Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Poetry Madness: Elite 8, Game 1

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Now that you have read through all of the poems and chosen a winner to advance to the Elite 8, the pressure has mounted. 

Read the winners of Game 1 and Game 3.
Your comment must include three paragraphs about the following:
  1. Which poem's meaning is more important to you? 
  2. What personal connection can you make? 
  3. Which poet's craft do you enjoy more? Be sure to give examples.
    • Poet's craft can include the following:
    • repetition, imagery, personification, rhyme, alliteration, couplets, onomatopoeia, simile, metaphor, etc.

36 comments:

  1. The poem's meaning in "Casey at Bat" is really important to me because I love sports and I liked the video. In "Casey at
    Bat" I can relate to making my sports team upset with not making the team win. Finally in "Casey at Bat" I like the (AABB) rhyme scheme in the first stanza. Lastly, the personification that says, "Kill him umpire". I love "Casey at Bat."
    Mason W.

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  2. “Dust of Snow” is more important to me. The reason it’s important is because it is more realistic and it gives me a warm feeling inside.
    I can make a personal connection to,” Dust of snow.” The reason I have a connection to it is because when it starts to snow, it changes the way I feel too.
    I like the poet’s craft more for,” Casey at the Bat,” because it has a rhyme scheme of AABB and so on. I also like it because it has repetition. For example, the text says,” For Casey, mighty Casey.” I hope the poem,” Casey at the Bat,” wins.
    -Harper

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  3. “Dust of Snow” meaning is more important to me because it shows that anything can change your mood.

    I can make a personal connection with “Casey at the Bat” because I really needed to hit the ball, but I struck out.

    I like “Dust of Snow” writer's craft because it has rhyme scheme and it’s ABAB,ABAB. I choose “Dust of Snow” as my winner.
    -Miles

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  4. The poem that means more to me is “Casey At Bat” because I think it teaches a good lesson about not getting too cocky when everyone believes in you.

    I can make a personal connection to “Dust Of Snow. For example, I was outside and randomly snow fell on me from a tree. That is what happens in “Dust Of Snow.”

    I think “Casey At Bat” has the best poetry. One good alliteration line is the one where it says “A Pallor wrenched the features of the Patrons game. Over all “Casey At Bat” is the poem with the best poet's craft.



    LOCk

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  5. “Casey at the Bat” has meaning because it shows to not be a show off and try your hard The personal connection I have with Casey at the Bat is I sometimes show off and not try my hardest
    I enjoyed Casey at the Bat’s poetry to be more fun as he show’s a lot of rhyme schemes, like AA BB which I like. Casey at the bat is the clear winner . GEORGE

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  6. “Dust of Snow” is important to me because it told me to respect the world more and to look at it while you can.

    I can make a connection to “Casey at Bat” by striking out in a game when I played baseball.

    I enjoy “Dust of Snow’s” writer's craft because it has Alliteration. For example, “And saves some part.” I like Dust of snow better than “Casey at Bat.”

    -Walker

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  7. “Mother To Son” is more important to me because some people have been like the mom and been through that kind of situation and they don't want their kids to go through that and don't want them to get hurt.

    A personal connection I can make to “Casey At The Bat” is when our team was down by a couple of points in softball and I struck out when we needed those points.

    I like “Mother to Son” because it was more meaningful and I like the repetition when it goes, “Life for me ain't been so a crystal stair.
    -Lizzie

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  8. “Mother to Son” has a better lesson.I think that because the mom is telling her son that in life there are always hard moments, but if you push through it then it will get better.

    In “Casey up to Bat” I have a connection with Casey. My connection is when I struck out in softball I get embarrassed and sad.

    I like “Casey up to Bat” better because it has alliteration.For example,”curled Casey’s.” Also, it has repetition. For example, Casey’s. That is why I like “Casey up to Bat” better.

    -Sarah Fox

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  9. “Mother to Son,” has more of a meaning because a mom is telling her son not to give up. Never ever.

    “Casey at the Bat,” connection to me is that I used to play softball and I've striked out too.

