Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Poetry Madness: Game 7!

Read Game 7 poems. Answer each question below. Remember to explain WHY you chose the winner based on poet's craft (rhyme, line breaks, punctuation, simile/metaphor, word choice, repetition) AND your personal connection to the meaning. Don't forget to write with M.I.N.T.S.!


Your post needs to include the following:
1. What is the meaning of the first poem? (Summarize in one sentence)

2. What is the meaning of the second poem? (Summarize in one sentence)

3. Based on the criteria, which poem did you choose and WHY?

 ***Please tell me everything you think, but use your best writing. 


Here is an example of proficient writing:

The first poem, Do You Carrot All For Me?, is about someone who wants to get married. The person keeps using his favorite foods to describe how much he loves her, and what their life is going to be like. 

The second poem, The Castle in the Fire, is  telling a story about a knight fighting a dragon to save a princess. This story is really thrilling with a lot of fighting.

I liked Do You Carrot All For Me? because even though it had no rhyme scheme, it used funny little food jokes to paint a picture in your mind. Also, it makes you smile a little bit. I also like it because the author used metaphors between foods and face features. For example, he says she has "radish" hair instead of "reddish" hair.

37 comments:

  1. Life Dosen't Frighten me is about how life doesn't frighten him by writing a poem about everything that doen't frighten him.

    Some One is about some one knocking on a persons door and she does not know whom that someone is.

    I liked Life Doesn't Frighten Me because it had a great rhyme scheme,great remarks about what doesn't frighten him at all,and lastly I liked all of the scary things that he was afraid of.

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  2. The first poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, was about somebody saying that they are not afraid of life and they say all of the scary things that don't scare them.

    The second poem, Some One, was about somebody who didn't know who knocked on the door. They looked and looked but they couldn't find out who was knocking.

    I chose Life Doesn't Frighten Me because the character stated what scary things people are afraid of that the character wasn't afriad of.

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  3. The first poem, Some One, is about someone who hears a knock on his/her door in the middle of the night and never finds out who did it. The second poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a girl who explains what might frighten a kid but says that none of those things frighten her. In my opinion I think Life Doesn't Frighten Me because of it's imagery. For example, when it says ,shadows on the wall noises down the hall life doesn't frighten me at all," I see dancing shadows and a little girl lying down like she is not afraid at all.

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  4. The first poem,Some One, is about a person that thinks that somebody knocked on his door but when he went outside there wasn't anybody there. The second poem,Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a girl saying that life doesn't scare her at all. I vote for Life Doesn't Frighten Me because it had a awesome rhyme scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJKKLLMNNOOPP.

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  5. The first poem, life Doesn't Frighten Me is about somebody saying no matter what she sees it doesn't frighten her at all. I like how this poem rhymes with stuff that could be scary.

    The second poem, Some One is about some one who opened their door because they heard something and she doesn't know who came knocking and saying what animals could have done it. I like this poem because it has words and animals that rhyme.

    I think the winner is Life Doesn't Frighten me because I like how the person is brave and naming all of the scary things that she is not afraid of. The rhyme scheme is AAABBA.

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  6. The first poem, Some One, is about a boy who is sure he heard someone knocking at the door, but when he goes to open the door, there is no one there after all. But, there is the pretty sounds of nature.

    The second poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a kid explaining all the things that aren't scary, and making other kids scared with them. The kid is convinced that life doesn't scare him.

    I chose Life Doesn't Frighten me because it has a rhyme scheme that goes, AAA BB A, and so on except with different letters. The author also uses imagery to see what's happening. For example: the poem says, "I go boo, make them shoo." It also uses repetition. For example: the poem says, "life doesn't frighten me at all."

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  7. The first poem, Some One, is about a person who opens the front door and there's nothing there but the animals in the forest. Also the dark night.


    The second poem, Life Doesn't Frighten me, is about a girl that is not afraid of anything. Shes just really really brave.


    The winner is ... Life doesn't Frighten me. I really like it because it has a rhyme scheme which is AABBCC. It was so good how she did so many examples.

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  8. The poem, Some One, is about a guy that hear somebody noking on his door. When he goes to answer it nobody is there. In my head I could imagine the guy sitting there and somebody noked on his door and nobody was there.





    The poem, Life Does Not Frighten Me, is about a girl that has had a lot of scary thing happin to her. And nothing really scares her any more.


    I chose.......Life does Not Frighten Me because I like how the author gave so many examples of how the girl was not scared at all.

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  9. The first poem,Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about someone that who is naming things things that are scary and say that they don't frighten her.

    The second poem,Some One, is about someone who is scared and hears noises that make her even more scared but she tries to be brave.

    I chose Life Doesn't Frighten Me.I chose that poem because liked the repetition and how brave the girl sounds in the poem.I also liked how simple it is but still a little bit long.I really liked this poem.

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  10. The first poem,Some One, Is about someone who knocked on someones door and someone did not know who it was.
    The second poem, Life does not Frighten Me, Is about a person that will not admit that life frightens her.
    I picked, Life does not Frighten Me, because it had repetition like life does not frighten me at all.

