Thursday, April 18, 2013

Poetry Madness: Final Four, Game 2

Who is going to make it to the championship game? Read your poems and respond to the following post:

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.

27 comments:

  1. I choose the Castle in the Fire because it has a happy ending that makes me feel satisfied instead of feeling like it was worth nothing.

    The next reason I chose The Castle in the Fire was because I could make a connection from a book called Ink Spell. It also talked about a fire-eater called Dust-finger and a bot named Farid that rescue's Meggie's father from the Adder-head's castle.

    It used ABCB as it's rhyme scheme.

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  2. LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEApril 18, 2013 at 1:36 PM

    I like The Castle In Fire more. I like it more because Of the poet's craft. i also like the story.

    I made a connection when he swung in to the room. I love to swing a LOT.

    The Castle In Fire has no rhyme, But is very detailed.

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  3. The poem who I think should win is Roger the Dog becuase its meaning is reminds me of myself always sleepy and lazy.

    I connect with Roger becuase when I am asleep I stay sleeping and no one can wake me up.

    I liked how the author did a metaphor and the rhyme scheme was very well done.

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  4. Roger the dog is more important to me because I love dogs.


    A personal connection I have is that I have a pet dog.


    I like the rhyme in Roger the dog.

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  5. I like The castle in the fire better it has a happy ending

    I connect with Roger th dor because when I am also lazy

    I like castle in the fire because it is very detailed

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  6. Roger the Dog has more meaning to me because it reminds me of myself when I am always sleepy and lazy.

    I have a connection with Roger the Dog because I can be lazy sometimes.

    I like Roger the Dog better than The Castle in the Fire because I think that it rhymes better and it is a little funny.

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  7. Liliana Morrison:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)April 18, 2013 at 2:00 PM

    The Castle in Fire means more to me because there is another way to look at he knight in armor you can look at him at almost like God because he will always look after you, and he will keep you safe like the knight did with the girl.

    I can make a connection with Roger the Dog because the person telling the story is Roger's owner most likely, and I have dogs too.

    I like the writers craft in Roger the Dog the best because I really like how his owner is telling that Roger works so hard, but when the day is over Roger only wants to sleep. Also I like all the ways his owner tells you all the ways you can't get Roger up.

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  8. VIRGINIA**********April 18, 2013 at 2:12 PM

    The Rodger The Dog is the one I make a connection with. My connection is that I can be so lazy that I only get up for dinner and school.

    The Castle In The Fire has more meaning to me because I love how the poem is a fantasy poem and that it shows how someone is always with you.

    I like the writers craft more in The Castle In The Fire best because I think that it is so cool how the poet is saying in his writing that someone is with you.

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  9. Roger The Dog meant more to me because it reminds me of my dog and how lazy it is.

    Roger The Dog has more meaning to it because sometimes when your sick or tired you will feel like Roger The Dog.

    I like the poets craft better in Roger The Dog because it tells that people and dogs can be really lazy.

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  10. Roger The Dog means more to me because it's mor funny than The Castle In The Fire.

    I can make a connection with Roger The Dog because sometimes my dog is pretty lazy.

    I liked the poets craft in Roger The Dog because it's more funny and not all serios like The Castle In The Fire.

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  11. Roger The Dog meant more to me because the dog's owner is talking about how his dog Roger just sleeps all day, eats a little every once in a while and that Roger's owner wants him to be active and not sit around all day ,but be a regular dog for once.

    I can make a connection with the poem Roger The Dog because whenever my 2 dogs Ellie and Gus are really tired because they've been running and playing all day long they just want to stay asleep all throughout most of the afternoon, during dinner, and while they lie on the rug in my bedroom while I read before I go to bed at night.

    I liked Roger The dog because the poet rhymed a lot of words together, used lots of similes, and I liked the way the poet made me feel like I was actually there.

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  12. The Castle in the Fire means more to me because I love poem that tell fantasy story that have a happy ending.
    I can connect to The Castle in the Fire because when I was little I would listen my mom read me books about princesses.
    I like the poets craft in The Castle in the Fire because I like the word choice on how it brings in a knight and a princess.

