Poem: The Moment by Margaret Atwood

THE POEM

The moment when, after many years
of hard work and a long voyage
you stand in the centre of your room,
house, half-acre, square mile, island, country,
knowing at last how you got there,
and say, I own this,

is the same moment when the trees unloose
their soft arms from around you,
the birds take back their language,
the cliffs fissure and collapse,
the air moves back from you like a wave
and you can't breathe.

No, they whisper. You own nothing.
You were a visitor, time after time
climbing the hill, planting the flag, proclaiming.
We never belonged to you.
You never found us.
It was always the other way round. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Margaret Eleanor Atwood born on November 18, 1939, in Ottawa, Canada.  Margaret’s first published work was a book of poetry collection which is titled, The Circle Game. It was published on 1966 which won the Governor-General’s Award. Her novel, The Edible Woman, that was published on 1969 was very controversial and it focuses on women’s issues. In 2006, Margaret published new books which is: The Tent, Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda, and Moral Disorder. Margaret’s works have been translated into 30 languages. She studied at the University of Toronto and Radcliffe College, becoming a lecturer in English literature. Her occupations were literary critic, journalist, author, and poet. 

PERSONAL RESPONSE

I believe the poem is saying that life is full of hard work and it’s not that easy. Like once you stopped trying, you aren’t in this world anymore. Everyone in the world is always striving for their dreams and if you stopped striving then you aren’t part of this world. I believe that Margaret is also trying to say that never stop working or trying because you are never part of us. Life is full of strive for perfection or for your dreams. Also if you don’t struggle over the obstacles in life then you aren’t part of this world.

 Everyone struggles in life, life isn’t always as perfect as it seems. Some people may not show the fact that they are struggling but deep down inside they are. Some people can tell that a person is struggling even through the mask because they know them that well. They’ll ask that person if that person is okay and well everyone who was asked if they are okay, they say I’m fine even though it’s a lie. Everyone can relate to this poem because everyone struggles or strives for something they want. 

A lot of people strive for perfection but the struggles in life makes it hard for them. The struggles though make them human beings because everyone has a flaw and the struggles show them. Our flaws are what make us feel like we are part of this world. Even though it’s frustrating, the struggles in life are what make us feel like human beings. 

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TITLE:
The title, The Moment, I believe is that the poem is about the moments in life when you accomplish something great. Like you did it because you deserved it. You worked hard to get to where you are in life and that is the moment. 

PARAPHRASE:

After many years, that moment when

you work hard and after a voyage

you stand in the center of your room,

house, half-acre, square mile, island, country,

knowing that at last you go there,

and say, I own this,

the very same moment the trees unloose

their soft arms from around you,

the birds take their language back,

the cliffs fissure and collapse,

the air moves away from you like a wave

and you can’t breathe.

No, they whisper. You own nothing.

You were a visitor, time after time 

climbing the hill, planting the flag, proclaiming.

They never belonged to you.

You never found them.

We were the one who found you.

CONNOTATION:
1. Structure: 3 Sestet, Rhyme Scheme - ABCDEF ABCADE ABACDE, Meter - Free Verse, Punctuation -  Comma, period
2. Speaker: The moment when you are done striving, Audience: When you are't part of this world
3. Figurative Language: Simile (the air moves back from you like a wave), Metaphor (None)
4. Imagery: Sight (room, island, country, house), Touch (trees, flags), Smell (None), Hear (whisper), Taste (None)
5. Repetition: None

ATTITUDE:
Artificial, reminiscent, idealistic, and distant.

SHIFTS:

1st Sestet (Lines 1-6) – You observe what you worked for and is proud

2^nd Sestet (Lines 7-12) – You aren’t part of this world anymore

3^rd Sestet (Lines 13-18) – It has never belonged to you or you never found it but the world has found you

The first sestet tells us that you looked around and saw the hard work you have done. The second sestet tells us that you stopped being part of this world when you stopped striving. The last sestet tells us that you never really owned but they found you.

TITLE:

Now that I have read the poem, The Moment, is when you stopped striving in life and you aren't in this world anymore. You have done your purpose in this world because you no longer strive for something. 

