Friday, April 12, 2013

Poetry Madness: Final Four, Game 1

Welcome to the Final Four! You will need to read the winners of Game 1 and 2 for this round. Be sure to fill out the bracket.

Your response needs to be a paragraph with at least 3 sentences, but you do not need to summarize the meaning of the poems. Instead, your response should include the following information:

  • Which poem's meaning is more important to you?
  • What personal connection can you make?
  • Which poet's craft do you enjoy more? Poet's craft can include repetition, word choice, rhyme, simile/metaphor, etc.
 Make sure your answer is detailed and explains the three bullet points.

28 comments:

  1. Choosing Shoes has more meaning to me in many ways.

    The personal connection that I made to choosing shoes is that I can always disagree with myself about which shoes I am going to buy.

    I enjoyed how the poet used poets craft in many ways for example rhyming repetition word choice etc........

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  2. I liked Choosing shoes better because it ment that there are other people suffering the terrible disease of I-don't-know-what-shoes-to-buy syndrom.



    My connection was that my mom and I have a hard time... well choosing shoes!



    I liked how they told you each shoe tht they had to choose from. I also liked the rhymes.

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  3. Choosing Shoes meant more to me in lots of ways.

    My connection is I have a hard time choosing shoes.

    I liked the rhymes and the repetition.

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  4. I like choosing shoes better because the meaning to me is what I always do in shoe stores I am never able to decide what shoes to get.

    I connect with choosing shoes because when I was little i always would say, " i like these and these and these," and my mom would say, ' Only one pair of shoes and I could never decide.

    I love the rhyme scheme in choosing shoe and that it has no repetition.

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  5. I preferred Choosing Shoes more because I can never decide witch shoes to wear.
    I can connect to Choosing Shoes because I always have a hard time choosing shoes. I always worry about does this shoe match my outfit.
    I loved how the poet put rhymes in the shoe names. I also love how the poet came up with all the shoe names.

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  6. I think the meaning in Chosing shoes is more important to me than Mother to Son because I like how the poet names all kinds of shoes

    I can make a connection with Chosing Shoes is that every time I go shoe shopping a pick a ton of shoes and never pick the right ones.

    My favorite poem is Chosing shoes. I liked Chosing shoes best because I really like the word chose.

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  7. Choosing shoes is more important to me because I like how it names the types of shoes.


    A connection I have is it's hard for me to pick shoes.


    My favorite poem is Choosing shoes because I like the rhyme.

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  8. I like Choosing Shoes more because, i like how happy it feels. I also like the poet's craft more.

    The connection I made was that i had to choose shoes once, but it took me awhile.

    I liked choosing shoes more. I liked it more because of the poet's craft, and rhyming.

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  9. Mother to Son has more meaning to me because it is talking about the realities of life.


    I have a connection with Choosing Shoes because it is always hard to choose the right pair of shoes.


    I like Mother to Son's similes better than Choosing Shoes.

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  10. MAX :~) :~( :~I :~P :~D :~UApril 14, 2013 at 3:37 PM

    Mother to Son means more to me because it teaches a lesson and Choosing Shoes doesn't.

    I made a connection to Mother to Son because life can't be easy.

    I liked Mother to Son's word choice more than Choosing Shoes.

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  11. *****virginia*****April 14, 2013 at 4:13 PM

    The poem Choosing Shoes has more importance to me because I love shoes and the way it speaks to me is in a unique way.

    The connection that I made is that I know from experience that it is hard to pick shoes.

    I enjoy Choosing Shoes' poets craft more because I think that the word choice that the poet used was good for that poem, also the writers craft, repetition was a so so, but over all it was a great poem.





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  12. Choosing Shoes means more to me because it has more feeling to it and it shows more characteristics.

    I have a connection with Choosing Shoes because it is hard to decide which shoes you want to buy.

    I liike Choosing Shoes writers craft better because it shows rhyme, and word choice. It shows barely any repetition.

