerprinted by Shoshauna Shy. This poem is about how the mom is embarrassed to drive her son to the police station to get his fingerprints taken. Her son must have done something pretty bad to have to have her take him to the police station. The poem is performed by the mom talking or thinking about what she is wearing and how she looks. She does this to try to avoid the reality of what her son did and of what is going on around her and of where she is currently at. Throughout the poem she does not say or think one thing about where she is at or even what it is her son has done. The poet did not have the mom mention anything specific about what has happened because it is already expressed in the title and the title tell the reader everything he or she needs to know about the situation at hand.
In 'Immortality' written by Lisel Mueller describes the awakening of the characters in 'Sleeping Beauty'. One of the character is the fly that returns to reaching for the sweetness of the pie. All the other characters return to suffering and anger. This poem really stood out to me because of the symbolism. The fly may represent a child's view in returning to life after a traumatic event. While the others brood and return to the negative, the fky continues to fight for the happiness and sweetness in life. I think this poem's meaning is to always try and see the best in life and keep fighting no matter how long or how hard of a fight it is. The performance of the poem also stood out to me with the details of the characters. I could envision every face and every body with her details. The poem doesn't rhyme but it has a rhythm to it and the ideas practically float off the page. Another thing about the poem I enjoy is the way that she changes her words when Mueller is describing the different characters. She uses sharp and negative words such as "tensed" and "trapped" to describe the cook and the boy. The fly's description includes "craved" and "abiding" which blend well with the character's motivation.
My favorite poem that I read from the list was Football by Louis Jenkins. I like this poem because it teaches life lessons about the endless possibilities we are capable of achieving. “In the poem he states I realize that this is a world where anything is possible and I understand, also, that one often has to make do with what one has.” I interpret this as saying that we are capable of doing great things even when we have little to do it with. This poem is about how we are very powerful people and that we can do many things, but with all of that power comes great responsibility. In the poem it is in the point of view of a quarterback who is deciding whether or not to throw the shoe in his hands to his receiver. He realizes that the shoe is not meant to be thrown and he does the right thing by not throwing it. The poem is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. This makes it seem like a wise story is being told and it emphasizes the hidden meaning behind what the shoe represents. It represents the things we can do and what we are capable of, but a thing we should not do. I like this poem because it has great meaning behind it.
Footprints in the Sand by Mary Stevenson
http://www.amandashome.com/footprints.html
The performance: I choose this poem because it was one of my favorites. It sends us a message of having the ability carry unshaken faith in God throughout all the good and bad times of your life. Most of the poem expresses confusion as to why God was not with them in their times of trouble and how there was only one set of footprints. However, by the end we come to find that they were never alone, but God was carrying through their times of need. This poem is an affirmation and confirmation of God’s love for us. Repetition seen in the poem is footprints and the Lord. This poem does not rhyme, but it carries a sense of soothing rhythm within each word. The fact that the poem is set in a dream-like state of mind suggests the elevated, heavenly mood with pictures of a beach and the ocean in the back round. It gives off a sense of peace, tranquility in the beginning. Then, as we look at the middle part we notice that after looking for the footprints, there is only one pair and confusion sets in as we wait for the Lord’s answer. The rhythm has broken and it does not quite flow as it once did in the beginning. By the end of the poem, the Lord answers that he has carried him, we see a renewed faith in God and a steadfast strong love from God. The poem conveys its inner message in these last two lines, and the poem begins to flow again.
The poem i chose is called Cartoon Physics, Part 1. I believe that this poem is about two different things. The first thing is about the imagination of children. The poem states that children under ten shouldn't be learning that the universe is ever expanding, in other words, they shouldn't be learning the all the complex rules of the world and outer space. Instead, a ten year should be learning the rules of cartoon animation. He should be learning about drawing doors on rocks and running off cliffs and not falling until he looks down. 10 year olds can be heroes, because they aren't afraid, because they know the rules of cartoon animation. This poem is also about the imagination of cartoons. It can expand a child's mind, to not think so typical and so logical. They keep a child's imagination alive, and to keep believing. To believe things like they can be a hero and run into a burning house and save a bunch of people. This poem does not have any rhyme scheme in it. It's more of an interesting lecture in a way, something that you would talk about normally, but still very entertaining.
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