Thursday, April 7, 2011

Poetry Madness: Round 2, Game 3

Now that you have read through all of the poems and chosen a winner to advance to the Elite 8, the pressure has mounted. For the remainder of the posts, your explanation for choosing a winner must include new, original thought and attention to the poet's craft.

As a reminder, when choosing a poem based on poet's craft, you must pay attention to: rhyme scheme, line breaks (when a poet ends a line), punctuation, word choice, simile/metaphor (comparing one thing to another), and repetition.

Original Thought could include a personal connection or the ability to visualize the poem.

Your post must include the following as to why you chose a winner:
*Poet's craft
*New, original thought

34 comments:

KP said...

My favorite poem is "Life Dosen't Frighten" because I think that the author has very descriptive words and I love the meaning of the poem.

PF said...

I am voting for "Life Doesn't Frighten Me" because I can relate to some of the thigs it lists, except they are things I am afraid of. I think the meaning of this poem is very good because it says that there are many scary things in the world, but you don't need to be afraid of them.

CB said...

I like “Choosing Shoes” because I really like how the author describes the shoes and it sounds catchy and it rhymes and it makes it even catchier. One example is wipe-them-on-a-mat shoes.

HC said...

I chose Life Doesn't Frighten Me because...
POET'S CRAFT: The rhyming went well with the word choice it wasn't just call, wall, it actually made sense.

ORIGINAL THOUGHT: When I read the poem it made me think of when I was scared of the night when I was little.

eb said...

I vote for "Choosing Shoes" because

ORGINAL THOUGHT:I think sometimes I feel like sometimes I never really notice the way if shoes are pointy or if you would wipe them on a rug and this poem makes me want to notice more.

WRITERS CRAFT: I like how they dont just say the dule way of how shoes look i like how they say for example:"dandy dance by night shoes" instead of sayind dance shoes.

ES said...

I chose the poem “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me”, because it encourages me to not be afraid of life. It also helped me remember when I was scared, when I was little.
Also it has poet’s craft that a great poem should have like: rhyme scheme (wall,hall), line breaks (it breaks the poem right when you finish the phrase which makes it easy to read.) I loved this poem a lot.

LA said...

I chose the poem "Choosing Shoes" because...
POET'S CRAFT:
It had really good rhyme scheme within the lines, line breaks, punctuation, and Understandability.
ORIGINAL THOUGHT:
It really reminded me of my old house because my mom and dad had these giant shoe rack with a bunch of different kinds of shoes. Basically, all the shoes the author was talking about. I thought the poem was creative, cute, funny, and very relatable.

MS said...

I chose the poem “Choosing Shoes” because…
I think this poem has a lot of great poet’s craft such as the rhyming (try, buy), line breaks, and punctuation. My favorite poet’s craft in this poem is the line breaks.
A connection I have when I read this poem is that I can never chose the pair of tennis shoes I like. My mom and dad always have to say “hurry up” to me. This poem was really funny and cute!

OO said...

I vote for the poem “Choosing Shoes” because of the way it flows and rhymes. I thought that it flowed and sounded like a song. I also liked that it was a fun song that’s fun to say.

BW said...

I choose "Choosing Shoes" because I love the line breaks, I love the ryhme, and It's really catchy. I thought "Life Doesen't Frighten Me" was good because of the line breaks, but otherwise, it wasn't that good. I think that "Chosing Shoes" should win it all.

KS said...

My vote goes to “Choosing Shoes” because…

POET’S CRAFT: I love the rhyme scheme in this poem because it works so well, the poem sounds like it could be a little song. I also like how the poem is separated.

ORINGAL THOUGHT: This poem is special to me because my mom has a closet full of shoes. It just reminds me of being with my mom in her closet.

ALB said...

I chose “Choosing Shoes” because of the way the poet described each shoe and how it looked. Another thing about this poem is that in each short paragraph the words are grouped in some kind o category.

This poem describes different shoes in different ways like “Dandy-dance-by-night shoes” is a type of dance shoe. “Choosing Shoes” is a good name for this poem because it sounds like someone is trying to choose shoes and they are describing each shoe they want to the store manager! This poem brings new ideas to my head when I write.

HJF said...

“Choosing Shoes” is what I vote for tonight because I like getting shoes, and it rhymed. It was also funny to me and the one sentence “Bright shoes, white shoes” reminded me of Dr. Seuss and he is my favorite poem guy.

LL said...

I choose Life dosen't frighten me i think its better because i could really visualize it better and get a feel for it better than i could Choosing shoes.

willp said...

Life doesn't frighten e has good rymes, and I liked the meaning. I hope it wins the whole thing

TH said...

I pick "Choosing Shoes"

I like how the poem rhymed and I really like choosing shoes I get really excited to get awesome shoes.

JH said...

I chose Life Doesn't Frighten Me.

I liked how the poet use the title over and over again and the poem rhymed.

I chose this poem because the person in the poem wasn't scared of anything. I also liked the line breaks.

AEC said...

