Thursday, March 13, 2008

I FOUND THIS PLAY>>>>>>>>>>

Written In March by William Wordsworth
The cock is crowing,The stream is flowing,The small birds twitter,The lake doth glitterThe green field sleeps in the sun;The oldest and youngestAre at work with the strongest;The cattle are grazing,Their heads never raising;There are forty feeding like one!Like an army defeatedThe snow hath retreated,And now doth fare illOn the top of the bare hill;The plowboy is whooping—anon-anon:There's joy in the mountains;There's life in the fountains;Small clouds are sailing,Blue sky prevailing;The rain is over and gone!


I picked this poem because it is simple and has good rhythm. I also like the fact that the poem reminds you of being on a farm and the wholesome life farmers lead.
March is the time of year when winter starts to come to an end and the grass starts to show through patches of melted snow. It is also when animals start to become more active and that things start to pick up around the farm.
In William’s poem he uses personification to emphasis the changes around the farm. An example of this is when he says “The green field sleeps in the sun.” This is personification because he is giving the field the human quality of sleeping. He also uses a lot of imagery in his poem to share with the reader how excited these changes make him feel. This poem would not be as good if he hadn’t added these image devices.
The tone of my poem is happy and joyous. He is happy that winter is finally over and that he can start working outside on the farm. His rhyming and his chose of adjectives communicates his overzealous attitude towards the coming of the spring.

3 comments:

Kara M said...

jak3- i lyke dis poem iz fly. i lyke farm animals moooo. it is gr8. =0 =* =2 =)

a_random_guy said...

I agree with the poem being fairly simple-its definately easy to grasp. I like your example of personification, it really does stand out. Also, I'm glad you picked up on the imagery on the poem-indeed, it is spread throughout the writing, and makes it what it is, tying everything together in its light hearted, colorful world.

Annie said...

I like that you bring up the point about farmers being wholesome people and i think that theres definitly truth to that statement. They always seem to be happy with nature and are self-succicient. I like the poem though. nice choice!