Give the title and poet of the poem you chose for your recitation. 1) What do you think your poem is about? Give evidence from the poem itself. 2) Why did you choose this particular poem?
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I did a poem called Sea Lullaby. It's about a boy who drowns in the sea. The poem basically tells what happened in the third stanza "The sea creeps to pillage, she leaps on her prey. A child of the village, was murdered today."Also, I know it's a boy because in one line it says "With one hand she strangled, a strong little boy.". I chose this poem because it sounded nice, but it turned out to be a creepy poem about a boy drowning.
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
This poem is about the midnight ride of Paul Revere its mentioned in the title as well as the starting paragraph. " Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of paul revere..."
I chose this poem because I remember in 5th grade, I heard it in my social studies class and really liked it. It also seemed like a fun and exciting poem that was filled with action.
I chose "The Willow and the Gingko"by Eve Merriam. I think my poem is about different forms of beauty. It shows that you don't have to be gorgeous on the outside to earn respect and love, as is stated in the last stanza of the poem: "My eyes feast on the willow, but my heart goes to the gingko." I chose to recite this poem because I thought that it was very beautiful, and that it portrays a better view of our society.
My poem was "A Bird Came Down the Walk" by Emily Dickinson. In the first few stanzas, Dickinson seems to be describing her observations of a bird. "He bit an angle-worm in halves and ate the fellow, raw." I think this poem is about Dickinson's thoughts and feelings as she watches a bird going about his business. "Or butterflies, off banks of noon, leap, splashless, as they swim."
I chose this poem because I can relate to Dickinson. It's like I'm looking through her eyes, imagining the bird, and feeling the same thoughts.
1) I believe that my poem is about embracing the aging process and facing it not with fear but with gladness. The poem starts out with the morning that a young lady named Miranda turns thirty years old, and is quite frightened of it.
"Miranda in Miranda's sight is old and gray and dirty..."
Then, the poem goes on, with the narrator prompting examples of things that are beautiful and ancient, for example, "Pick up your glass and tell me then, how old is spring, Miranda?"
I hope at the end Miranda felt better about herself.
2) I chose this poem because I was attracted to the title and because it was humorous, but everyone can relate to it. Even though we are all thirteen and fourteen year old adolescents, everyone has qualms about themselves. I think this poem does an excellent job of saying that yes, aging does occur, but it isn't anything but a number.
For my recitation I performed "For You Are The One", by Chris Messick. This poem was about the feeling of really caring and loving someone so much. For example, "For you are the one god sent from above. The angle i needed, for whom i do love." Really tells you what the meaning is. however not just here but throughout the whole poem. But to tell you the truth, the reason I chose this was as I was reading it, it seemed easy to memorize.
1) I think my poem is about the wilderness and how humans don't belong there. The first few lines all state that the author does not belong where he is/; obeys not mine, but someone else's laws, that says that i not he is here by chance.
2) I chose this poem because it has a bit of a rhyme which would make it easier to memorize and it was all couplets which would make it easier.
1.The title of my poem is Sea Lullaby by Elinor Wylie. 2. The poem describes then sea in a bad way like a murderer. It also explains the sea as a treacherous smiler. It also says that the sea choked and beat a child for a joke. 3. I chose this particular poem because it was easy to memorize and I thought it had a lot of meaning to it.
Poem: Goblin Feet. by: J. R. R. Tolkien i think the poem is about nature and goblins. In my opinion, the narrator itself IS the forest, and it is describing the creatures that live within it and the goblins that passes by. the forest describes how happy it is when the goblins passes by and their echoing footsteps, but it also describes the sorrow when it felt, the evidence is on the last stanza of the poem (for the sorrow).
I recited The Raven, by Edgar Allen Poe. This poem is about a man who is grieving over the death of his lover, Lenore; "...sorrow for the lost Lenore..." He also hears someone tapping at the door. There is more to the poem but this is as far as I recited. I chose this poem because I liked its rhythmic beat. I also knew it was very famous so I decided to see for myself what this poem was all about.
1. This poem is about a man that learns to love his dog ( he jumps at me with his feeble paws, i feel his warm fur and his imperfection is forgotten ) that has a dead leg ( my dog hobbles with a stick of a leg that he drags behind him as he moves ) even though he want to have a graceful and noble pet ( and i was a man that wanted a beautiful, noble animal as a pet ).
