Tuesday, February 23, 2010

I will be using this blog to publish my poems for my High School Graduation Project. Each poem has a tab, which can be accessed just above this post. Each poem has it's own theme and purpose, which is summarized in the post below.
Night is a poem I wrote mainly to experiment with rhyme scheme; the rhyme scheme is ABCAC. Night captures a moment of apprehensiveness in the night-time forest.
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Words I wrote in an attempt to describe how I write. I was trying to explore where the words actually come from when they are written.
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Looking-Glass describes an heirloom that has been passed through our family for several generations.
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Gor was a poem written to work with personification. I chose to focus on one of the most common and relatable emotions.
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My Heart uses imagery to describe heartbreak.
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Storm is in the style of a Shakespearean Sonnet. It tells the story of a tiny tugboat caught in a vicious storm through the eyes of an onlooker.
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poSSeSSiveneSS describes the feeling of being owned by someone else against your will. All of the S's in the poem increase in frequency and are capitolized.
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