Haiku About Waves

Waves

They tickle my toes

Sing while they crash on the shore

They dance around me

By Tia Davison

Analyzation

The topic of this poem is waves on the beach. It is a haiku so there are five syllables in the first line, seven in the second and five again in the last. It is about nature because that is traditionally what haikus are about. There is no rhyming scheme. Alliteration is a device used in the first line with tickle and toes. Imagery is used, you can picture waves lapping at your feet. Personification is also used because waves don't actually sing as they reach shore or dance around you.

Poem About Soccer

Final Chance

The team ties up the score

But now they want more,

A win is what they need

Even if they must bleed,

They will succeed.

She is a wall

Blocking every ball,

Not scared of any hit

Not even a bit,

They will not quit.

The pass makes it through

Fans stand up and "ooh",

She manages to score

It's far from a bore,

The mood is changed from before.

The team accomplishes to win the game

Things will never ever be the same.

By Tia Davison

Analyzation

The poem is about an important match that the team really wants to win. It means so much to them and in the end with hard work and dedication they mange to accomplish their goal. The rhyming scheme is AABBB CCDDD EEFFF GG. Alliteration is used in lines one for team and ties and again on line seven for blocking and ball. A metaphor is used on line six because she is not literally a wall she just acts like one when she blocks. Assonance is used a few times in the poem, for example on line 17 with never ever and be.

Sonnet About a Winter Night

Peaceful Winter Night

It's a cold rainy night

The sky is as black as coal,

The moon is shining bright

And the wind is out of control,

But outside does not matter

Because I'm snug as a bug in a rug,

My thoughts have all gone splatter

I feel like I'm on a sleeping drug, 

Dreams drift through my mind

Each weirder than the one before,

But every one is somehow entwined

They all involve the ocean floor,

It is such a heavenly night

I'm dreading the time for the morning light.

By Tia Davison

Analyzation

This poem is about the serenity of winter nights when the weather is terrible but you are all warm wrapped up in bed. It is a sonnet that consists of 14 lines, in iambic pentameter. The rhyme pattern is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. Similes are used on line two "as black as coal" and on line six "as snug as a bug". An allusion is used on line 13 with the mention of heaven. Alliteration is used on line nine with "Dream drift". Rhyme is used at the end of every line but also in line six with snug, bug and rug. Imagery is used in the first stanza, the setting is described vividly to represent a winter night. Personification is used because thoughts cannot physically splatter.

Concrete Poem About Lollipops

Lollipop

By Tia Davison

Analyzation

This poems topic is lollipops. It is a concrete poem. There is no rhyming. Imagery is used with the picture of the candy. The colours add to the imagery too. Alliteration is kind of used because of lollipop and lick close together as well as sugar stick and sweet.

Poem About Turtles

Tia's Totally Terrific Turtles

Tia took two turtles,

She taught them to do hurdles.

She must be a terrific teacher,

To be able to tame such a creature.

The turtles won the races,

They wore smiles upon their faces.

They eat meat and sleep all day,

It makes Tia dance and scream HOORAY!

By Tia Davison

Analyzation

This poem is about me and a couple turtles. It is a narrative/free verse. There are two quatrains. The rhyme scheme is AABB CCDD. Alliteration is used on line one "Tia took two turtles" and again on line three "terrific teacher". Personification is used because on line two, turtles cannot jump hurdles. Assonance is used on line one, the Ooh sound is being made with took and two.

Haiku About a Rainbow

After summer's rain

God's promise is remembered

Glorious rainbow

By Udiah (witness to Yah)

Analyzation

This poem is about a rainbow forming after a rainfall on a summer day. There is no rhyming so no rhyming pattern. Line one is five syllables, line two is seven syllables and line three is five syllables. An allusion is used on line two with the mention of God. Symbolism is used because the author is saying that a rainbow is one of God's promises.