2. I chose this poem because i though that it was really cute and heartwarming. Plus, too many people were doing Sea Lullaby, so this was my second choice.
1. My poem is about preserving the environment. The poem begins with "why not mark out the land into neat rectangles, squares, and clover leafs?" so marking out the land for civilization. "put on them cubes of varying sizes according to use-..." putting houses on the prepared land "bale them together with bands of roads" use roads. "what if a child shall cry, I have never known spring! I have never seen autumn! What if a man shall say,I have never heard silence fraught with living as in swamp or forest?" This all deals with our posterity not being able to truly see nature, due to sound, light, and chemical pollution and too much civilization and lack of nature. "Does not the heart need wildness? Does not the thought need something to rest upon not self-made by man, a bosom not his own?" The heart needs wilderness and nature, and cannot "rest upon" its self-made support, civilization.
2. I chose this poem because I guess that I care about the environment, and also the lines in this poem were really short, allowing me to memorize all 29 lines without too much extra work. Memorizing 21 lines (20 lines, end of the stanza) would seem like an insult to not finish the poem.
1.) My poem is about the horrors of war. As it describes a man dying of poison gas, it mentions that the phrase :Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, which means "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country," as "an old lie." Wilfred Owen thought that "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country" was a lie. He also shows in a very detailed and grotesque manner, how that man died, "floundering like a man in fire or lime....guttering, choking, drowning...etc."Owen explicitly describes a man dying in war.
2.) The reason I chose this poem was not because of it's message (War is hell), but becuase of its vivid imagery. It describes in great detail the man that was gargling and foaming. Also, you could see things through his eyes as if it is like a dream, with is dim, misty, green gas mask, and the haunting flares. The images presented paint such a vivid picture that cannot be ignored.
The poem I recited was called The Black Tailed Hare, by Gary Snyder.
1) I think my poem was about a jackrabbit who shows someone the different landscapes of a place, such as the hills, the sky, clouds, and mountains. It also expresses the beauty of nature. "The mountains singing to gather the sky and the mist..." and "...banner clouds flying; the mountains all gathered, juniper trees on their flanks..."
3) I chose this poem because it sounded different than most other poems, with no real rhyme scheme or meter. It also sounded really pretty and I loved the ending.
My poem was "Spring" by Karla Kuskin 1. My poem is about being excited for the coming of spring. For example: im kicking my heels, im crying"come dance" to the fresh water eels. 2. This poem seemed really easy to memorize and it has a really lively feeling to it.
The title of my poem is The town of don't you worry by i.j. Barlett i think that my poem is about being optimistic and keeping on the bright side. for example there was one line where it said "where the never grumble flower blooms beside the fragrant try. It shows me that instead of grumbling you can bloom and try again. I chose this poem because it talks about failure in general and instead of being all upset we can look at the bright side and try again. It shows a carefree side.
The poem is "Simile: Willow and Ginkgo" by Eve Merriam. 1) This poem is obviously a compare and contrast between the willow and the ginkgo. The author describes both using similes, and the reader is able to get a picture of what each plant looks like. I know that it's about the comparison between the willow and the ginkgo because of the title. Also, the poem itself talks about what they look like. (ex: "the willow is sleek as a velvet-nosed calf, the ginkgo is leathery as an old bull.) 2) I chose this poem because it's 22 lines, just a little bit more than the 20 line minimum. Also, I tend to remember things more when they give the mind a picture, so it's easy for me to remember the poem.
My poem was called "Sea Lullaby" by Eleanor Wylie. It is about a little boy dying in the sea. It is proven by a few lines saying, "A child of the village was murdered today." and another when it says,"With one hand she strangled a strong little boy." I chose this poem because although it is about a boy getting murdered in the sea, the poet explains it in a graceful and calm way. I thought that it would draw the audience's attention more because they want to hear what the poem is really about. But another, most important reason is because it rhymed and thought it would be easy to memorize it.
"Going for Water" by Robert Frost. 1) I think my poem is about two (or more) people that are going to their brook for water, except they don't know if the brook has frozen up or not. The narrator states their mission in the title, "Going for water." and in the line, "to seek the brook if still it ran." It's about more than one person, as the narrator says "we" in the poem. 2) I picked this poem because it had a nice rhythm to it, and because the 3rd stanza was nice, and it stuck with me. So then I decided to pick the whole poem. And yeah.
1) This poem is about and evening star which i predict to be the moon. It appears at night, it's high up and "in the heavens." The poem states "Herself in the heavens, her beam, on the waves."