    I enjoy “Mother to Son,” better because I like the imagery. I could see the crystal stair and how the mother was telling her son about not to be afraid. I also like the repetition. The repetition is “life for me ain't been no crystal stair. That is why I picked “Mother to son,” as the winner!-Tilly


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  10. “Mother to Son” means more to me. It means more to me because I have a really good relationship with my mom. Also in the story the mom tells her son not to give up and that sounds like my mom.
    I can connect to “Casey at the Bat”. I can connect to Casey because I have been in one of those moments and struck out and lost the game.
    I think “Mother to Son” is the winner. I like the word play “I’se, Ain’t, and Climbin” There for “Mother to Son” should win.

    -French

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  11. "Casey at the Bat" is more important to me because it was funny, and all I care about is getting to laugh when I read something.

    I can make a personal connection to “Casey at the Bat” because I used to play baseball, and I struck out with the bases loaded.

    I prefer the poet’s craft in “Casey at the Bat” because it was more funny, and I love the funny poems more than the thoughtful poems. I also liked the reputation for example “Kill him kill him the umpire yelled.” I think it is just the better poem Chase

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  12. ‘’Casey at the Bat’’ is more important to me. For example, I know how it feels to mess up and the players get mad. I think this meaning is more important.
    A personal connection that I can make with ‘’Dust of Snow’’ is that I love playing out in the snow. It is a good lesson that when you are mad it is always good to go outside.
    I enjoy ‘’Casey at the Bat’’ craft more. I love the rhyme scheme. For example, A,A,B,B...ect. Also, it’s alliteration. For example, ‘’Mighty Madville.’’ ‘’Casey at the Bat’’ is the best!
    -Lucy

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  13. “Casey at Bat” meaning is more important to me because I hate to lose also and the team lost their game so they probably didn’t like it either.

    I can make a personal connection to “Casey at Bat” because sometimes I think I can do something but I can’t and I try but I do it wrong.

    I enjoy “Casey at bat’” writers craft better because it rhymes unlike “dust of snow” and it has a good story to not bore the reader.
    KATE

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  14. After I read “Casey at the Bat” I thought it was a good poem to encourage you to always believe in yourself no matter if it's hard.

    I can make a connection when we were losing a basketball game by 2 points and we made the shot and got fouled and made the foul shot and won the game.

    In the poem Casey At the Bat it uses alliteration such as “a sneer curled Casey’s lip.

    I chose “Casey at the Bat” as the winner.

    Mary Windham.😁😂😁😂

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  15. “Casey At The Bat” is about a famous baseball player that strikes out.
    “Dust Of Snow” is about a person having a bad day then someone changes it.
    I think the winner is “Casey At The Bat” . It uses a rhyme scheme like aabb. It uses repetition like kill him kill him. Casey At the Bat is the clear winner.

    Byrne

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  16. I think “Dust of Snow” has a more important meaning to me because it made someone's day better.

    A personal connection I made was to “Casey at the Bat” I have been to a baseball game where the best player struck out and people got mad at the umpire.

    I enjoy the poet’s craft in “Casey at the Bat”more because I like the rhyme scheme. It is AABB.I also like the alliteration when it says’’With a smile of a Christian charity great Casey's Visage shone.”I think “Casey at Bat” is the winner!

    -wynn😊

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  17. Casey at the Bat

    CHARLIE

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  18. I have a personal connection to “Casey At The Bat”, because i play softball and i used to always strike out.
    “Casey At the Bat” has a more important meaning to me because i know what it feels like to let everyone down.
    One piece of writers craft in”Casey at the Bat” is the rhyme scheme (AABB ect.)
    I think “Casey at the Bat” is going to win!
    Carter

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  19. The meaning of “Casey at the Bat” is more important to me. I like it because it tells you not to be arrogant, boast, and try to show others that you are better than they.

    I can make a connection with “Dust of Snow” because once, snow fell off of a tree, and it fell on to me.

    I chose “Casey at the Bat” because I like it’s rhyme scheme: AABB. It has couplets like “Ten thousand eyes were on him as he rubbed his hands with dirt, Five thousand tongues applauded when he wiped them on his shirt.” ��

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  20. “Casey at the Bat '' is more important to me because I've disappointed my sports team before and was the best so that is why it's more important to me.