THEME:

There are 4 possible themes in this poem:
1. Life is full of goals that we strive to accomplish.
2. Striving is what makes us live our life.
3. If you stopped striving then you aren't in this world.
4. Feeling contentment is what stops us from being part of this world

REFERENCE (APA-6)
Atwood, M. (1998). The Moment. Poem Hunter. Website. Retrieved from http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-moment/

Poem: Solitude by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

THE POEM

Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone.
For the sad old earth must borrow it's mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.
Sing, and the hills will answer;
Sigh, it is lost on the air.
The echoes bound to a joyful sound,
But shrink from voicing care.

Rejoice, and men will seek you;
Grieve, and they turn and go.
They want full measure of all your pleasure,
But they do not need your woe.
Be glad, and your friends are many;
Be sad, and you lose them all.
There are none to decline your nectared wine,
But alone you must drink life's gall.

Feast, and your halls are crowded;
Fast, and the world goes by.
Succeed and give, and it helps you live,
But no man can help you die.
There is room in the halls of pleasure
For a long and lordly train,
But one by one we must all file on
Through the narrow aisles of pain. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ella Wheeler Wilcox was born in November 5, 1850 in Johnstown, Wisconsin. Ella’s style for her poetry is sentimental and romantic. During her lifetime, she was compared to Walt Whitman because of the feelings she has poured into her writings. While her poetry is like that she maintained a very traditional form unlike Walt Whitman or Emily Dickinson. Ella’s autobiography, The Worlds and I, was published in 1918, a year which was before her death. Her most famous work was the Poems of Passion. She married Robert Wilcox, who later after 30 years of marriage died. Ella then followed her husband as she died of cancer on October 30, 1919. 

PERSONAL RESPONSE

I think the poem Solitude is about you being isolated from the world when you are feeling down. You tend to push people away when you are sad. When you are happy though, you go have fun with the world. You throw a party and invite all your friends and party with them all night. You can’t always be happy in life and you tend to feel seclusion when you are depressed. That is why; you always have to smile at the world. 

Ella Wheeler Wilcox did a remarkably good job on putting those ideas in a poem. She interprets the idea of being in seclusion when you are down in this poem but she doesn’t try and make us find the meaning cause it’s obvious enough in the writing itself. The whole world could relate to this because everyone feels down in life and if they say they haven’t then they’re lying. 

Life is full of ups and down and we can’t help but feel sad or happy at times. One day you feel like you are on top of the world and then the next you just want to be alone and you hate everyone. It is also full of unexpected twists because you’ll never know what life has for. Even if we are sad, we have to move on with life or we won’t feel like we are part of this world. 

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TITLE:
The title is pretty much self explanatory isn't it. It will talk about you being in isolation. You isolating yourself from the world or the world ignoring you forcing you to be in isolation from it.

PARAPHRASE:

Laugh, and the world laughs with you;

Weep, and you are alone.

For the sad old earth must borrow it’s amusement,

But has trouble of its own.

Sing, and the hills will sing;

Sigh, it is lost in the wind.

The echoes bound to a joyful sound,

But shrinking from voicing care.

Rejoice, and men will find you;

Grieve, and they will leave you.

They want full measure of all your pleasure,

But they do not need your sorrow.

Be glad, and you have many friends;

Be sad, and you lose all of them.

There are none to decline your nectared wine,

But alone you drink the life’s gall.

Feast, and people are in your halls;

Fast, and the world goes by.

Succeed and give, and it helps you live,

But no man can help you die.

There is room in the halls of pleasure

For a long and lordly train,

But one by one we must all go on

Through the narrow aisles of pain.

CONNOTATION:
1. Structure: 4 couplet, and 4 quatrain, Rhyme Scheme - ABCBDEFE, Meter- Free verse, Punctuation - Semi-colon, period, comma, and apostrophe.
2. Speaker: Grief and you are alone, be joyful and you are with the world, Audience: You are in isolation when you are grieving 
3. Figurative Language: Simile (None), Metaphor (Through the narrow aisles of pain)
4. Imagery: Sight (crowded halls), Touch (None), Smell (None), Hear (Voicing care, joyful sound, echoes, sing, sigh, laugh, weep), Taste (Nectared wine)
5. Repetition: None

ATTITUDE:

Idealistic, informative, intellectual, and insightful.

