I believe that every language has its own beauty in its way which many often decieve.
After getting to know what language arts is about, I suddenly realise how special English is. My language arts teacher, Mr Erik Lundberg, has certainly made a great impact on me. He made me realise that English isn't all about the boring grammer, the tough comprehensions we do etc. We need to grasp the point of language arts - the ability to love English. My teacher made me feel in this way and thus eases our pressure of language arts tests. Of course this is proven by the fact that if you love something, you will do well in it.
Another thing I learned was to improve my poetry. When I was in primary school, I used to write poems in my poetry book just to express the feelings and thoughts that were going through my mind. After a couple of lessons, I learned how to analyze poems and therefore write better poems. I love writing poems and is grateful that Language Arts in Hwa Chong has given me the opportunity to enchance my love for poetry.
Digging
Q2.
a) Soil
b) finding valuables in the ground
c) Treasure hunt
d) memories of the past
e) worms
f) digging a hole for a deceased person to rest in peace
Q4.
The repition of 'Between my finger and my Thumb,the squat pen rests' - repition works well in the poem.
The fact that brings the poem to a whole new level as there is a hidden meaning which needs to be interpretated.
Q5.
Run-on-lines:
My father, digging, I look down (2nd stanza, last line)
Till his straining rump among the flowerbeds (3rd stanza, first line)
Similes:
snug as a gun
Alliteration:
spade sinks
gravelly ground
curt cuts
Onomatopoeia:
Rasping
Sloppily
Slicing
Squelch
Slap
Soggy
Symbolism:
Living roots --> Thoughts
Pen --> Writer
Q6.
Digging
Spade
Gravelly ground
Potato drills
Heaving sods
Soggy peat
Q8.
The author knows that he does not have the accquired skill to be a farmer but believe that he have a better career as a writer. Working with the land has always been a tradition in the family. He has broken this chain but is determined to be successful in the path that he chooses.
Q9.
a) Poet
b) Everyone
c) Sincere
d) Sincere
e) run-on-lines makes you want to read the poem on and on.
f) Makes it easier to read
Q10.
I appreciate the poem as it was written well. It tell the story of the author's family. The poem emphasizes on what farming was all about and therefore makes us feel frustrated due to the fact that the author did not have the skills to follow his father's footsteps. The one thing that I liked about this poem was that it makes us read again and again. It keeps our mind thinking on what the poem is about,how does the pen relate to this poem and why they emphasized on farming etc.
a) Soil
b) finding valuables in the ground
c) Treasure hunt
d) memories of the past
e) worms
f) digging a hole for a deceased person to rest in peace
Q4.
The repition of 'Between my finger and my Thumb,the squat pen rests' - repition works well in the poem.
The fact that brings the poem to a whole new level as there is a hidden meaning which needs to be interpretated.
Q5.
Run-on-lines:
My father, digging, I look down (2nd stanza, last line)
Till his straining rump among the flowerbeds (3rd stanza, first line)
Similes:
snug as a gun
Alliteration:
spade sinks
gravelly ground
curt cuts
Onomatopoeia:
Rasping
Sloppily
Slicing
Squelch
Slap
Soggy
Symbolism:
Living roots --> Thoughts
Pen --> Writer
Q6.
Digging
Spade
Gravelly ground
Potato drills
Heaving sods
Soggy peat
Q8.
The author knows that he does not have the accquired skill to be a farmer but believe that he have a better career as a writer. Working with the land has always been a tradition in the family. He has broken this chain but is determined to be successful in the path that he chooses.
Q9.
a) Poet
b) Everyone
c) Sincere
d) Sincere
e) run-on-lines makes you want to read the poem on and on.
f) Makes it easier to read
Q10.
I appreciate the poem as it was written well. It tell the story of the author's family. The poem emphasizes on what farming was all about and therefore makes us feel frustrated due to the fact that the author did not have the skills to follow his father's footsteps. The one thing that I liked about this poem was that it makes us read again and again. It keeps our mind thinking on what the poem is about,how does the pen relate to this poem and why they emphasized on farming etc.
Limericks
1 Stp Klosr:
I find the answers aren't so clear,
Wish I could find a way to disappear.
All these thoughts they make no sense
and I found bliss in ignorance.
I'm trapped in a state of fear. xD
Fading away:
I used to be lovedrunk,
But now our love has sunk
We met by a coincidence,
but fell out of confidence.
Well, I was just starstruck (:
War:
You've got a plan,
and it's time to defend.
The war is coming,
the enemies are marching,
and we have got to fight like men.
I find the answers aren't so clear,
Wish I could find a way to disappear.
All these thoughts they make no sense
and I found bliss in ignorance.