    “ Casey at the bat “ is more of the winner when you could say personal connection. By whenever I would show off and not do good as I should when I’m playing football.

    I like the poet’s craft better in “Casey at the Bat”` for instance the rhyme scheme is AABB and I really liked the alliteration, “Death like silence sat.” “Casey at the Bat” is the winner.

    kai ITS SWEEPING TIME

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  21. The poem, “Casey at Bat” means that even though you don’t do your best keep trying even if it is hard for you.

    I also made a text-self connection. For example, Casey is really bad a baseball, and my connection is that i'm not so good at softball.

    In “Casey at Bat” my favorite writers craft is the rhyme scheme. For example, AA BB and so on. I also like the simile. For example “Like the beating of the storm”. That is why I like “Casey at Bat”.
    -Hayes

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  22. “Casey At Bat” is more important to me because I play travel baseball and baseball is my favorite sport “I love Casey At Bat”.

    I can make a personal connection to “Casey At Bat” because I play baseball. It's fun. I have been in that situation but I got thrown out at 1rst base.

    I choose “Casey At Bat” because it makes more sense and has a repetition of “There Was”. There is also has alliteration of “baseball ball”.

    JACK

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  23. “Casey at bat”, is about a good player who gets struck out and everybody is counting on him. “Mother to son”, is about a mom who was a slave is telling her boy that you should never give up. I like best was “Casey at bat”, because it had a better meaning. That meaning was not to be so sure of your self. I have had that happen to me before when my team in football has to count on me to do something and I fail. I also liked it better because i liked the aabb rhyme scheme. I chose this poem for the winner.
    Henry W.

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  24. “Mother To Son” is more important to me and means more because it has a really important text of your lives not always going to be how you want it to and you just have to deal with it.
    I can relate to “Casey At Bat” because one time i was up to bat and we would've won the game if i had hit the ball but i lost it for my team.
    I like the repetition for “Mother To Son” which is “And” i also liked the other one which is “Don’t” these repetitions are very good. -Ben

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  25. “Casey at Bat” is important to me because it taught me to not be cocky. If you’re cocky, you won’t try as hard to succeed.
    I can make a connection to “Mother to Son”. Sometimes my dad tells me how to do things the right way.
    I enjoy “Casey at Bat '' writers craft because it had a rhyme scheme of a,a,b,b. It also had repitition. It repeated “Casey '' a lot. This is why I chose this poem.

    from the words of Liam

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  26. The poem that is more important to me is, “Mother to Son.” The reason it feels important to me is because I like how the woman is saying how she pushed through the hard times to her son. I can make a personal connection to “Casey at the Bat.” The reason I have a personal connection is because I know how it feels for your team to lose on something. I like the writer's craft in, “Casey at the Bat.” One example of writer's craft is repetition. It is AABB. Another example of writer's craft is the similes. One example is when it says, “Like the beating of the storm.”

    --Avery

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  27. Casey at bat is about a man who is very good at baseball and he strikes out and he can't hit the ball again.

    Mother To Son is about a boy and his mom and the mom is telling him sad times in her child hood.


    I think Casey at bat won because It had Couplet like Blake and fake,and it also has persontition like Flynn-a-hugging third.That is why Casey at bat won.



    Will.R

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  28. “Mother to Son” has a more important meaning to me because it’s true life won’t always be crystal stair and I feel bad for the family who has this super rough life as slaves.

    I can make a connection with “Casey at the Bat”. My friend plays on a softball team and she is really good. At one point her team really needed her a home run and she was up to bat, but she accidentally struck out and she was really upset with herself. She came home with us afterwards and I know exactly how she felt.

    I like “Casey at the Bat” better because I like the AABB rhyme scheme pattern. I also like all the imagery when it says the stands were filled with people, people were yelling and much more. I think “Casey at the Bat” is the clear winner.

    Jane

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  29. Mother to son is about mother telling her son life is hard and it will be hard.


