The Boys In The Library

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    The Boys In The Library

    Poem 1:
    Write a poem of 16 to 20 lines in 2 parts creating a comparison (2 stanzas). Make use of two different anaphoras. Anaphora: = The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. Focus on the three parts of a poem when writing the poem.


    I overheard them while in the library.
    --Two young men of age eighteen.--
    This was what I heard them say:
    They said there are obnoxiously loud
    They said they dress in saggy pants
    And sit as if sitting on their backs,
    The way a lazy dog would do;
    They use women and keep no curfew.

    They spoke of the younger brothers.
    And spoke so badly of them, but
    They said they too had many girls
    And when I saw them they were slouched
    And they were obnoxiously loud,
    And with their pants, they couldn’t walk;
    You should have heard them talk.
    They said they’re going to party at two;
    They find faults in what the younger do…?

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    WordSlinger commented on The Boys In The Library

    05-02-2010

    This is good it was a bit bumpy, interesting write. thank you WS

    If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.

    Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) American poet.

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