SHIFTS:

1^st couplet (Lines 1-2) – If we laugh the world is with us but if we weep, we are alone

2^nd couplet (Lines 3-4) – The earth has its own trouble and needs to borrow it’s amusement

3^rd Quatrain (Lines 5-8) – Joyful noises the world will respond but voicing care it will not

4^th Quatrain (Lines 9-12) – Men needs your full pleasure not your woe

5^th Quatrain (Lines 13-16) – Friends will be there when you are glad but will be gone when you are sad

6^th couplet (Lines 17-18) – Feast and the worlds with you but if you fast it’s gone

7^th couplet (Lines 19-20) – Succeed and you will live but no man can help you die

8^th Quatrain (Lines 21-23) – Life is a pleasure but we have to feel pain once in a while

The first two couplets tells us that the world does not need any more troubles as it as it's own. The quatrains explains it again but using friends and men for the examples. The last quatrain is for everyone in life. 

TITLE:

The title is about the poem, the isolation of you. The world forces you to be in isolation because you grief and the world just wants to be people who are happy. I mean who would want to be around someone who is always sad or mad, people would want to be with someone who is happy and full of joy. I mean there are some moments in your life when you want to be alone to help you clear your mind from all the disasters that are happening in it.

THEME: 

There are 3 possible themes for this poem:

1. People are isolated from the world when they grief.
2. Joy is what the world needs and not grief. 
3. You isolate yourself from the world when you grief.

REFERENCE (APA-6) 
Wilcox, E. (1883). Solitude. Poem Hunter. Website. Retrieved from http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/solitude/

Poem: Dreams by Langston Hughes

THE POEM

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

James Mercer Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri. One of his teachers introduced him to the poetry of Carl Sandburg and Walt Whitman, both whom Langston later cite as primary influences. Langston first poem was published in 1921 and it was “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” that was published in The Crisis. Langston was among the first to use jazz rhythms and dialect to depict the life of blacks in his work. The poetry book, The Weary Blues, had popular appeal and established both his commitment to black themes and heritage and his style of writing his poems. Langston died on May 22, 1967. 

PERSONAL RESPONSE

I believe that the poem Dreams are about dreams. Langston Hughes is giving us our motivation and inspiration to hold onto the dreams we dream to accomplish. Dreams are what make us feel like human beings. Without this dreams, what is life worth living for. I mean in life, we always feel like we have to accomplish something and that is what dreams are for. We dream for what we believe is better for us. 

In the poem, Dreams, Langston is telling us to hold onto our dreams. We may let go of some dreams but we hold onto the dreams that is more important to us even if it’s hard to. Everything in life is full of obstacles, sometimes we tend to give up on things because we believe it’s easier. Well you’ll never know if you never try and accomplish that dream. Sometimes the dreams we dreamt of isn’t meant for us. 

We will never know what the future has for us unless we try and change that dream into a reality. Life is full of what ifs and everyone is scared or nervous to accomplish a dream because they’ll never know the outcomes of the efforts they made for that dream. I love Langston encourages us to hold onto our dreams because he knows that dreams are not what for the weak but for human beings. People tend to criticize other people’s dreams but they are not that person. They shouldn’t tell that person that they can’t accomplish that dream but better motivate them because in life we should answer our what ifs instead of questioning it.   

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TITLE:
The title, Dreams, is obviously about dreams. I believe that Langston is telling us to fulfill the dreams that we have.

PARAPHRASE:

Hold onto your dreams

For if dreams die

Life’s like a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly.

Hold onto your dreams

For when dreams go

Life is an infertile field

Frozen with snow. 

CONNOTATION:
1. Structure: 2 Tercet and 2 line, Rhyme Scheme - None, Meter - Free Verse, Punctuation - Period
2. Speaker: Hold onto your dreams, Audience: We are holding onto it
3. Figurative Language: Simile (None), Metaphor (broken-winged bird, barren field)
4. Imagery: Sight (Barren field, broken-winged bird), Touch (Snow, bird, land), Smell (none), Hear (none), Taste (none)
5: Repetition: Hold fast to dreams

ATTITUDE:
Loving, thoughtful, lighthearted, dreamy, encouraging, hopeful, joyful, and peaceful. 