I choose "Choosing Shoes" because I really like to buy shoes and can imagine the author having fun choosing her shoes.

I like how she rhymed with words like shoes and choose,and buy and try. I also thought how she said flat and fat shoes and stump-along-like-that shoes was funny.

PB said...

I vote Life Doesn't frighten Me, because i think the author did a grat job describing what the little girl isn't afraid of. The poet's craft in this story is rhyme scheme. My original thought is that the poem is a well organized poem having the author thinking think about the poem before publishing.

HCF said...

I chose Life Dosn't Frighten Me because...

I like how it rhymes and how the poet chose to write the title in the poem several times.

PB said...

I vote Life doesn't Frighten Me, because I think the author did a great job describing what the little girl isn't afraid of. The poet's craft in this story is the rhyme scheme. My original thought is that the poem is a well organized poem having the author thinking about the poem before he decided to send it in to the company.

EGT said...

I would have to choose, Life Doesnt Frighten Me, because I can connect to that more by not beeing afraid of any thing but I have been afraid of things and I liked the sentence, "tough guys fight, all alone at night." I liked that because when your alone no one can help you or save you.

Jackson said...

I choose Life Doesn't frighten Me because on all on how they describe their words and I thought they had a lot of good, SHOW NOT TELL. A great eample of show not tell is "Big ghosts in a cloud."

BT said...

I like Life Doesn't Frighten Me because...

POET'S CRAFT: the rhyme scheme is well written, and the word choice makes the poem sound realistic.

ORIGINAL THOUGHT: this poem reminds me to always be brave, and that even though life might scare me to know that everybody else in the world has something they are going through too.

mh said...

I choose "Choosing Shoes" because I LOVE the way it rymes and I think it's catchy.
But, I connect to "Life Doesn't Frighten Me" because it says things like "Shadowes on the wall, noises down the hall, life doesn't frighten me at all." and I've had nights like that when you keep hearing things coming from outside your door, and as you hide under the covers, you wait for someone to pounce on you. But then you realize, it was only your dog.

Olivia said...

I like “Choosing Shoes” because
ORAGINAL THOUGHT: The poem reminds me when my sister goes to the shoe store to pick out new shoes because she tries out every single pair of shoes.
POET’S CRAFT: I like how the poet puts two or more words together to make that line sound fun. I also like how the poet uses random words or some words that you do not hear much and turn it in to a fun poem. I also like how some of the words ryhme and they sound catchy together.

HS said...

I choose "Life Doesn't frighten me"
because...
I think it had great rhyme scheme like "wall,hall", "loud,cloud",and "cry,fly". I liked this poem a lot.
It reminds me of my little sister getting scared at night.

HS said...

I choose "Life Doesn't frighten me"
because...
I think it had great rhyme scheme like "wall,hall", "loud,cloud",and "cry,fly". I liked this poem a lot.
It reminds me of my little sister getting scared at night.

SD said...

I choose "Life Doesn't Frighten Me" because I really love the way that the person has so much courage. This poem really touches my feelings. This person must have a hard life because of all the bad things she says that she's not scared of.

The poet's rhymes are very good because there is so many of them and they actually connect to the poe. I really like the way the poet wrote a short line and the indented. It makes you pause for a moment to make it more meaningful.

GS said...

I like Life Doesn’t Frighten Me because…
POET’S CRAFT= I like how the author used a lot of rhyming on every line. I also liked how on every chunk that fits together says something about life doesn’t frighten me.

ORIGANAL THOUGHT= I thought it was sweet that someone is saying that life doesn’t frighten him/her. It is saying that that person has a lot of confidence in her/himself.

That is why I picked Life Doesn’t Frighten Me.

cs said...

Out of these two poems, I have to choose “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” as my favorite.
I chose this because it has a good message. I think the person isn’t afraid of all these things because they are brave and also they problaby aren’t afraid of anything because they know God is always with you. Also, I like the rap up,
“Not at all Not at all. Life doesn’t frighten me at all”, because it is just like tying all that the author said and putting it together.
The reason why I didn’t choose, “Choosing Shoes” as my favorite is because it wasn’t as meaningful to me, but I did like the rhyming and description.

ES said...

I chose the poem "The New Suit" because it reminds me when I get something new I don't want to spill anything on it. I visualize this as a person at a party trying not to spill food on themselves.
I thought that this poem has very good line breaks, and punctuation. I think that this poem deserves to stay in the bracket.

Olivia said...

I like “Do you carrot all for me” better because:

ORIGANAL THOUGHT: This poem reminds me of when I was trying to think of every fruit or vegetable I could think of under 30 seconds.

POET’S CRAFT: I like how the poet describes the person with a fruit of vegetable that sounds close to the word. I also like how the poet tells a quick story or love letter.

ALB said...

I chose the poem “ Do you Carrot all for me?” because of the way the poet described the way the other person was like but in a fruit and vegetable way. “ Do you Carrot all for me?” has good line breaks because every time the poet is describing the other person there is a line break.

I think this poem is fun and different than the other poems because it’s short but it still has a good meaning.