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Plinky Prompt 88
Yay or nay: Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all?
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Plinky Prompt 86
List your 5 best qualities.
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Plinky Prompt 85
Turkey — love it or leave it?
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Plinky Prompt 84
When you’re feeling down, what music cheers you up?
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Relationships
The following poem is from The Journals of Susanna Moodie, by Margaret Atwood. How relevant is this poem to the way we understand relationships, to the way we imagine relationships to be? Support your response with reference (comparison/contrast) to one or more poems you’ve studied and to your previous knowledge and/or experience. Further Arrivals After…
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My Father is a Simple Man
“My Father is a Simple Man” by Luis Omar Salinas is a simple poem which begins with a father and son walking and talking, and then expresses a deeper meaning – about life and greatness. Theme: The essence of life is perpetual. The essence of greatness is true kindness and patience. Techniques: Metaphor, simile Issues:…
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Death of a Young Son by Drowning
“Death of a Young Son by Drowning” by Margaret Atwood is a moving poem about the death of a child. The use of metaphor makes the poem more challenging. Theme: Hope dies when one’s child dies. Techniques: metaphor, simile, symbolism, allusion. Issues: What happened to the speaker? To her son? What reflective question does this…
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The New House
“The New House” by Maya Angelou is a simple poem about what we leave behind in places where we have lived. Theme: The mark of one’s personality or soul is left behind in places where one has lived. Techniques: internal rhyme, onomatopoeia, rhetorical questions. Issues: Do people exist beyond a physical presence? Write as many…
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Gaining Yardage
“Gaining Yardage” by Leo Dangel is a casually worded free-verse poem. It reads like a conversation and tells the story of two young people – friends – who play football with equal anility (not very well); and how they work together to get a touchdown. Theme: The value of friendship is inexpressible. Techniques: Wordplay, jargon…