SHIFTS:

1^st Line (Line 1) – Tells us to hold onto our dreams fast

2^nd Tercet (Lines 2-4) – Compares dreams as a broken-winged bird if dreams were dead

3^rd Line (Line 5) – Tells us to hold onto our dreams fast

4^th Tercet (Lines 6-8) – Compares dreams to a frozen barren field when dreams go

The 2 lines are telling us to hold onto our dreams while the 2 Tercets compares the dreams to what they are if we don't hold onto it.

TITLE:
The poem is about the title. Langston tells us to hold onto our dreams because he knows that life isn't worth living for if we have no dreams. Dreams are makes life full of life. 

THEME:
There are 4 possible themes in this poem:
1. Always hold onto your dreams no matter what.
2. You can accomplish your dreams if you try your best.
3. If dreams were gone, life would be dead.
4. The dreams that we dreamt will not be fulfilled if we don't do anything.

REFERENCE (APA-6)
Hughes, L. (1926). Dreams. Poem Hunter. Website. Retrieved from http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dreams-2/

Poem: Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

THE POEM: 

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
 Dr. Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri. She was raised in St. Louis and Stamps, Arkansas. She is an author, poet, historian, songwriter, playwright, dancer, stage and screen producer, director, performer, singer, and a civil rights activist. At the age of 14, she dropped out of San Francisco’s Labor School to become San Francisco’s first African-American female cable car conductor. Dr. Angelou received over 30 honorary degrees and is Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University.

PERSONAL RESPONSE:

Still I rise by Maya Angelou is a very inspirational poem and I suggest everyone should read this. This poem tells us that we have to lift up our heads and don’t mind the haters. People who are bullied especially needs to read this poem, it shows that you have to always lift your head up. Even if people push you to the ground, you rise. Don’t give in on their hurtful words that cuts like a knife or their hateful glares that shoots to you. Always remember that you rise up from all the people.

Don’t let them treat you like dirt. I could relate to this because some people always look down on me. Think that I’m just a mistake, that I am never good enough but I try my best to prove them wrong.  The text to the world I can make with this is that everyone in the world has a time in their life that they felt like giving up. Don’t give up, rise and give it all your best. The text to text I can make with this is a song called We Are Who We Are by Little Mix. They both deliver the same message that we will always be ourselves and rise up to people.

This is a truly motivating poem and I believe that everyone should read this at least once in their life so that they would remember this when they are troubled. They should like recite probably the last part of the poem are the part they think has the most meanings to them.

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TITLE:

The title Still I Rise tells me that this poem is going to be about standing up against society. Like if you have been pushed to the ground a bunch of times you still stand up. If the world knocked you down, you rise up. I think that this poetry will be a very inspirational and a great motivator in life. 

PARAPHRASE:

My whole existence written down in history

While it is full of lies,

I may have been trod in very dirt

But like the dust, I’ll rise

Is my sassiness upsetting you?

Why are you beset with gloom?

Because I was like I own oil wells

Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,

With the certainty of tides,

Just like hopes that are high,

Still I’ll rise

Do you wish to see me broken?

Bowed head and lowered eyes?

My shoulders down like teardrops.

Weakened by my soul crying.

Does my haughtiness offend you?

Don’t take it awfully too hard

‘Cause I laugh like I have gold mines

Digging in my own back yard.

You may insult me with your words,

You may glare with your eyes,

You may hate me all you want,

But still, like air, I rise.

Is my sexiness upsetting you?

Does it come as a surprise

That I dance like I’ve got diamonds

At the meeting of my thighs?

I’m from huts of history’s shame

I rise

Up from the pain from a past

I rise

I’m the black ocean, leaping and wide,

I bear in the tide swelling and welling.

Leaving terror and fearful nights behind

I rise

Into the wondrously clear daybreak

I rise

Bringing gifts that my ancestors have given me,

I am the dream and the hope of slavery.