2) I chose this poem because it sounded very calming and because it looked easy to memorize.
My poem is "Bond and Free" by Robert Frost. I think my poem talks about how love so strong in the world. "Love has Earth to which she clings with hills and circling arms about wall within wall to shut fear out." This is an example of how powerful love can be by blocking fear out. "Thought cleaves the interstellar gloom, and sits in sirius' disc all night till day makes him retrace his flight with smell of burning on every plume, back past the sun to an earthly moon." This can be an example of how love can use its self to fix the world to make it a better place. I chose this poem because it sounded like a nice poem that would make life seem fun and happy. I also thought this would be a good poem because it sound like a gentle nice poem.
My poem was called "The Darkling Thrush" by Thomas Hardy. 1) I think my poem is about a dark, empty, depressing world that has no hope or happiness left in it. The land seems dead, as well as everything else. There is no life. This is evident from the first two stanzas. For example, "The land's sharp features seemed to be...The wind his death-lament" "And every spirit upon earth Seemed fervourless as I." In the next two stanzas, the poem describes how an old thrush bursts into bright, happy song, which was rarely heard, and how the thrush is full of the hope that the world never knew. This is proved from the lines "So little cause for carolings of such ecstatic sound" "Some blessed hope, whereof he knew, And I was unaware." 2) I chose this poem because I thought that this poem was very inspirational because it was about hope. It made me think of how sometimes everything seems hopeless, but then something reminds you of the happiness that you used to feel. The "something" in this poem is the thrush's song. Also, the poem seemed easy to remember because it had foot and rhythm, and it rhymed.
My November Guest by Robert Frost. 1.) I think my poem talks about how it's starting to become fall/winter and the changes that come with it. For example, one verse says, "She's glad the birds are gone away." Birds leave when it starts to get cold so I can guess that its starting to become winter. Then there's also "She loves the bare, the withered tree." The trees wither during the colder months. 2.) I chose this particular poem because I liked the title. I thought it was unique so it made me interested in what the poem was about since how could November be a guest?
I think my poem is about how everyone on earth is significant in their own way, and even the smallest of things matter ("no matter how small the flame, it is still our life, and we must care for and protect it.")
I chose this poem because I like the way it's written. I like how each line has a meaning that isn't obvious, and you have to think about what it means.
The title of my poem is If. It is written by Rudyard Kipling. In my opinion, I believe that the poem is stating that if you can do a list of things that a normal human could not do, you are god. And, "everything in the world is yours? I picked it because it was very unique and I have read the poet's other literature.
I thought this poem portrayed an important life lesson:just because everyone else did one thing doesn't mean you have to do the same. And just because doesn't mean that it's wrong."Two roads diverged in a wood and I-I took the one less traveled by. And that has made all the difference."
I thought that this would be a good choice because I like the meaning and I think it's an important one.
My poem was titled "The Moon was but a Chin of Gold," by Emily Dickinson.
In my opinion this poem was about a star talking about the moon. I think that the star either loves the moon or thinks very highly of her. I think this because he says "And what a privilege it is to be the remotest star! For certainly her way might pass beside my twinkling door." To me that says that the star gets excited when the moon passes by him, and he sees it as a privilege to be near her. In the poem the star also describes how the moon looks a lot like, "The moon was but a chin of gold a night or two ago." This kind of further shows how much affection the star has for the moon.
I chose this poem because i felt that it had a lot of meaning and to me it expressed a lot of emotion and plus it rhymes. I thought that the beat was really catchy and I felt that it was cute.
My poem is called Gathering Leaves by Robert Frost. i think this poem is about like nature because it talks about the mountains, leaves, and earth. (kinda) for the mountain theres this one line that says "but the mountains i raise, elude my embrace" and the leaves on says, "spades takes up leaves no better than spoons, and bags full of leaves are light as balloons." and the earth it doesnt really talk about it but it says but since i grew duller from contacting the earth. I choose this poem because i like Robert Frost's poems, and i have a book of poetry from Robert Frost. So i picked out a poem that sounded quite interesting, and one that i would probably be able to memorize.
