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As in the Beginning
“As in the Beginning” by Mary di Michele is a grimly realistic retelling of events that express regret, anger and bitterness. Theme: A person’s loss of limb can never be adequately recompensed with money; when someone we love is injured, his/her pain can become ours. Techniques: parallel structure simile alliteration personification understatement Issues: What makes…
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A Red Red Rose
O my luve is like a red, red rose That’s newly sprung in June; My love is like the melodie That’s sweetly played in tune. As fair art thou, my bonny lass, So deep in luve am I; And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a’ the seas gang dry. Till a’ the…
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Life in Our Village
“Life in Our Village” by Matei Markwei is an easily understood, childlike , loosely rhyming poem, that expresses a universal truth about youthful love. Discussion Questions: Theme: What is the universal truth in “Life in Our Village”? Boys and girls will do what comes naturally; love cannot be forbidden or exiled. Technique: What techniques does…