read this poem and write another poem in response to this. The best, most creative one will be chosen for best answer.\nI just don get the term 'poem in response'.\n\nI guess DEMOCRACY'S meant to be\nJust a high flowing sound...\nCause the crackers get mad\nif I try to pin it down\n\nI guess LIBERTY"S suppose\nTo be just hope\nWhen nergoes try to make it real\nThey just look for a rope\n\nWhite fols oughn't to use \nThose fine word that way\nWhen they don't mean a thing \nThose words they say..\n\nGetting on the radio \nAbout DEMOCRACY'S star\nand herded up \nin a jim crow car\n\nSpeeches like thiers \npuzzle me.\nJutstice don't jibe\nwith a lychning tree.
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honey,that's a bit too hard.Is that really your homework?? gee..who wrote it? John Ashberry.Please tell us who wrote it.
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the sad thing about this poem is that, EVERY SINGLE WORD IS TRUE, we have been used and abused to the point of even the most placid of people now becoming anti asylum and anti immigration, or racist as some would say.\nit is time all this came to a stop, enough is enough, we are now so overcrowded that there is no longer enough resources to go round,ie, jobs, houses, schools,NHS etc, if this carries on the way it is now we will soon become a third world country ourselves, and all that we have worked for and paid into will have all been for nothing.
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Definitely try to include a little humor.  \n\nThe poem The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost might be useful to you - it can give all kinds of ideas for your speech.  You could talk about following dreams and stars, even when it is not the most usual or popular road to follow.\n\nTHE ROAD NOT TAKEN\nTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood,\nAnd sorry I could not travel both\nAnd be one traveler, long I stood\nAnd looked down one as far as I could\nTo where it bent in the undergrowth;\nThen took the other, as just as fair,\nAnd having perhaps the better claim,\nBecause it was grassy and wanted wear;\nThough as for that the passing there\nHad worn them really about the same,\nAnd both that morning equally lay\nIn leaves no step had trodden black.\nOh, I kept the first for another day!\nYet knowing how way leads on to way,\nI doubted if I should ever come back.\nI shall be telling this with a sigh\nSomewhere ages and ages hence:\nTwo roads diverged in a wood, and I-\nI took the one less traveled by,\nAnd that has made all the difference.
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Basically it is a poem of 5 lines and must have a set number of syllables\nThe normaly set is a 5 7 5 7 7 ( each number being the number of sylables in each line)\n\nThese sorces will help
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i made this up just for your question.\nso please let me know what you think.\nConsequences...\n\nLife free as a bird\nor as a dog in a cage\nthe result becomes clear\nthe more that we age\n\nmaybe they're wrong\nmaybe they're right\nthese choices we make\nevery day and every night\n\nConsequences are there\nweither they're good or bad\nwe made the choice\nis the result happy or sad\n\nremember this please\nin the mind's book\nconsequences happen\njust take a look
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ok i dont really know what this poem means but i can help you figure it out: do a TP CASTT.\nT--Title (read title and nothing more)\nP--Poem Paraphrase (read the poem and paraphrase)\nC--Connotations (find extra meanings in addition to literal meanings)\nA--Attitude/Allusions (how is the poem expressed?/what is historical or subtle about it?)\nS--Symbols (what is symbolic about the poem?)\nT--Tone and THeme (what theme does the tone express and what is the theme--universal)\nT--Title (what does it really mean?)\n\nOr try SIFT method:\nS--Symbols\nI--Imagery\nF--Figures of Speech\nT--Tone/THeme\n\nHope this helps!!!\n~~~Shane Good
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A real eye opener that chills you right to the bone. A harsh reminder why those sickos need to be stopped.\nIF this poem is regarding your own life then please seek help. Don't be afraid to tell someone, a teacher, a doctor, even a trusted aunt or other relative. They WILL take you seriously and something WILL be done. Telling someone and making it stop is surely better than continuing life as you are now.
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Poetry is good.\n\nPoetry by Walt Whitman is good.\n\nThis reply to "your letter" is good.\n\nAny discussion about the meaning and intent of a poem's author is good. It would also be good to try to write a similar poem.\n\nWhat is it you are really asking? Are you the author of "your letter" or this reply?