I rise

I rise

I rise

CONNOTATION (FORMAL ANALYSIS):
1. Structure: 4 Tercets, 6 Quatrains, 5 lines, and a couplet, Rhyme Scheme - ABCB , Meter - Irregular (Free verse) , Punctuation - Question mark, period, comma, and apostrophe.
2. Speaker: Standing up against slavery Audience: Hope and dreams of abolishing discrimination and slavery
3. Figurative language: Repetition (I rise) Metaphor ( I am the dream and the hope of slave)
4. Imagery: Sight (black ocean, bowed head, lowered eyes), Touch (diamonds), Smell (none), Hear (I laugh,  soulful cries), Taste (none)
5. Repetition: I rise

ATTITUDE:
Optimistic, encouraging, confident, inevitable, embattled, determine, arrogant, savvy, haughty

SHIFTS:

1^st Tercet (Lines 1-3) – They could treat her like dirt or make her look like a bad person.

2^nd Line (Line 4) – After through all those, she still rise up

3^rd Quatrain (Lines 5-8) – She ask you if you are jealous of her because she doesn’t care what you think of her

4^th Quatrain (Lines 9-12) – She will still rise like the moons and the suns with tides or hopes spring high

5^th Quatrain (Lines 13-15) – She asked if you want to see her depressed

6^th Quatrain (Lines 16-19) – She asked if you are offended by her haughtiness cause she’ll just laugh

7^th Tercet (Lines 20-22) – You may do anything with her through your hate

8^th Line (Line 23) – She will rise like air

9^th Quatrain (Lines 24-27) – She asked if she upset you with her sexiness because she dance like she doesn’t care

10^th Quatrain (Lines 28-31) – From pain or shame, she’ll still rise

11^th Tercet (Lines 32-34) – She’s like an ocean but she leaves behind the nights of terror and fear

12^th Line (Line 35) – She will rise

13^th Line (Line 36) – Into daybreak that is wondrously clear

14^th Line (Line 37) – She will rise

15^th Couplet (Lines 38-39) – She brings the hope of her ancestors against slavery

16^th Tercet (Lines 40-42) – She will rise

The Lines are mostly about her rising from the fall that she has taken. The couplet is about the hopes against slavery and the quatrains are about the hates from the people who discriminates against the skin colors. The shift is from the hate to her rising up against it. 

TITLE:
My opinion on the title the first time was partially correct as I see it but this poem was about discrimination. This was against slavery but it could also mean different things. It could be the poor that was being teased by the rich or the person who is bullied and doesn't have any friends. This poem isn't specifically for the dark skinned colored people, it could be everybody who's dealing with being pushed around by other people.


THEME:
There are five possible themes in this poem:
1. If you have fallen, always rise back up.
2. Never let anyone's words hurt you even if it's hard to.
3. Their opinions on you doesn't matter but your opinion on yourself does.
4. Always fight back with courage and pride.
5. Being a human being isn't based on the colors of their skins or the status of their wealth.



REFERENCES (APA-6)
Angelou, M. (1978). Still I Rise. Poem Hunter. Website. Retrieved from http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/still-i-rise/

Poem: "Hope" is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson

THE POEM

"Hope" is the thing with feathers—
That perches in the soul—
And sings the tune without the words—
And never stops—at all—

And sweetest—in the Gale—is heard—
And sore must be the storm—
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm—

I've heard it in the chillest land—
And on the strangest Sea—
Yet, never, in Extremity,
It asked a crumb—of Me. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Emily Dickinson spent her last years writing poetry. After her death, her sister found hundreds of poems that Emily had written, which she then published. Emily was born on December 10, 1830, in Amherst, Massachusetts. Emily is known for her poignant, compressed, and deeply charged poems in which have profoundly influenced the directions of 20^th-century poetry. Emily died on May 15, 1886 in which only two of her poems where published during her lifetime. She is one of the few famous women poets who influence a lot of female poets to write. Emily Dickinson is a highly respected poet and is an inspiration to many. 

PERSONAL RESPONSE

Hope is always with us in life even in our darkest times when no hope seems to be there. Hope will always be there, even if it’s the size of one grain of rice. Hope is there and will always be. Life isn’t always full of hope because people won’t see it but deep down they know that there is hope. Life isn’t always that pleasant but at the end of it, you’ll see that it’s worth it. 