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  13. Choosing shoes means more to me because it gives good descriptions o the shoes.

    My connection with choosing shoes is some times I do not get thee shoes I want.

    I liked choosing shoes poets craft better because it has rhyme scheme of AAAB.

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  14. Choosing shoes has more meaning to me because it tells a statement about shoes and how many shoes there are.

    I can connect to choosing shoes because my mom has a lot of shoes and it is hard for me to choose my favorite one.

    I like choosing shoes better because it has better rhyming to it.

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  15. Choosing shoes has more meaning to me because I like to be the one who picks out my own shoes.

    I can connect to Choosing Shoes because my mom all ways picks out my shoes and I don't like them.

    I like choosing shoes because it has better rhyming to it

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  16. Choosing shoes has more meaning to me because the person who has to choose the shoe has a hard time.

    I have a connection with Choosing Shoes because I never figure out which shoes I want when it comes to buying them.

    Choosing Shoes has more repetition and rhyming.

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  17. Choosing Shoes has more meaning to me because I like to be the one that chooses my own shoes, and because I can't choose my shoes very easily either.

    I can connect to Choosing Shoes because I always can't figure out what shoes to buy.

    I like Choosing Shoes better because it rhymes better.

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  18. Choosing Shoes has more meaning to me because I like to pick out my own shoes

    My connection is I like all kinds of shoes.

    I like the rhyming.

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  19. Castle in the Fire has more meaning to me because I like to pretend.

    My connection is I like to pretend.

    I like that it tells a story.

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  20. Choosing Shoes has more meaning to me because every body picks out shoes.

    I made a connection because I have a really hard time picking out shoes.

    I also like that it rhymes because it gets you awake.

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  21. The poem Choosing Shoes because I like to look and pick out shoes.

    I can make a connection to Choosing Shoes because I like to pick out shoes but I can never decide on which pair to get.

    I liked the poem Choosing Shoes more because of the rhyme scheme AABC.

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  22. I have a connection with the poem Choosing Shoes. Because I like to look at all these cool shoes and talk to myself saying,"What if I could where those?"

    Choosing Shoes has more meaning to me because when I read it I remember the connection I made with it.

    Overall I pick Choosing Shoes.

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  23. The poem Life Doesn't Frighten Me has more meaning to me because I like how the poet described that even if you feel scared in life sometimes that you don't really need to be.

    I can make a connection with Life Doesn't Frighten Me because sometimes I feel scared, but I know that god is watching over me so I know that I really don't need to be scared.

    I like the poem Life Doesn't Frighten Me's poets craft because I liked the way the author used lots of repetition and described why you don't need to be scared in a really good poet friendly way.

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  24. I have connection with Castle in the Fire, it is a movie called The Holy Grill is about knights fighting and it's really FUNNY!!!!!

    Castle in the Fire has a meaning because I made the connection with it

    I pick Castle in the Fire

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  25. I can make a connection to Dust of Snow because when snow falls on me I also don't like it.

    I think Mother To Son has more meaning because it has more emotion.

    I think Dust of snow has better poets craft because there are clever rhymes and it is funny.

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  26. Choosing Shoes ment the most to me because I can really connect with this person because I can never really decide on witch pair of shoes to buy.

    I really like how this poem rhyme sceme. I really like the author laid this poem out.

    Th reason I like this poem the most is because Of all the memories the sweet funny sayings in this poem I can relate to.

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  27. I like Choosing Shoes better because I can connect to it, like when I try on lots of shoes, but can't pick which ones to buy.
    It shows lots of descriptive language.
    The poem is also one of my favorites because the poem is very cheerful.

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  28. Choosing shoes meant more meaning to me because when ever I go to the store I get some shoes but I don't know witch one to pick.

    My connection Dust to snow that one time I saw a bird fly out the trees in the snow and I thought it was an albineo snake.

    I choose Dust to snow.

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