I'm trapped in a state of fear. xD
Fading away:
I used to be lovedrunk,
But now our love has sunk
We met by a coincidence,
but fell out of confidence.
Well, I was just starstruck (:
War:
You've got a plan,
and it's time to defend.
The war is coming,
the enemies are marching,
and we have got to fight like men.
Poem-analysis
Walking Away
C Day-Lewis
2)Sadness, Something bad is happen, All grown-up, not help someone else, frustration, someone leaving from a place
4) 'Your first game of football, then, like a satellite
Wrenched from its orbit, go drifting away' 'Into a wilderness, the gait of one
Who finds no path where the path should be' 'That hesitant figure, eddying away
Like a winged seed loosened from its parent stem' 'I have had worse partings, but none that so Gnaws at my mind still'
5)similes, metaphors and symbolism
6)The first three stanzas talk about the speed of growth of human being and the last stanza talks about the love that slowly fades away.
7)This poems shows the the way in which humans are- emotions are changed as a child, a teenager and an adult.
8)How people grow up too fast and emotions are changing. Th poet writes about how his child grows up in the blink of an eye.
9a) poet
9b)The poet himself reflects and states a fact about human beings.
9c)The speaker tries to feel sad while reading the poem.
9d)The poet was feeling sad and expressed his sadness to his audience.
9e) It is to show the readers the sequence of life. From a smaill child to an adult.
9f) I would be able to understand the way human being are more.
C Day-Lewis
2)Sadness, Something bad is happen, All grown-up, not help someone else, frustration, someone leaving from a place
4) 'Your first game of football, then, like a satellite
Wrenched from its orbit, go drifting away' 'Into a wilderness, the gait of one
Who finds no path where the path should be' 'That hesitant figure, eddying away
Like a winged seed loosened from its parent stem' 'I have had worse partings, but none that so Gnaws at my mind still'
5)similes, metaphors and symbolism
6)The first three stanzas talk about the speed of growth of human being and the last stanza talks about the love that slowly fades away.
7)This poems shows the the way in which humans are- emotions are changed as a child, a teenager and an adult.
8)How people grow up too fast and emotions are changing. Th poet writes about how his child grows up in the blink of an eye.
9a) poet
9b)The poet himself reflects and states a fact about human beings.
9c)The speaker tries to feel sad while reading the poem.
9d)The poet was feeling sad and expressed his sadness to his audience.
9e) It is to show the readers the sequence of life. From a smaill child to an adult.
9f) I would be able to understand the way human being are more.
Life Poem
We're breakin the wind,
cause it ain't gonna guide us through.
Don't ever do a sin,
and get out before the waves crashes,
'cause your in the shadow of doubt.
I wrote this poem to express what I feel about life. We should work hard for our goals and succeed in life. The word 'wind' on the first line is just like life. There are ups and downs in life, and the wind blows at any direction. We have to step up with the challenges and be independent. It is the will that shatters the thoughts of the mind.
The second half of the poems tell us that we should not do bad to our world, and thus think before you act. The law isn't always right, but we have to alter the path the water goes in the river of life.
cause it ain't gonna guide us through.
Don't ever do a sin,
and get out before the waves crashes,
'cause your in the shadow of doubt.
I wrote this poem to express what I feel about life. We should work hard for our goals and succeed in life. The word 'wind' on the first line is just like life. There are ups and downs in life, and the wind blows at any direction. We have to step up with the challenges and be independent. It is the will that shatters the thoughts of the mind.
The second half of the poems tell us that we should not do bad to our world, and thus think before you act. The law isn't always right, but we have to alter the path the water goes in the river of life.
Poem about primary school life
I visioned those memories,
with all the voices mistaken.
It tears down my pride,
and keeps me all night awaken.
I remember those days,
full of flaws and sadness.
Crying just didn't help,
and I was all alone helpless.
I was all alone in the dark,
no-one even helped.
I was all stuck,
and the world of mine just seemed so small.
My life hasn't even reached a fraction,
yet I felt like the world was falling apart.
I constantly wrote in my lactrum,
and expressed my feelings in it.
Then, my life took a major turn.
Words couldn't simply describe it.
The river of my life had shown,
and it flowed fast, really fast.
Fire ignited my heart,
and ignited my soul.
Just like a draft,
I was soon getting close to the right picture of life.
It was the start of a whole new journey,
the start of a teenager life.
I saw saw the light coming out of the darkness,
and felt a sense to strive.
It was the time to shatter those old memories,
a huge shoutout to the world.
You could say I was a dreamer,
but now those thoughts of yours can now be hurled.
Those impossible dreams were like candle lights that lit,
drowning out all those fears.
