Ananda+Knight

This Unit was our poetry unit we studied many different ways of writing poetry and learned a lot about poets as well. Some poetry styles that i found to be very interesting were repetition and imagery. In my poems when I wrote I tried my best to incorporate Those two styles into my writing. During the unit we wrote up to about 10 poems at the most. One of my favorite poems that I had done was ode to my dance shoes. My favorite line from that poem was "At first you weren't a perfect fit" That was my favorite line because I think that all people look at things and see if they are a perfect fit no matter what it is. It made me think of a lot more. The poems we wrote did not take very long but we each went through a process of getting feedback from teachers and friends and it helped to make or poems stronger. Our final part to this process was to pick a famous poet and read about them and read some of there poems and find out something about them through their writing.

1) Poetry..is..a speaking picture, with this end: to teach and delight. Sir Philip Sydney repititon and imagery

Meeting My DAd
(2) I will always remember the very first day I met my dad , The dent in the house next door to mines still remained , I had four ponytails in my hair and I was wearing a short red and black plaid skirt it came to about my knees and I had on a white dressy button down shirt with red thin stockings.

In my hand I held my bible and another book that my mother had brought my a while ago from then that we read a bible story out of every night I was only 4 steps up when I noticed a man working on our tv. I asked my mom hey who is that guy messing with our tv. she said "Ananda that is your father", that was my first time meeting him and I could see the resemblance.

(3)Ode to my Dance shoes

Ode to my dance shoes The ones that are a size 6 At first you weren’t a perfect fit But then I grew into you.

You weren’t there when I first started out but when I really needed you, you came. At times you kept me balanced and other you made me fall.

Ode to my dance shoes Who cooperated when I told you to point and flex with my foot. I bent you up and kept you on for hours. We were a team Always together tucked and tied. You kept my feet protected Guided me through turns, jumps, leaps, sutenus, roundgetes, tondus and more But then a whole tore in you and I had to get a new pair But don’t worry I know your still there Under my bed I will never throw you away Ode to my dance shoes that were always there I hope I can say the same about my new pair.

Martez- Good imagination and making the shoes seem like a person Check some of the grammar

** (4)What you have to say (FOUND POEM)**
I Aint gonna read it no way I didnt do it Yall dont look as pretty as you do in the video are you kidding me turn that down Omg having our first cheese steak in philly will i have the same experience if i get a chicken cheese steak Im gonna fail I dont listen to party music are you guys ready to play some games. are you excited?

(5) I was raised by (new)
I was raised by frilly socks four ponytails in my hair berrets and bollies the newest shoes and clothes bible in my hand teachers who loved and cared for me being stopped be neighbors asking me to sing for them I was taught by other peoples mistakes my onw mistakes falling in the playground the older kids around me sweaty hands I was excpected to be the best to always get good grades to never show weakness to never be indenial I was misguided by heartbreaks lies unkept promises and people who simply didnt understand I was raised.

Adrienne Rich, Pablo noruda

(7)Images poem
I walk out into the big empty space you see me, i see you White pink and blue brightness make sweat accumilate on my face. thousands of blacked out faces and the whites of there eyes capture me. (8)done ABOUT MY POET For our poetry unit another part of it was to choose an poet and write about them. We also chose poems that the specific poet has written and we read over them to figure out what type of writer our poet was. We also wanted to see if there was a pattern in the way they write. The poet I choose was Adrienne Rich. I choose her because i had never heard of her before and i wanted to do some research on an unfamiliar person. When Adrienne Rich writes i noticed that she uses a lot of imagery, metaphors, similes and she plays with punctuation a lot. Also every poem is different with her. She is very aware of her world, by that I mean that she writes poetry about things going on in the world and around us. When she writes she does not pay much attention to grammar by this a mean that when she writes she does not always place periods and commas where they should be. When I read a poem by Adrienne Rich it makes me think more and see things different. I think she brings up good points and writes about what people don’t usually get from a situation. One of my favorite lines from a poem by Adrienne Rich was “caught in the how, Oblivious of why: I look in your face judge neither frowning nor nodding”. Even thought I don’t really understand what she is saying fully I have an idea of the point she is trying to get across. Adrienne Rich was born in 1929. Adrienne Rich is know as a Contemporary poet. She is also known for awakening consciousness of modern women. She was a college student when her poems were chosen for publication. She also wrote nonfiction books. Adrienne Rich was a champion for women rights. She grew up in Baltimore. As Adrienne Rich life went on and she got married and had kids life began to get hard to juggle but she still kept up with her writing. After a while her and her husband got divorced and he committed suicide. She still went on with her writing. In 1976 she published an essay collection as a voice to many womans issues surrounding parenthood and marriage. Adrienne Rich being very successful won many awards. Adrienne Rich died on march 27th 2012 due to Rheumatoid arthritis. (9)