The poem I chose was Home-Thoughts, from Abroad, by Robert Browning. I believe my poem is about someone missing their home, England. The poem starts off, Oh, to be in Englnd now that April's there, and continues to describe it as a wonderful place. The poem concludes by the line -Far brighter than this gaudy melon-flower. In my head, I always pictured someone on a ship, missing their home, England. Someone recalling their fondest memories of England, and them being unhappy with where they were now. I chose this poem because I like how it put vivid and descriptive images in your head. For instance, Hark, where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge leans to the field and scatters on the clover, gives me a clear picture in my head of what that would look like. I really enjoy poetry that draws out pictures with words.
1.) I think that my poem is about how the author,Robert Frost, observed a young colt respond to the cold weather and snow. The author used dialogue and actions to describe how the horse felt, such as this line:"shuddered as if to throw off flies," as to show that the horse was cold. 2.) I chose this poem because of the prestigious author, Robert Frost.
The poem I chose was Lost by Bruce Ignacio. I think that my poem is about a narrator describing his or her forefathers or migration while he or she was sleeping. I say a dream because the very last line of the poem is I awake. The first two lines of the poem is I know not of my forefathers, nor of their beliefs. I only chose this poem because it was short and in my opinion, sort of easy to memorize. After memorizing this poem I now kind of understand what the poem is trying to say.
Give the title and poet of the poem you chose for your recitation. My poem is A Walking Song by J.R.R. Tolkien from Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring
1) What do you think your poem is about? Give evidence from the poem itself. I think that my poem is about how humans (or hobbits) sometimes are a bit restless, and don't like staying in one place. "Beneath the roof there is a bed, But not yet weary are our feet, still 'round the corner we may meet..." The result may lead to them being travelers, and going from place to place, often far from home. "Home is behind, the world ahead, and there are many paths to tread..." But however restless they may be, home is always the place to be. "Then world behind and home ahead, we wander back to home and bed..."
2) Why did you choose this particular poem? I chose this poem for the excellent writing style, the magnificent structure and deep, deep meanings... Well, actually... the truth is more like I was reading Lord of the Rings at the time, and I happened to like this poem. It turned out to be a lovely poem, complete with not-so-long stanzas and a great rhyme scheme which made it not very hard to memorize. It was also fore the fun of it - basically, just a fun poem ^^
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I did a poem called Sea Lullaby. It's about a boy who drowns in the sea. The poem basically tells what happened in the third stanza "The sea creeps to pillage, she leaps on her prey. A child of the village, was murdered today."Also, I know it's a boy because in one line it says "With one hand she strangled, a strong little boy.".
I chose this poem because it sounded nice, but it turned out to be a creepy poem about a boy drowning.
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
This poem is about the midnight ride of Paul Revere its mentioned in the title as well as the starting paragraph. " Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of paul revere..."
I chose this poem because I remember in 5th grade, I heard it in my social studies class and really liked it. It also seemed like a fun and exciting poem that was filled with action.
I chose "The Willow and the Gingko"by Eve Merriam. I think my poem is about different forms of beauty. It shows that you don't have to be gorgeous on the outside to earn respect and love, as is stated in the last stanza of the poem: "My eyes feast on the willow, but my heart goes to the gingko." I chose to recite this poem because I thought that it was very beautiful, and that it portrays a better view of our society.
My poem was "A Bird Came Down the Walk" by Emily Dickinson. In the first few stanzas, Dickinson seems to be describing her observations of a bird. "He bit an angle-worm in halves and ate the fellow, raw." I think this poem is about Dickinson's thoughts and feelings as she watches a bird going about his business. "Or butterflies, off banks of noon, leap, splashless, as they swim."
I chose this poem because I can relate to Dickinson. It's like I'm looking through her eyes, imagining the bird, and feeling the same thoughts.
A Lady Who Thinks She is Thirty
by Ogden Nash
1) I believe that my poem is about embracing the aging process and facing it not with fear but with gladness. The poem starts out with the morning that a young lady named Miranda turns thirty years old, and is quite frightened of it.
"Miranda in Miranda's sight is old and gray and dirty..."
Then, the poem goes on, with the narrator prompting examples of things that are beautiful and ancient, for example, "Pick up your glass and tell me then, how old is spring, Miranda?"
I hope at the end Miranda felt better about herself.
2) I chose this poem because I was attracted to the title and because it was humorous, but everyone can relate to it. Even though we are all thirteen and fourteen year old adolescents, everyone has qualms about themselves. I think this poem does an excellent job of saying that yes, aging does occur, but it isn't anything but a number.