Embracing the future,
It just felt so right.
Time will tell.
The future awaits me.
But I know for now,
I am set free.
with all the voices mistaken.
It tears down my pride,
and keeps me all night awaken.
I remember those days,
full of flaws and sadness.
Crying just didn't help,
and I was all alone helpless.
I was all alone in the dark,
no-one even helped.
I was all stuck,
and the world of mine just seemed so small.
My life hasn't even reached a fraction,
yet I felt like the world was falling apart.
I constantly wrote in my lactrum,
and expressed my feelings in it.
Then, my life took a major turn.
Words couldn't simply describe it.
The river of my life had shown,
and it flowed fast, really fast.
Fire ignited my heart,
and ignited my soul.
Just like a draft,
I was soon getting close to the right picture of life.
It was the start of a whole new journey,
the start of a teenager life.
I saw saw the light coming out of the darkness,
and felt a sense to strive.
It was the time to shatter those old memories,
a huge shoutout to the world.
You could say I was a dreamer,
but now those thoughts of yours can now be hurled.
Those impossible dreams were like candle lights that lit,
drowning out all those fears.
Embracing the future,
It just felt so right.
Time will tell.
The future awaits me.
But I know for now,
I am set free.
Bleed It Out
Verse 1)
Yea here we go for the hundredth time,
Hand grenade pins in every line,
Throw 'em up and let something shine.
Going out of my freaking mind.
Filthy mouth, no excuse.
Find a new place to hang this noose.
String me up from atop these roofs.
Knot it tight so I won't get loose.
Truth is you can stop and stare,
bled myself out and no one cares.
Dug a trench out, laid down there
With a shovel up out to reach somewhere.
Yeah someone pour it in,
Make it a dirt dance floor again.
Say your prayers and stomp it out,
When they bring that chorus in.
1)Metaphors are used in this verse as it brings in some unusual elements which has an indepth meaning to the whole verse. I believe this verse has a double meaning. One in which that implies that one cannot escape the dangers in life and the other about violence or death.
Most lines like ' with a shovel up out to reach somewhere' and ' string me up from atop these roofs ' shows death. There are many dangers and thus it could lead to death. Some of the lines talk about war, just like the first four lines in the verse. I'm guessing that these four lines are about the politicants trying to solved problem ongoing in their countries. I assume they are under tremendous stress and are going insane.
I am guessing the reason why the songwriter wrote using Metaphors is that he wanted to add a twist to this verse. He wanted to make it seem extraordinary so poeple would have different thoughts about it. Some people would have thought this song was made without any meaning, and some pondered on what the song was even talking about.
2)I like this whole verse as I find it a very special one. Normall poets would have written their poems in an emotional or an expressive way. However, this verse had random elements in it which makes it really hard for people to understand what the lyrics mean. The writer of this song would certainly have thought in a frustrated manner and wrote all the thoughts that went through his mind. Therefore, I like this verse due to the fact that it is unique.
Verse 1)
Yea here we go for the hundredth time,
Hand grenade pins in every line,
Throw 'em up and let something shine.
Going out of my freaking mind.
Filthy mouth, no excuse.
Find a new place to hang this noose.
String me up from atop these roofs.
Knot it tight so I won't get loose.
Truth is you can stop and stare,
bled myself out and no one cares.
Dug a trench out, laid down there
With a shovel up out to reach somewhere.
Yeah someone pour it in,
Make it a dirt dance floor again.
Say your prayers and stomp it out,
When they bring that chorus in.
1)Metaphors are used in this verse as it brings in some unusual elements which has an indepth meaning to the whole verse. I believe this verse has a double meaning. One in which that implies that one cannot escape the dangers in life and the other about violence or death.
Most lines like ' with a shovel up out to reach somewhere' and ' string me up from atop these roofs ' shows death. There are many dangers and thus it could lead to death. Some of the lines talk about war, just like the first four lines in the verse. I'm guessing that these four lines are about the politicants trying to solved problem ongoing in their countries. I assume they are under tremendous stress and are going insane.
I am guessing the reason why the songwriter wrote using Metaphors is that he wanted to add a twist to this verse. He wanted to make it seem extraordinary so poeple would have different thoughts about it. Some people would have thought this song was made without any meaning, and some pondered on what the song was even talking about.
2)I like this whole verse as I find it a very special one. Normall poets would have written their poems in an emotional or an expressive way. However, this verse had random elements in it which makes it really hard for people to understand what the lyrics mean. The writer of this song would certainly have thought in a frustrated manner and wrote all the thoughts that went through his mind. Therefore, I like this verse due to the fact that it is unique.
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