Concrete Poem about Wistfulness

 

Unknown Author

Analyzation

This poem is a very deep emotional poem about missing someone physical but more importantly emotionally and mentally. It is written as the shape of a hand to symbolize the feeling of touch. The author is very upset and is mourning their time together. The theme is wistfulness, because the writer is longing their love, everything reminds him or her of them. The poem is structured like a hand, it is read from top to bottom going left to right. There are no stanzas and no rhyming scheme. A simile is used when comparing how unlike the kisses and the smile is to the whispers and the laugh.  Another simile is used comparing memories to scars, both rough and jagged. Alliteration is used a lot: "patterns of your palms", "sweet and sultry" and "held your hand". Symbolism is used with the hand. Personification is used a lot too, just a couple for example, words cannot graze flesh and poems cannot curl around your heart.

Shakespeare Sonnet #18

Sonnet #18

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? 

Thou art more lovely and more temperate: 

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, 

And summer’s lease hath all too short a date: 

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, 

And often is his gold complexion dimm’d; 

And every fair from fair sometime declines, 

By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d; 

But thy eternal summer shall not fade 

Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; 

Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade, 

When in eternal lines to time thou growest: 

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, 

So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. 

By William Shakespeare

Analyzation

This poem is about the author comparing his partner to a summer's day. He compares them to the beauty of summer. He explains how whereas summer comes to an end every year his love for his partner is eternal. The whole poem is a metaphor due to these comparisons. Love is the general theme of the poem. It is a sonnet as well as a conceit poem. There are three quatrains and a couplet. The rhyme scheme is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. Alliteration is used on line seven "fair from fair". An allusion is used when heaven is mentioned in line five. An assonance is used on line ten "Nor lose possession".

Sonnet about a Sport

Soccer

Hot weather makes practices exhaust me.
Stressful drills leave teams down and sorrowful.
During rest, we get shade under a tree,
Afterwards we all feel more powerful.

As games start, player's energy released.
The coaches encouraged and reassured.
Score becomes tied and needs to be increased,
Another point is scored and win secured.

Feelings of joy and triumph fill the court.
The other team is sad and defeated.
We celebrate this great, wonderful sport.
If all goes right, it shall be repeated.

Through hard work and dedication the game is won.
This phenomenal sport is very fun.

By Rachel S., Florissant, MO

Analyzation

This poem is about the writers favourite sport. She is explaining how hard it is. It takes a lot of effort but in the end she loves it and she knows that it's worth all the pain. I think that the theme is dedication. She describes how persistent you have to be and how you have to work very hard if you want to achieve anything in the sport. It is an English (Shakespeaerean) sonnet. It is an Iambic pentameter. There is three quatrains and a couplet. The rhyme scheme is ABAB BCBC DEDE FF. 

Ballad About Nature

One fine glorious summer day

I wandered the beach, much like a stray

I had with me no company

But I made friends that day.

Come on little lobsters,

You can crawl with me.

We’ll find buried treasure then we’ll sail the seven seas.

The sands were hot, the sun shone bright

The waves crashed on the shore.

We searched that beach for hours,

But never were we bored.

Come on crawling crabs,

No need to hide from me.

We’ll find buried treasure then we’ll sail the seven seas.

We came across a hidden cave,

Amongst the burning sands.

No treasure there, but a ship to sail,

And a map to distant lands!

Come on merry dolphins,

Swim along with me.

We’ll find buried treasure then we’ll sail the seven seas

Unknown Author and Title

Analyzation

The poem is about a day at the beach. He/she is describing the adventure they had while exploring the beach alone. I can infer that this person doesn't visit the beach very often or hasn't at all because they are very blown away by everything he or she is discovering. It describes how happy the person is to be there. The theme is the beach. It is talking about everything happening there and the emotion they feel while there. There is a quatrain followed by a tercet three times so six stanzas in total. There is no real structured rhyme scheme but a few lines do rhyme. The whole first stanza does for example. A poetic device used was a simile on line two. He/she is comparing them-self to a stray animal walking alone aimlessly. Also alliteration is used often, on lines 5, 6, 7, 8, and 12. Imagery is used very well to describe the scene. They use such things as colour and temperature to create an image in your head of the beach.