    Casey at bat is about casey is getting too cocky he doesn't swing on the first two then the last pitch he strikes out.


    Overall I liked casey at bat it had rhyme scheme and I thought it was funny

    holt

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  30. I think the poem, “Dust of Snow,” has an important meaning because it is about someone's day getting better.

    A personal connection with the second, “Casey at the Bat,” is that I used to play softball which is kind of the same as baseball.

    I liked Casey at the Bat more because of the rhythm skyme, AABB. “Casey at the Bat” should be the winner.
    -Kaiser

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  31. “Mother to son” is about a mother that is probably a slave and is telling her son that life won’t always be easy. But too always have faith that you will get a better life. I like how there is a mother that will care so much to tell her son the hard news.


    “Casey at the Bat” is about a boy that is very confident at the base and he knows that he will hit the ball so he is relaxing until his last strike to really hit it out of the park! But then he misses it and every one was counting on him. I used to play on a softball team and I got striked out. It does not feel very good.

    I think that “Casey at the Bat” should be the winner because I like the rhyme scheme. For example, The score stood two to four with one inning left to play. I Also like the alliteration. For example, Casey could. -Livi

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  32. “Mother To Son” had the most meaning. I think this because it is about a mother talking to her son about how life is not always going to be easy and that there will always be bumps in the road no matter what you do or where you go.
    In the poem “Mother To Son” I made a connection. The mother in this poem is caring and willing to tell the truth. This reminds me of my mom. My mom always tells the truth. For example, once in kindergarten I got in trouble. Later that day I told my mom, and she that sometimes I will get in trouble. My mom was not proud of me for getting in trouble,but she was still there to talk with me.
    Although I did think that “Mother to Son” gave the most meaning “Casey at the Bat” used the best writer’s craft. For example, it used couplets like these,” Blake” and “Fake.” This poem also used alliteration. For example,” So on that stricken multitude a deathlike silence sat.”
    As my winner I choose “Mother To Son.”
    -Georgia

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  33. The meaning of “Mother to Son” is there are going to be tough times in life. A connection I have with “Mother to Son” is I’m a son. I like the rhyme scheme, ABCDEF.


    The meaning of “Casey at the Bat” is Casey couldn’t hit the baseball, and he struck out. A connection I have is I have struck out before. I like the rhyme scheme, AABB.




    I like “Casey at the Bat” better. I like “Casey at the Bat” better because it was funny. I like the writer's craft, AABB. I like the repetition of Casey. I like “Casey at the Bat” better.
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  34. The first poem, "Dust Of Snow", is about a dust of snow that changes a mans mood.

    The second poem, "Casey At The Bat", is about a team losing. When Caseys up to bat, everyone thinks he'll hit a homerun or something, but he strikes out.

    The winner is "Casey At The Bat". I think the poem with a better meaning was, "Casey At The Bat" because "Dust of Snow", didn't have much of a meaning. I made a connection t-w. Casey wasn't doing good and sometimes the best players mess up, nobody is perfect. I enjoyed "Casey At The Bat" 's poet craft more because I liked how it worded things in a unique way. -LuCy kATe THomSon.

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  35. The first poem "Casey At the bat is about Casey who is up to bat and he is the best at baseball then he strikes out and everyone is disappointed in him. I liked the rhyme scheme in this poem too(AABB). The second poem "Mother to son" is about a mother telling a son how bad her past was. I liked the repetition in this story. I chose "Casey At The Bat" as my winner.I chose it because of how detailed it was. I also chose because it actually had rhyme scheme.I learned a lesson,and it is, to not be so cocky and believe in others. I chose "Casey at the bat" as my winner. -CARSON NEUMANN!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  36. "Roger the Dog" is more important to me because I have a dog. It is also important to me because it is funny and makes me laugh. It is also enjoyable to read. I can make a personal connection because I have a dog.My dog dose some things that the poet said Roger dose.For example my dog loves to sit next to the feir place.I uses couplet such as "He hogs the feir ,he bakes his bread As if it were a loaf of bread."It also uses alliteration such as "And digs down deep."My winner is "Roger the Dog" because it is a funny poem.
    Mary Windham

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