Monthly Archives: October 2010

Yancy Martin’s “What a fool!” is an excellent example of a persona poem. Martin brilliantly uses a poem to give voice to… a poem! His word choice and form develop the persona of a poem and allow the reader to … Continue reading →

Poem is really interesting. It puts you in the sense of how a lacrosse play talks like. He talks Ebonics, and Ian politely defined various Ebonic vocabulary so the reader can understand on the right hand side of the poem. … Continue reading →

This poem was a refreshing comical monologue that gave a different perspective to the common college tour. The first thing I noticed about the poem was the punctuation and use of capitalization. When the words grand and magnificent are capitalized … Continue reading →

Andrew’s “The Bed’s Calling” is a well-written personification poem that was really an interesting read. You’re able to tell right away that the poem is a personification of a bed, right from the title and the first stanza: “I am … Continue reading →

I really liked this poem. The personification of the ship was brought out clearly throughout the entire poem. Nice job! I loved the first line, “Your heart and my heart we live every pulse in tune.” It showed the intimacy … Continue reading →

Meredith, This is a really awesome poem. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe that the speaker of the poem is the reader’s mind. The poem is filled with awesome lines, and I really like the rhyme scheme. At first … Continue reading →

This is an absolutely beautiful persona poem. Not only does it do an effective job of depicting the world through the perspective of a house plant, but it does so with a greater purpose. It conveys a strong sense of … Continue reading →

Seeing that poem number 7 needed to be a poem that tested our personification skills, I thought Nick did a skillful job at completing this.  The poem’s title, “Today’s New Fingers” follows the poem’s context of what appears to be … Continue reading →

I am very impressed with the mood of this poem. I do not often find myself reading darker literature because I often feel that the speaker is just voicing their problems rather than allowing me to share the experience. However, … Continue reading →

This poem is written in Personification form. Its a well writen description of what your feet seem to tell you everyday, yelling at you in pain. The structure of the poem seems to be dragged out just in the same … Continue reading →