For my recitation I performed "For You Are The One", by Chris Messick. This poem was about the feeling of really caring and loving someone so much. For example, "For you are the one god sent from above. The angle i needed, for whom i do love." Really tells you what the meaning is. however not just here but throughout the whole poem. But to tell you the truth, the reason I chose this was as I was reading it, it seemed easy to memorize.
A Guest - May Sarton
1) I think my poem is about the wilderness and how humans don't belong there. The first few lines all state that the author does not belong where he is/; obeys not mine, but someone else's laws, that says that i not he is here by chance.
2) I chose this poem because it has a bit of a rhyme which would make it easier to memorize and it was all couplets which would make it easier.
1.The title of my poem is Sea Lullaby by Elinor Wylie. 2. The poem describes then sea in a bad way like a murderer. It also explains the sea as a treacherous smiler. It also says that the sea choked and beat a child for a joke. 3. I chose this particular poem because it was easy to memorize and I thought it had a lot of meaning to it.
Poem: Goblin Feet. by: J. R. R. Tolkien
i think the poem is about nature and goblins. In my opinion, the narrator itself IS the forest, and it is describing the creatures that live within it and the goblins that passes by.
the forest describes how happy it is when the goblins passes by and their echoing footsteps, but it also describes the sorrow when it felt, the evidence is on the last stanza of the poem (for the sorrow).
I recited The Raven, by Edgar Allen Poe. This poem is about a man who is grieving over the death of his lover, Lenore; "...sorrow for the lost Lenore..." He also hears someone tapping at the door. There is more to the poem but this is as far as I recited. I chose this poem because I liked its rhythmic beat. I also knew it was very famous so I decided to see for myself what this poem was all about.
Moco Limping by David Nava Monreal
1. This poem is about a man that learns to love his dog ( he jumps at me with his feeble paws, i feel his warm fur and his imperfection is forgotten ) that has a dead leg ( my dog hobbles with a stick of a leg that he drags behind him as he moves ) even though he want to have a graceful and noble pet ( and i was a man that wanted a beautiful, noble animal as a pet ).
2. I chose this poem because i though that it was really cute and heartwarming. Plus, too many people were doing Sea Lullaby, so this was my second choice.
Hard Questions
by Margaret Tsuda
1. My poem is about preserving the environment. The poem begins with "why not mark out the land into neat rectangles, squares, and clover leafs?" so marking out the land for civilization. "put on them cubes of varying sizes according to use-..." putting houses on the prepared land "bale them together with bands of roads" use roads. "what if a child shall cry, I have never known spring! I have never seen autumn! What if a man shall say,I have never heard silence fraught with living as in swamp or forest?" This all deals with our posterity not being able to truly see nature, due to sound, light, and chemical pollution and too much civilization and lack of nature. "Does not the heart need wildness? Does not the thought need something to rest upon not self-made by man, a bosom not his own?" The heart needs wilderness and nature, and cannot "rest upon" its self-made support, civilization.
2. I chose this poem because I guess that I care about the environment, and also the lines in this poem were really short, allowing me to memorize all 29 lines without too much extra work. Memorizing 21 lines (20 lines, end of the stanza) would seem like an insult to not finish the poem.
Dulce et Decorum Est, by Wilfred Owen
1.) My poem is about the horrors of war. As it describes a man dying of poison gas, it mentions that the phrase :Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, which means "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country," as "an old lie." Wilfred Owen thought that "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country" was a lie. He also shows in a very detailed and grotesque manner, how that man died, "floundering like a man in fire or lime....guttering, choking, drowning...etc."Owen explicitly describes a man dying in war.
2.) The reason I chose this poem was not because of it's message (War is hell), but becuase of its vivid imagery. It describes in great detail the man that was gargling and foaming. Also, you could see things through his eyes as if it is like a dream, with is dim, misty, green gas mask, and the haunting flares. The images presented paint such a vivid picture that cannot be ignored.
The poem I recited was called The Black Tailed Hare, by Gary Snyder.
1) I think my poem was about a jackrabbit who shows someone the different landscapes of a place, such as the hills, the sky, clouds, and mountains. It also expresses the beauty of nature. "The mountains singing to gather the sky and the mist..." and "...banner clouds flying; the mountains all gathered, juniper trees on their flanks..."
3) I chose this poem because it sounded different than most other poems, with no real rhyme scheme or meter. It also sounded really pretty and I loved the ending.
