Poems

Couplet

Grade 8 is done

 

Grade 8 is done
I am ready to have some fun

We had a good year
with no fear

With a great teacher
who looked like a creature

We did lots of art
but nothing with a dart

The school got much more technology
Sadly we learnt nothing about mythology

We were the Huge Carrots
But with High School  comes lots of Parrots

We were all friends
Who Mr. Barrs defends

We are all off to High School
Where we get to sit on a stool

Quatrains

Lord of the Rings

Lord of the Rings
there is Frodo Baggins
and lots of kings
there are no more dragons

Frodo uses Sting
his best friend is Samwise
they put orcs into a sling
they are cool guys

They left the shire
they went with Pippin and Merry
when they got home it was on fire
they crossed a river on a ferry

Frodo, Pippen, Merry and Sam
they travelled to Rivendell
To eat some good ham
Where they will dwell

 

My life

Today is Monday
Sega night tonight
The Genesis is grey
then we go fly a kite

Leoanard, Sheldon, Raj and Howard
We go ride a bike down a path
When it gets steep, try to be a coward
I am dirty so I need a bath

In my closet the sword of Troy
Then we have a mid-evil fight
And then rock band we enjoy
In the end we all say good night

Tolkien is my hero
He wrote the Lord of the Rings
Sauren is a zero
Leonard and Sheldon feel like Kings

Cinqaine

Tribute to Lybia

Terror

People tortured

Gaddafi kill people

Lybian people are depressed

Evil

Tribute to Japan

Japan

Big tsunami

People are leaving there

Japanese people are dieing

Earthquake

Tribute to Livstrong

Livestroung

Black and Yellow

Saving Cancer people  

Nike shoes help livestrong alot

Biking

 

 

Tribute to Japan in Haiku

 

Tsunami is bad

There is water everywhere

Houses are destroyed

Earthquake in Japan

Radiation is exposed

People are quite sad

Night on Gull Lake - Gwendolyn MacEwen

This poem is about a in about. He goes on to a island and finds a snake. He leaves the island with pebbles in his pockets. He turned back to the island and it was not there.

I liked this poem because it was written so descriptive.

This poem made me feel confused because I did not understand what was happening .

Figurative Language of Night on Gull Lake:

"small as a wish" - Simile
"the lip of our boat" - Personification
"scraped it like a kiss" - Simile
"Feathers and feathers fell'' - Alliteration and Repetition
"our unpiratable ship was moored to a twig" - Hyperbole
"the meagre tree held a star in its fingers" - Personification
"the night of rain which pinned us shivering against a single rock" - Imagery
"the shallow waves next day our pockets were full of pebbles that we knew we'd throw away" - Rhyme Scheme
"and when we turned around to see the island one last time, it was lost in fog and it had never been found"
- Rhyme Scheme

 

Missery by Andrew Parker

   I think this poem is trying to tell us that we can no longer just think about doing something because you saw it on tv but actually go out and find a cause in need. It mentioned not being able to catch the # to help, but if you find the coz in person the # will be written down. If you help a cause you found one yourself you will no that you actually are helping them and will not have to believe whats happening as much because you helped stop it.

"The Earthling" by Brian Patten

    The Poem The Earthling by Brian Patten is about how humans have gone through time on Earth. The beginning was when everything was being created and everything was perfect. In the middle of the poem it talks about is when the people of Earth are travelling through time/ages (100s, 200s, 300s... 1900s). When the poem talks about the people making mistakes it is talking about the mistakes going on right now (the 2000s). The huge fire is the sun exploding. This pretty much sums up what I took from reading The Earthling.