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Researched Poetry

Researched Poetry 1

1. Alliteration - Picture Puzzle Piece by Shel Silverstein
   
One picture puzzle piece
Lyin' on the sidewalk,
One picture puzzle piece
Soakin' in the rain.
It might be a button of blue
On the coat of the woman
Who lived in a shoe.
It might be a magical bean,
Or a fold in the red
Velvet robe of a queen.
It might be the one little bite
Of the apple her stepmother
Gave to Snow White.
It might be the veil of a bride
Or a bottle with some evil genie inside.
It might be a small tuft of hair
On the big bouncy belly
Of Bobo the Bear.
It might be a bit of the cloak
Of the Witch of the West
As she melted to smoke.
It might be a shadowy trace
Of a tear that runs down an angel's face.
Nothing has more possibilities
Than one old wet picture puzzle piece

2. Onomatopoeia- The Bells by Edgar Allen Poe
HEAR the sledges with the bells --
Silver bells !
What a world of merriment their melody foretells !
How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
In the icy air of night !
While the stars that oversprinkle
All the heavens, seem to twinkle
With a crystalline delight ;
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells
From the bells, bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells --
From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells                                                                          

3. Simile -My Mistress' Eye Are Nothing Like The Sun by William Shakespeare

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks,
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know,
That music hath a far more pleasing sound.
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress when she walks treads on the ground.
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.

   
4. Metaphor –     No Difference by Shel Silverstein

No Difference

Small as a peanut,
Big as a giant,
We're all the same size
When we turn off the light.

Rich as a sultan,
Poor as a mite,
We're all worth the same
When we turn off the light.

Red, black or orange,
Yellow or white,
We all look the same
When we turn off the light.

So maybe the way
To make everything right
Is for God to just reach out
And turn off the light!
(Disregard this one this actually a simile poem)

                                                                                                                                                    
5. Personification - The Cat and the Fiddle by Mother Goose

Hey, diddle, diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.

6. Rhyme Scheme - Neither Out Far In Deep by Robert Frost

The people along the sand               A
All turn and look one way.                B
They turn their back on the land.       A
They look at the sea all day.              B

As long as it takes to pass                C
A ship keeps raising its hull;              D
The wetter ground like glass             C
Reflects a standing gull                      D

The land may vary more;                   E
But wherever the truth may be-          F
The water comes ashore,                   E
And the people look at the sea.          F

They cannot look out far.                  G
They cannot look in deep                  H
But when was that ever a bar            G
To any watch they keep?                  H        
   

Researched Poetry 2

The poem that my poetry analysis in my researched poetry 2 is Daybreak in Alabama by Langston Hughes. The title makes me think of becoming famous, getting over obstacles or getting out of hardships. i believe the theme is about civil rights and equality. He talks about being a 'composer' and making the 'purtiest' songs and putting "long red necks', 'poppy colored eyes', 'big brown arms' etc. Comparing people of color to things in nature. Talking about integrating black people and white people by using songs. There are a couple of literary devices. By using pesonification he says his songs will 'rise' and 'fall'.  He compares the music to soft dew and swamp mist, rising and falling. Alabama played a major role in racial oppression, racism, and segregation. Talks of peace, harmony, and equality between different communities and races in the population of America.