My poem was "Spring" by Karla Kuskin
1. My poem is about being excited for the coming of spring. For example: im kicking my heels, im crying"come dance" to the fresh water eels.
2. This poem seemed really easy to memorize and it has a really lively feeling to it.
The title of my poem is The town of don't you worry by i.j. Barlett
i think that my poem is about being optimistic and keeping on the bright side. for example there was one line where it said "where the never grumble flower blooms beside the fragrant try. It shows me that instead of grumbling you can bloom and try again. I chose this poem
because it talks about failure in general and instead of being all upset we can look at the bright side and try again. It shows a carefree side.
The poem is "Simile: Willow and Ginkgo" by Eve Merriam.
1) This poem is obviously a compare and contrast between the willow and the ginkgo. The author describes both using similes, and the reader is able to get a picture of what each plant looks like. I know that it's about the comparison between the willow and the ginkgo because of the title. Also, the poem itself talks about what they look like. (ex: "the willow is sleek as a velvet-nosed calf, the ginkgo is leathery as an old bull.)
2) I chose this poem because it's 22 lines, just a little bit more than the 20 line minimum. Also, I tend to remember things more when they give the mind a picture, so it's easy for me to remember the poem.
My poem was called "Sea Lullaby" by Eleanor Wylie. It is about a little boy dying in the sea. It is proven by a few lines saying, "A child of the village was murdered today." and another when it says,"With one hand she strangled a strong little boy." I chose this poem because although it is about a boy getting murdered in the sea, the poet explains it in a graceful and calm way. I thought that it would draw the audience's attention more because they want to hear what the poem is really about. But another, most important reason is because it rhymed and thought it would be easy to memorize it.
"Going for Water" by Robert Frost. 1) I think my poem is about two (or more) people that are going to their brook for water, except they don't know if the brook has frozen up or not. The narrator states their mission in the title, "Going for water." and in the line, "to seek the brook if still it ran." It's about more than one person, as the narrator says "we" in the poem.
2) I picked this poem because it had a nice rhythm to it, and because the 3rd stanza was nice, and it stuck with me. So then I decided to pick the whole poem. And yeah.
Evening Star
By Edgar Allen Poe
1) This poem is about and evening star which i predict to be the moon. It appears at night, it's high up and "in the heavens." The poem states "Herself in the heavens, her beam, on the waves."
2) I chose this poem because it sounded very calming and because it looked easy to memorize.
My poem is "Bond and Free" by Robert Frost. I think my poem talks about how love so strong in the world. "Love has Earth to which she clings with hills and circling arms about wall within wall to shut fear out." This is an example of how powerful love can be by blocking fear out. "Thought cleaves the interstellar gloom, and sits in sirius' disc all night till day makes him retrace his flight with smell of burning on every plume, back past the sun to an earthly moon." This can be an example of how love can use its self to fix the world to make it a better place. I chose this poem because it sounded like a nice poem that would make life seem fun and happy. I also thought this would be a good poem because it sound like a gentle nice poem.
My poem was called "The Darkling Thrush" by Thomas Hardy.
1) I think my poem is about a dark, empty, depressing world that has no hope or happiness left in it. The land seems dead, as well as everything else. There is no life. This is evident from the first two stanzas. For example,
"The land's sharp features seemed to be...The wind his death-lament"
"And every spirit upon earth
Seemed fervourless as I."
In the next two stanzas, the poem describes how an old thrush bursts into bright, happy song, which was rarely heard, and how the thrush is full of the hope that the world never knew. This is proved from the lines "So little cause for carolings of such ecstatic sound"
"Some blessed hope, whereof he knew,
And I was unaware."
2) I chose this poem because I thought that this poem was very inspirational because it was about hope. It made me think of how sometimes everything seems hopeless, but then something reminds you of the happiness that you used to feel. The "something" in this poem is the thrush's song. Also, the poem seemed easy to remember because it had foot and rhythm, and it rhymed.
My November Guest by Robert Frost.
1.) I think my poem talks about how it's starting to become fall/winter and the changes that come with it. For example, one verse says, "She's glad the birds are gone away." Birds leave when it starts to get cold so I can guess that its starting to become winter. Then there's also "She loves the bare, the withered tree." The trees wither during the colder months.
2.) I chose this particular poem because I liked the title. I thought it was unique so it made me interested in what the poem was about since how could November be a guest?
I Belong
by A. Whiterock
I think my poem is about how everyone on earth is significant in their own way, and even the smallest of things matter ("no matter how small the flame, it is still our life, and we must care for and protect it.")