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sorry, i searched poetry sites,quotation sites, by author,firstlines,subject. best i can think of is contact nearest university library or professor of lit. wish you luck, it sounds like a really heartfelt poem. sure wish i knew it.
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Hmm, which poems are they, out of curiousity? Feel free to email them to me and I may be able to write you back their explanations. I have always enjoyed the study of poetry.\n\nOr, try searching Yahoo or Google for the poem titles and explanations - like "Death Be Not Proud explanation." Also, try out wikipedia.org. Many poems are listed on that encyclopedic site (along with many other things), and you should have no trouble finding the poems on there and their meanings.\n\nBest of luck to you. :)
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And there are so many other oddities and absurdities about the English language.  I love sharing this poem ....\n\nWhen the English tongue we speak\nWhy is break not rhymed with freak?\nWill you tell me why it’s true\nWe say sew, but likewise few?\nAnd the maker of a verse,\nCannot rhyme his horse with worse?\nBeard is not the same as heard,\nCord is different from word,\nCow is cow, but low is low,\nShoe is never rhymed with foe.\nThink of hose and dose and lose,\nAnd think of goose and yet of choose,\nThink of comb and tomb and bomb,\nDoll and roll and home and some.\nAnd since pay is rhymed with say,\nWhy not paid with said I pray?\nThink of blood and food and good;\nMould is not pronounced like could.\nWherefore done, but gone and lone -\nIs there any reason known?\nTo sum up all, it seems to me\nSounds and letters don’t agree.\n\nAnd also the poem at this link.
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www.alleyezonme.com/poetry/index.phtml\n\nLiberty Needs Glasses  \n \nexcuse me but lady liberty needs glasses\nand so does mrs justice by her side\nboth the broads r blind as bats\nstumbling thru the system\njustice bumbed into mutulu and\ntrippin on geronimo pratt\nbut stepped right over oliver\nand his crooked partner ronnie\njustice stubbed her big toe on mandela\nand liberty was misquoted by the indians\nslavery was a learning phase\nforgotten with out a verdict\nwhile justice is on a rampage\n4 endangered surviving black males\ni mean really if anyone really valued life\nand cared about the masses\ntheyd take em both 2 pen optical\nand get 2 pair of glasses \n \n\nWhen Ure Hero Falls  \n \nwhen your hero falls from grace\nall fairy tales r uncovered\nmyths exposed and pain magnified\nthe greatest pain discovered\nu taught me 2 be strong\nbut im confused 2 c u so weak\nu said never 2 give up\nand it hurts 2 c u welcome defeat\nwhen ure hero falls so do the stars\nand so does the perception of tomorrow\nwithout my hero there is only\nme alone 2 deal with my sorrow\nyour heart ceases 2 work\nand your soul is not happy at all\nwhat r u expected 2 do\nwhen ure only hero falls \n \n\nJada  \n \nu r the omega of my heart\nthe foundation of my conception of love\nwhen i think of what a black woman should be\nits u that i first think of\n\nu will never fully understand\nhow deeply my heart feels 4 u\ni worry that we'll grow apart\nand i'll end up losing u\n\nu bring me 2 climax without sex\nand u do it all with regal grace\nu r my heart in human form\na friend i could never replace \n \nIn The Depths of Solitude  \n \ni exist in the depths of solitude\npondering my true goal\ntrying 2 find peace of mind\nand still preserve my soul\nconstantly yearning 2 be accepted\nand from all receive respect\nnever comprising but sometimes risky\nand that is my only regret\na young heart with an old soul\nhow can there be peace\nhow can i be in the depths of solitude\nwhen there r 2 inside of me\nthis duo within me causes\nthe perfect oppurtunity\n2 learn and live twice as fast\nas those who accept simplicity \n \n\n\nAnd 2Morrow  \n \n\nToday is filled with anger\nfueled with hidden hate\nscared of being outcast\nafraid of common fate\nToday is built on tragedies\nwhich no one wants 2 face\nnightmares 2 humanities\nand morally disgraced\nTonight is filled with rage\nviolence in the air\nchildren bred with ruthlessness\nbecause no one at home cares\nTonight I lay my head down\nbut the pressure never stops\nknawing at my sanity\ncontent when I am dropped\nBut 2morrow I c change\na chance 2 build a new\nBuilt on spirit intent of Heart\nand ideals\nbased on truth\nand