Poem response #2

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

I like how the author used the 3 words “I love thee” In almost every sentence. She definitely used a lot of metaphors and similes, for example “I love thee freely, as men strive for right” I like how she described her passion through many, in depth ways. In the beginning of the poem, she starts of by saying “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways” all she uses is some simple word play to really grab the readers attention. You notice some exact rhymes throughout the poem including, height and sight, light and right, lose and choose, all in different patterns. The author really expresses the light between her love and the other person. I think shes trying to express how pure their love is, by comparing it to the sun, or even a bright candle light. At the end of the poem, she explains that in the afterlife, all will be easier. Their love will go on forever, he will be happier, she will be happier. Everything in the past will be forgotten, including their mistakes.

Poem response #1

Do not go gentle into that good night

Dylan Thomas

Do not go gentle into that good night,

Old age should burn and rave at close of day;

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,

Because their words had forked no lightning they

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright

Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,

And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight

Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,

Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15377

Do not go gentle in the good night is a poem written by Dylan Thomas. I feel like he is trying to say that when a man grows old, they should resist death to the fullest extent. Meaning that you were given this life for a reason, so dont just waste it. To start off, this poem contains a lot of rhyming words. In every other sentence there is rhyme.  In the first stanza, I noticed that rage was repeated twice. The rhymes that were used in the first stanza kinda created a harmony effect “Night” and “Light”. The second stanza talks about how most old wise people have lost most of their energy, and that they know that they're time is soon. A metaphor that is mentioned in this stanza means that they had not spoken no evil language “Words had forked no lightning”. In the third stanza, the artist talks about the death of the old, wise men, how their deeds in life never amounted to much. I noticed that there is repetition for the word “rage”. And the rhyme between bright and light kinda mixes as they both have similar meanings. In the fourth stanza the artist kinda went from day to night, talking about the beginning and the end. As the very energetic men will have a hard time ending their time. He also uses some word play with blinding sight and blind eyes, as they both have similar meanings. In the last stanza, he talks about his father, how he loves him, hates him, and how he will miss him. He also means that their is no turning back from his fathers death, so when his father dies, he should let it happen, die peacefully, and be yourself.

The Fear of Joy

I have seen the beautiful sky

All the vibrant colors, pulsing

The smell of the flowers, blowing in the wind

The wind, pushing against me

The serene silence

Where only humanity can change

The emotions of nature

I send my soul to the fish in the sea

To communicate, the thoughts of life

For that we are the only ones who can help ourselves

Stay away from those evil thoughts

For I will never be brought upon

The feelings of hatred

I’d rather be a bird, for it has no limits

It flies across the land, wings free

With its friends by his side, helping him through thick and thin

While the thought of hatred, dissipates with every last flap

Free at last.

I know not which way my sons and daughters will live

For they are forever in natures grasp

They must be careful, toying with our enemies

As they will never forget

The destruction that humanity has brought

I say I come to be, with the afterlife of humanity

As they will never forget

The sins that they have commited

For what they think is the better, for their own personal greed

Do they really understand, what we really need?

Haikus

Modern:

The cover of life

Through the shadow of the white

New technology

Seasonal:

The sun gets brighter

The beaches get warmer

The sand gets tanner

Nature:

Green turns to brown

Leaves fall off the bright colored tree

Leaves our mind to calm

Abstractions Poem

Logan Urfer

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Abstractions

Happiness is golden yellow king’s castle

Fear is hell black army’s tank

Anger is devilish red bodybuilders punch

Peace is cloud white angels touch

Joy is flower pink explosion of colors

Bored is foggy grey school work

Predator Vs Prey Poem

Lion	Vs.	Zebra
Grizzly Bear	Vs.	Salmon
Owl	Vs.	Mouse
Cheetah	Vs.	Gazelle
Snake	Vs.	Mouse
Seal	Vs.	Penguin
Whale	Vs.	Plankton
Black Bear	Vs.	Elk
Tiger	Vs.	Bear
Wild Dog	Vs.	Rabbit
Polar Bear	Vs.	Seal
Great White Shark	Vs.	Sea Mammals
Dolphin	Vs.	Squid
Rhinoceros	Vs.	Plants
Human	Vs.	Everything

Snowboarding

Skiing 

Windy

Cold

Icey

White
Hill

Steep

Exhilerating

Fun

Difficult

Crowded

Long

Scary

Falling

Pain

Addictive

Soar

Yelling

Screaming

Flying
Joy
Snow
Powder
Snowboarding