Life is full of unexpected twist and you’ll never know it but you always hope for the best. Hope is like the rainbow that comes after every rain. Emily Dickinson writes a poem about hope to give hope to others who needs it the most. She tells us that hope is inside of us even if it doesn't seem like it but it’s there. We don’t always feel it but we know that it’s there. Everyone can relate to this poem because everyone has hope. Everyone needs hope, everyone feels hope, and inside everyone there is hope. 

Sometimes, hope is what that person only has, that person must have went through a lot and they always hope for the best at the end. Hope is a free but always taken for granted thing. Sometimes people say there is no hope in the darkness but that’s not true. There is always hope in the darkness even if all hopes seems to be gone, there is hope. Hope is what reunites some people, hope is what everyone needs. If there is no hope, how can we have a bright future to look forward to.

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TITLE:
I am guessing that this title is about hope, seeing as the title quoted the word hope. The feathers though, I don't know what that has to do with it. Maybe, it's telling us that hope is a bird or that we can fly when we have hope. 

PARAPHRASE:

“Hope” is the thing with feathers –

That settles in the soul—

And sings the tune without the lyrics—

And never stops—at all—

And sweetest—in the Gale—is heard—

And sore must the storm be—

That could embarrass the little Bird

That kept people so warm—

I’ve heard it in the coldest land—

And on the strangest Sea—

Yet, never, in Extremity,

It asked a piece—of Me. 

CONNOTATION (FORMAL ANALYSIS):
1. Structure: 2 Quatrains and 2 couplets, Rhyme Scheme - ABCB ABAB ABBB, Meter - Iambic Trimeter, Punctuation: Quotation mark, period, comma, hypen
2. Speaker: Hope is like a bird, Audience: It is what inside of us
3. Figurative Language: Similes (none), Metaphors (Hope is the thing with feathers)
4. Imagery: Sight (little bird, gale, storm), Touch (little bird, chillest land), Smell (none), Hear (tune without words), Taste (none)
5. Repetition: None

ATTITUDE:

Optimistic, cheerful/cheery, gentle, lighthearted, tender, thoughtful, insightful, humble, calm, consoling, appreciative, friendly, and blissful. 

SHIFTS:

1^st Quatrain (Lines 1-4) – Talks about hope singing tunes in your soul

2^nd Quatrain (Lines 5-8) – Even in a storm nothing could embarrass the little bird

3^rd Couplet (Lines 9-10) – You can hear it in the chilliest land or the strangest sea

4^th Couplet (Lines  11-12) – Even during extremity, it will never ask a piece of me

The first two quatrains and the first couplet talks about the little bird and the wonderful tune it sings. While on the last couplet, it says that even after everything, it never asked a piece of me. Meaning that the bird never asking you to change or give up something.

TITLE:

This poem is about hope but she portrait hope as a bird. She used a bird because birds always tries even if they have a broken wing, they try to fly because they have hope that they will fly. 

THEME:

There are 3 possible themes for this poem:
1.A bird with a broken wing doesn't give up trying.
2. Hope is the motivation and inspiration we need in life. 
3. Everyone is full of hope that sings a tune in them.

REFERENCES (AP-6)
Dickinson, E. (1861). "Hope" is the thing with feathers. Poem Hunter. Website. Retrieved from http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hope-is-the-thing-with-feathers/

Table of Contents

Five Poems by Five Poets

• Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
• "Hope" is the Thing with Feathers by Emily Dickinson
• Dreams by Langston Hughes
• The Moment by Margaret Atwood
•  Solitude by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Introduction

Hello, my name is Karen Fajardo and I am a student in Saipan Southern High School. I am a freshman and I am taking Ms. Ajoste’s English class. I am 14 years old and I am full Filipino but I was born here in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. I was born on October 29 and I have two sisters but I am the eldest. My opinion on writing is that it helps us express who we are and what we feel. Sometimes, people would read our work and be like wow that is deep or good poem when really we spilled out all our feelings in there. For example, poetry, usually we read love poems well we could write about nature or death or even about our hair because that is the beauty of writing.