I chose this poem because I like the way it's written. I like how each line has a meaning that isn't obvious, and you have to think about what it means.
The title of my poem is If. It is written by Rudyard Kipling. In my opinion, I believe that the poem is stating that if you can do a list of things that a normal human could not do, you are god. And, "everything in the world is yours? I picked it because it was very unique and I have read the poet's other literature.
The Road Not Taken
by Robert Frost
I thought this poem portrayed an important life lesson:just because everyone else did one thing doesn't mean you have to do the same. And just because doesn't mean that it's wrong."Two roads diverged in a wood and I-I took the one less traveled by. And that has made all the difference."
I thought that this would be a good choice because I like the meaning and I think it's an important one.
My poem was titled "The Moon was but a Chin of Gold," by Emily Dickinson.
In my opinion this poem was about a star talking about the moon. I think that the star either loves the moon or thinks very highly of her. I think this because he says "And what a privilege it is to be the remotest star! For certainly her way might pass beside my twinkling door." To me that says that the star gets excited when the moon passes by him, and he sees it as a privilege to be near her. In the poem the star also describes how the moon looks a lot like, "The moon was but a chin of gold a night or two ago." This kind of further shows how much affection the star has for the moon.
I chose this poem because i felt that it had a lot of meaning and to me it expressed a lot of emotion and plus it rhymes. I thought that the beat was really catchy and I felt that it was cute.
My poem is called Gathering Leaves by Robert Frost. i think this poem is about like nature because it talks about the mountains, leaves, and earth. (kinda) for the mountain theres this one line that says "but the mountains i raise, elude my embrace" and the leaves on says, "spades takes up leaves no better than spoons, and bags full of leaves are light as balloons." and the earth it doesnt really talk about it but it says but since i grew duller from contacting the earth. I choose this poem because i like Robert Frost's poems, and i have a book of poetry from Robert Frost. So i picked out a poem that sounded quite interesting, and one that i would probably be able to memorize.
The poem I chose was Home-Thoughts, from Abroad, by Robert Browning. I believe my poem is about someone missing their home, England. The poem starts off, Oh, to be in Englnd now that April's there, and continues to describe it as a wonderful place. The poem concludes by the line -Far brighter than this gaudy melon-flower. In my head, I always pictured someone on a ship, missing their home, England. Someone recalling their fondest memories of England, and them being unhappy with where they were now.
I chose this poem because I like how it put vivid and descriptive images in your head. For instance, Hark, where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge leans to the field and scatters on the clover, gives me a clear picture in my head of what that would look like. I really enjoy poetry that draws out pictures with words.
The Runaway
by Robert Frost
1.) I think that my poem is about how the author,Robert Frost, observed a young colt respond to the cold weather and snow. The author used dialogue and actions to describe how the horse felt, such as this line:"shuddered as if to throw off flies," as to show that the horse was cold.
2.) I chose this poem because of the prestigious author, Robert Frost.
The poem I chose was Lost by Bruce Ignacio. I think that my poem is about a narrator describing his or her forefathers or migration while he or she was sleeping. I say a dream because the very last line of the poem is I awake. The first two lines of the poem is I know not of my forefathers, nor of their beliefs. I only chose this poem because it was short and in my opinion, sort of easy to memorize. After memorizing this poem I now kind of understand what the poem is trying to say.
Give the title and poet of the poem you chose for your recitation.
My poem is A Walking Song by J.R.R. Tolkien from Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring
1) What do you think your poem is about? Give evidence from the poem itself.
I think that my poem is about how humans (or hobbits) sometimes are a bit restless, and don't like staying in one place. "Beneath the roof there is a bed, But not yet weary are our feet, still 'round the corner we may meet..." The result may lead to them being travelers, and going from place to place, often far from home. "Home is behind, the world ahead, and there are many paths to tread..." But however restless they may be, home is always the place to be. "Then world behind and home ahead, we wander back to home and bed..."
2) Why did you choose this particular poem?
I chose this poem for the excellent writing style, the magnificent structure and deep, deep meanings...
Well, actually... the truth is more like I was reading Lord of the Rings at the time, and I happened to like this poem. It turned out to be a lovely poem, complete with not-so-long stanzas and a great rhyme scheme which made it not very hard to memorize. It was also fore the fun of it - basically, just a fun poem ^^
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