tomorrow I wake with second wind\nand strong because of pride\n2 know I fought with all my heart 2 keep my\ndream alive\n \n \n\n\nFallen Star  \n \n\nThey could never understand\nwhat u set out 2 do\ninstead they chose 2\nridicule u\nwhen u got weak\nthey loved the sight\nof your dimming\nand flickering starlight\nHow could they understand what was so intricate\n2 be loved by so many, so intimate\nthey wanted 2 c your lifeless corpse\nthis way u could not alter the course\nof ignorance that they have set\n2 make my people forget\nwhat they have done for much 2 long\n2 just forget and carry on\nI had loved u forever because of who u r\nand now I mourn our fallen star \n \n \n\n\nAmbition Over Adversity  \n \n\nTake one's adversity\nLearn from their misfortune\nLearn from their pain\nBelieve in something\nBelieve in yourself\nTurn adversity into ambition\nNow blossom into wealth\n \n \n\n\nThe Rose that Grew from Concrete  \n \n\nDid you hear about the rose that grew\nfrom a crack in the concrete? \nProving nature's law is wrong it \nlearned to walk with out having feet. \nFunny it seems, but by keeping it's dreams,\nit learned to breathe fresh air. \nLong live the rose that grew from concrete\nwhen no one else ever cared.\n \n \n\n\nI Cry  \n \n\nSometimes when I
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My goodness.   This is a very interesting poem about how we are lied to throughout our lives and have to deal with those facts.  It would fit astonishingly well into any media studies course and am glad to have read it.  Tis true that Walter Raleigh was in Queen Elizabeth's command and was held in the tower.  The first respondant had excellent points, but after that... there were few comments that made sense.  Sorry folks.\n\nIt is most assuredly not about SEX!!  Except that we might lie to get it.  The point is that lies are imbedded into our very framework.  We cannot speak a truth.  Wit does get tiresome.  Beauty is used for naught.  There is nothing that is singularly GOOD- and Raleigh discovers it with a lovely cadence.  The repeptitive nature of "Tell them the lie" can be seen as a stab at church and country, but it goes deeper than than.  He mocks consumers and landowners.  Everyone is lying and he knows it.\n\nWhat I mean is simple that when people attempt to define something by using Good or Bad, they are intrinsically wrong.\n\nI hope you do well in your life and take the time to read lots of poetry.
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Betrayal\n  \n If a man says half himself in the light, adroit\nWay a tune shakes into equilibrium,\nOr approximates to a note that never comes:\n\nSays half himself in the way two pencil-lines\nFlow to each other and softly separate,\nIn the resolute way plane lifts and leaps from plane:\n\nWho knows what intimacies our eyes may shout,\nWhat evident secrets daily foreheads flaunt,\nWhat panes of glass conceal our beating hearts?\n\n\nA.S.J. Tessimond\n\nhere's a site for classic betrayal poetry by classic poets:\nhttp://www.eliteskills.com/classics.php
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hm..\nthis poem sounds pretty straightforward, but yes i think there are deeper meanings.\n\nThe impact that parents can have on their children is heavily emphasized -- The speaker feels this strong need to be cared for and held by her mother. In turn, she expresses some inherent dependence on parental figures, especially by her last thoughts (which we are supposed to believe are her last thoughts, although it could actually just be due to her panicked state of mind). \n\nAnother more overarching message I see in this poem is that everyone's actions affect everyone else in some way. This girl is losing her life at the expense of another's senseless enjoyment.  In the girl's case, her father's advice influenced herself so that she would make the "healthy choice." It's implied that the drunk guy may have been influenced to do the same (not drink and drive)-- had his parents told him or even so, had he listened. In the end, it's clear that his choice affected her own life by taking it away.
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Awesome poem! I like the way it flows, and how you put feeling into the poem. Kick-A**-Tic. Let me know if you write any more. ROCK ON!!
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I know that this is not what you were looking for but maybe it could help you with your essay?\nhttp://www.finchpark.com/arts/poems/poems.htm