Poetry Analysis.

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Speaker: Who is the speaker of the poem? The author ...I don't knowww.
What do you know about him or her? The person is describing someone else.

Occasion: What is the occasion of the poem? Life.
What is the event that prompts the speaker to speak? Seeing someone they once knew, homeless.......

Audience: To whom is the speaker speaking? Someone the person had known.
What do you know about him or her? She is not as pretty as she used to be, with no where to go.

Purpose: What is the purpose of the poem? Don't let your goals slip away from you. Idk.
Why do you think the poet wrote the poem? Maybe so say, beauty doesn't last forever?

Subject: What is the subject of the poem? A girl.
tone: What is the tone of the poem? I'm not quite sure. Ha.
What is the speaker’s attitude toward the subject of the poem? I think the attitude towards the subject in this poem is, like disappointment. I guess.

Theme: What is the theme of the poem? I think the theme of this poem is life.......?
What is the poet pointing out about people, society, or life? I think the poet is trying to say that outter appearance will fade with time. "wrapped up like garbagesitting, surrounded by the smell of too old potato peels"
State the theme succinctly.







miss rosie
by Lucille Clifton


when I watch you wrapped up like garbage sitting, surrounded by the smell of too old potato peels or when I watch you in your old man's shoes with the little toe cut outsitting, waiting for your mind like next week's grocery I say when I watch you you wet brown bag of a woman who used to be the best looking gal in Georgia used to be called the Georgia Rose I stand up through your destruction I stand up

What is poetry?

To me poetry is a way of expressing your true feelings toward ...anything really. It's a fun way to get out any strong bad emotions such as anger or sadness. I like to think of it more as a therapy, a release, and maybe even a whole different world you can escape to when the real one is too much to handle. With poetry you can write about anything you want, there is no limit to how you want to express yourself.

Dream Deferred

The title of the poem is "Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes.
I think his purpose for writing this piece was to show that people don't take time and effort to achieve their dreams. In my opinion Langston Hughes is trying to point out that maybe people think that they shouldn't even try because they won't reach their goals and they dwell on the bad. "Maybe it just sags like a heavy load." I don't really know at this point ....


My personal connection to this poem is that I tend to put things off if I feel I cannot accomplish something. Which is not the best decision, you should try your best at everything you do. I think it's trying to say never give up on your dreams because the regret will be on your shoulders forever.

Intro.

Hiii.
My name is Catherine Settler.