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  11. The first poem, Some One, is about a person who hears a knock on their door and looks out but no one is is there.
    The second poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a person who is explaining all the things that might scare you, but not her. The author uses a rhyme scheme: AAA BB A CC.
    I think that the winner is, Life Doesn't Frighten Me. The reason I chose this poem is because it reminds me of the time that my brother thought that he wasn't afraid of anything. Another reason I chose this poem is that it has great repetition. One more reason is that I love the way that the author uses,"Big ghosts in a cloud."

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  12. The first poem, Some One, is about a person who is lonely.Who thinks he hears a knock on his door, so he goes to open it and all he sees is nature. Then he realized he was just hearing outside.

    The second poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a little girl who was scared of everything and then she grew up to be not scared and she learned to be brave.

    I chose the poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, I chose this poem because it had imagary that made you feel like you were there.

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  13. The first poem,Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about someone who is telling all the things that scare you. But they aren't scared of any of that stuff.

    The second poem,Some One, is about somebody who was at their house and they heard knocking on their door.They opened the door but nobody was there.

    I liked Some one because I liked the concept of the story and I loved the imagery for Some one.

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  14. The first poem,Life Doesn't Frighten Me,is about how the character is saying stuff that doesn't frighten him

    The second poem,Some One,is about a guy answering the door ,but no one is there.Except the cricket an owl and a beetle.

    I think the winner is, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, because I like how the writer give examples for how nothing frightens him. The rhyme scheme AAABBACCADDA

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  15. The first poem,Some One,is about a kid who lives in a small house with a wee small door.One night somebody knocks at the door and the kid comes to answer it,but nobody is there,so she would never know who came knocking at her door that lonely night.

    The second poem,Life Doesn't Frighten Me,is about a girl who has a magic charm that makes her impossible to scare and she states every situation that somebody tried to scare her,but she would never get scare.

    I chose Life Doesn't Frighten Me because it tells about how she never gets scared no matter what happens because she has a magic charm.Also,I made a connection with the poem because one time I read a story about how a girl had a magic charm.It had good imagery because it made a mental movie in your head like you are there.

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  16. Some one is about a man who is at his house and hears a knock at his door but no one is there :( and all there is the dark its self.Life doesn't Frighten Me at All is about a girl who is not afraid and she can do any thing. I like ,Life doesn't Frighten Me at All, because well in my opinion I think it is kind of trying to give you courage.Also it gives rhyme scheme example, AA BB CC DD

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  17. The first poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about is about girl saying all the things that don't frighten her and if they do frighten her they are in her dreams.
    The second poem, Some One, is about some one who came knocking at the door and the person who should open the door stars to explain why they should open it.
    I choose the poem Life Doesn't Frighten Me because it is about a little girl telling everyone that she not afraid of any thing and if it does it is in her dreams. Also, I the author repetition by using the word all a lot in the poem. The author also he used a the rhyme scheme AAA, BB, A, CC, A, DD, A, EE ect.

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  18. The first poem,Some One, is about how a beetle comes nocking on a door because the beetle is scared of a owl.
    The other poem,Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about boy or girl saying life doesn't frighten me and how she is not afraid.
    The poem who should win should be Life Doesn't Frighten Me because I like how it repets the title again and agian.

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  19. The first poem, Life does not Frighten Me, Is about a kid who explains that lions,dragons,and stuff do not frighten him.

    The poem,Some One, Is about someone saying that they heard someone knocking on the door.

    In my opinion Life Does Not Frighten Me Is the winner. I picked this poem, because I like the imagery. I also picked this poem, because they did a good job describing all the things that might scare kids at night.

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  20. The first poem,some one, was about a girl who hears scary noises and it frightens her even more than before.

    The second poem,Life doesnt frighten me, was about a girl saying that nothing frightens her. I chose this poem because it was a great and entertaining story.

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  21. CARTER RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!April 2, 2014 at 11:45 AM

    Life Doesn't Frighten Me is about a guy who is explaining that life doesn't frighten him at all. ( hence the name )

    Some One is about a guy who hears some one knocking on his door and then he opens it and no one is there except the sounds of the night.

    I choose Life Doesn't Frighten Me because I like how he say nothing frightens him and that he is brave. I like the way it goes ABBACCADDAEEA ect.

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  22. The first poem, Some One, is about a boy who hears someone knocking on the door but it is just a beetle.

    The second poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a girl saying that life doesn't frighten me at all and she gave a lot of reason why.

    I chose as the winner, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, because I like how the girl gave many reasons why life doesn't frighten her at all. Also I like that the author stated the title a lot in the poem and she entered after every reason. That is why I chose as the winner Life Doesn't Frighten Me.

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  23. The first poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a kid and scary things are all around him and he's saying Tough guys fight all alone in the night life doesn't frighten me at all.

    The second poem, Some One, is about who here's a knock at his door in the night opens the door and no one is there.

    My favorite pom was Life Doesn't frighten me because the said things can can frighten people but this kid is saying it doesn't frighten me.

