Ian's+Poetry

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Poem 1: Mother to Son

By Langston Hughes

Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. Its had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards pulled up, And places with no carpet on the floor -- Bare. But all the time I'se been climin' on, And reachin' landing's And turnin' corner's And sometimes goin' in the dark Where there ain't been no light. So boy, don't you turn back. Don't you set down on the steps 'Cause you finds it's kinder hard, Dont you fall now -- For I'se still goin', honey, I'se stil climbin', And life for me ain't been no crystal stair. LOOK: Line 2. LABEL: Imagry. DECIDE: i think that this means that her/her life wasent easy and she has had her bitts of trouble.

LOOK 2: Lines 2-4. Label 2: Imagry. DECIDE 2: I think that this shows the ways that she has been hurt in some cases but a whole lot less violently because she is talking to her son.

Poem 2: Cynthia in the Snow

by Gwendon Brooks

ItSHUSHES. It hushes The loudness in the road. It flitter-twitters, And lauphs away from me. It laughs away from me. It laughs a lovely Whiteness, And whitly whirs away, To be, Some otherwhere Still white as milkor shirts. So beautiful it hurts.

LOOK: Lines 1-2. LABEL: Imagry. DECIDE: I think that this shows how a busy street is silent with peaceful protesters.

LOOK 2: Lines 1-14. LABEL 2: Imagry. DECIDE 2: I think this shows a black person in the street waching people protest against segrigation and thinking how much she lokes looking at it. Poem 3: Life Is FIne by Langston Hughes

I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn't, So I jumped in and sank.

I came up once and hollered! I came up twice and cried! If that water hadn't a-been so cold I might've sunk and died.

But it was Cold in that water! It was cold!

I took the elevator Sixteen floors above the ground. I thought about my baby And thought I would jump down.

I stood there and I hollered! I stood there and I cried! If it hadn't a-been so high I might've jumped and died.

But it was High up there! It was high!

So since I'm still here livin', I guess I will live on. I could've died for love-- But for livin' I was born

Though you may hear me holler, And you may see me cry-- I'll be dogged, sweet baby, If you gonna see me die.

Life is fine! Fine as wine! Life is fine!

LOOK: Lines 5-6. LABEL: Hyperbole. DECIDE : I think this means that he/she dosnt like the water.

LOOK 2: Line 9. LABEL 2:Personificaton. DECIDE 2: I think that this means that it was cold by trying to kill her.

Poem 4: BASEBALL By: anoop ravella

Baseball is a sport of knowledg, Knowing were the ball needs to be, Knowing were the ball will be, Making the right play. Baseball is a very excitiong game, From the first pich, To the last out in the 9th.

LOOK : Lines 3-4 LABEL : Personification DECIDE : Ithink that this is the ball knowing when to be in the right situation.

LOOK 2: Line 4 LABEL 2: Imagry DECIDE 2: I think this is showing somebody making the right play ion a tight situation.

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