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  13. Roger the Dog has more meaning to me because I have two dogs and they have meaning to me too.

    I have many personal connections to Roger the Dog, for example you will always find my dog Mango "cleaning her dinner dish."

    I saw a lot of poets craft in Roger the Dog for example rhyme,word choice etc.....

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  14. Castle in the Fire is important to me because i like to pretend.

    My personal connection is that I like to pretend that i am a dragon.


    I like Castle in the Fire because i like that it tells a story.

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  15. Roger the dog is more meaningful to me because I like sleepy dogs.

    My connectoin for Roger the dog is that I have three very sleepy dogs.

    I like Roger the Dog best besause I like the writers craft.

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  16. Roger the Dog has more meaning to me because it reminds me of my dogs when I read it.

    I have a connection to the poem because sometimes I like to be lazy.

    I like how it is random like it isn't a story.

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  17. Rodger the Dog has more meaning to me beacuse sleepy dogs are cute and sweet, so I like them.


    My personal connecction is that I have a cute sleepy dog too!


    I liked Rodger the Dog because it had clever ryhmes, and had no repetition. I also like it because it is descriptive.

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  18. Roger The Dog meant more to me because it is about a dog and I used to have one named Simon.

    I can connect with Roger The Dog because I am always tired but I don't act like I am, and I am a bit lazy when it comes to activity.

    I liked the rhyme scheme in Roger The Dog.

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  19. The Castle in the Fire has more meaning to me because it is like God is the prince trying to save us. We just have to trust him and wait for our king to come and rescue us.


    I can make a connection with Rodger the Dog because my dog is really LAZY. All he does all day is sleep and lay in the sun.


    I like the words better in the Castle in the Fire. I love all of the cute fantasy words like knight, prince, princess, ect.

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  20. The poem that was more meaningful to me was The Castle in the Fire because it was very old timing and reminded me as an old fashioned story or folk tale.

    I can make a connection with Roger the Dog because Roger is very lazy and so is my brother's dog, DUFFY.

    I liked Roger the dog better because of its choice of words for rhyme scheme and all the similes in it.

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  21. the Castle in the Fire has the most meaning to me because I really like fariy tale like stories. I like this because it gives me a good feeling and a good picture in my mind.

    I had a connection with this poem because this poem shows a lot of character and a old timey feeling that I have when ever I am reading a fairy tale.

    I really liked how this poem rhymed. I really love this poem and how this poem effect's me in my fairy tale life.

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  22. I think Roger the Dog has the most meaning to me because I have a dog too.

    I have a connection because my dog is kind of lazy and loves to sleep on my bed. She runs away from me when I do a handstand.

    I like Roger the Dog's writer's craft the best because it gave feeling to me and it rhymed kind of like the poems I write.

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  23. The Castle In The fire isa really good poem I like a good dragon fight.

    Roger in Roger The Dog is very lazy my sister is also very lazy, so that is my connection.

    I like The Castle In the Fire because it takes me to a different world.

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  24. I think The Castle in the Fire is more important to me because you should care about others and not only yourself.

    I can make a connection to Roger the Dog because when I was born I had an old dog that was lazy and didn't want to do anyhting all day.

    I think The Castle in the Fire has better rhyming and repetition.

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  25. The Castle in Fire has more meaning to me than Roger the Dog. It has more meaning to me because it is about saving the princess.

    I have a connection with Roger the dog. My dog used to be as lazy as Roger

    I liked Roger the dog the best because if the humor Ted Hughes put into it.

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  26. I can make connection to Rodger The Dog because I sometimes am as lazy at home too.

    I think that Rodger The Dog also has more meaning because it is more detailed.

    I think Rodger The Dog has better poets craft because it has lots of details and it is very very funny.

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  27. Roger the Dog means more to me because it has more feeling in it and it uses more character.

    I have a connection with Roger the Dog because I used to have dogs, and they were just as lazy as Roger the Dog.

    I like Roger the Dog's poet's craft more because it shows, repetition, word choice, and similes /metaphors.

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