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  24. The first poem, Life dosen't frighten me at all, is about a person talking about all of these different things in the world but they are not frightened or scared of anything.
    The second poem, Some One, is about someone talking about what is going on around them and what is happening.
    I choose Life dosen't frighten me at all because it is really cool how the title says it after every few lines and that it has the rhyme scheme AAABBACCA and so on which makes it fun to read.

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  25. Life Doesn't Frighten Me is about a kid who is telling us that life doesn't frighen him. Dragons, mother goose, or even lions.
    Some One is about someone saying that they heard someone knocking on the door.He is very sure that someone was there.
    I choose Life Doesn't Frighten Me because it is a great children story. It also has some great imagery.

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  26. Some One was about someone knocking on a door at night but then leaving before the person came to the door. Life Doesn't frighten Me is about someone saying that nothing frightens him or her. Some One is the poem I liked most because it was kind of strange and I thought that was interesting. The writer had the poem rhyme and I thought the writer painted a picture of the forest well.

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  27. The first poem,Life Doesn't Frighten Me,is about how a girl isn't frightened by all the scary things people might be scared of in life.

    The second poem,Some One,is about how a kid thinks he hears something at the door,but figures out it's just animal noises.

    I chose Some One because it tells a funny story about how a kid thinks there's someone at the door,but really it's just noises outside.Also, the writer used rhyme scheme which is ABABetc.

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  28. The first poem, Life Does Not Frighten Me, is about a little boy saying life does not frighten me. This poem a ton of different rhyme schemes

    The second poem, Someone, is about a person who comes knocking and runs away. Then a person comes and nothings there.

    In my opinion, Life Does Not Frighten Me is the winner. I picked it because I like the boys imagination. Also he is scared of nothing.

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  29. The fist one, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about everything in life that doesn't frighten this person. the second one, Some One, is about someone who is knocking on the front door and it ends up that no ones there. I choose Life Doesn't Frighten Me because I like how it says all the things in life that doesn't frighten them. The rhyme scheme is, aaa,bba,cca,dda,eeffgghha, and so on.

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  30. The first poem, Some One, is about a beetle who is scared of an Owl a knocks on the mouses door, then the mouse answers it. It also has the rhyme scheme A AABBCCCC.

    Life Doesn't frighten me is about Jesus' life and Jesus saying life doesn't frighten me .
    I choose Life Doesn't frighten me because it has a better meaning and it rhyme scheme is wall hall and alll.

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  31. The first poem, Some One, is about someone that heard a knocking at their front door, and looked out the door to see if any body was there. But there was no body there.

    The second poem is, Life doesn't Frighten Me, is about a kid who dreams about not being scared of anything. For example, it said he wasn't afraid of frogs, snakes, strangers in the dark, and all of that.

    I choose Life Doesn't Frighten Me the winner because it tells more, and the rhymes they had in that story.

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  32. The first poem,Life Doesn't Frighten me?,is about a little boy who used to be scared of things suchas, snakes,strangers,and panthers. In the poem the boy over comes his fears and tells us about his lucky charm.
    The second poem,Some One,is about some one who thinks they hear knoking at there small door. It turns out nobody is there except for the night sky,the beetles, and the screech owl.
    I choose, Life Doesn't Frighten me , as winner because I like the humor and message. The poet used great repition in the line, Life doesn't frighten me at all. This was a great poem!

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  33. The first poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a girl naming freaky things and saying that they don't scare her, she is not frightened.
    The second poem, Some One, is about a girl that hears someone knocking at her door, and she looks around and there is nothing but a small beetle, a screech owls call, and a cricket whistling.
    I chose Life Doesn't Frighten Me At All. I liked it because it makes me feel like I can be brave. I also liked the rhyme scheme. I also liked how it was really long, but really easy to understand. That is why I chose Life Doesn't Frighten Me At All.

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  34. I mean life Doesn't Frighten Me.

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  35. Life Doesn't Frigten Me is about a person explaing that things normal people are scared of he is not. The main message of this is that he is telling us that life doesn't frighten him.

    The second poem, Some One, is about a person sitting at his house one night when he hears a knock. He gets up and finds out that no one is there.

    I think Life Doesn't frighten me is better because it has better rhyme scheme. It is also better because it tells you not to give up and never be scared of anything. I think the poem Life Doesn't Frighten Me has a good chance of winning.

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  36. THE AWESOME AND AMAZING LIBBY CLAIREApril 2, 2014 at 12:01 PM

    The first poem, Some One, is about some one how thinks there was some one knocking, but is was only the busy beetle tap-tapping on the wall,etc and it was in the middle of the night but he was sure.

    The second poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about all these thing that would frighten some one usually ,but this person is trying to say that those things don't frighten them.

    The poem that I choose is Life Doesn't Frighten Me because it is sort of to telling me that there is nothing to be afraid of. The writers craft is very long:AAABBACCA,etc

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  37. The first poem,Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a kid who says he is not afraid of lion's,dragon's,and stuff like that. The second poem, Some One, is about someone saying that somebody was knocking on their door. I think the winner is Life Doesn't Frighten Me because sometimes i'm not frighten of those things. The writers craft is rhyme scheme like AAABBACCADDAEEFFGGHHAIIAJJAKKLLAMNANOPQPAAAA.

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