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1. What is the meaning of the first poem? (Summarize in one sentence)
2. What is the meaning of the second poem? (Summarize in one sentence)
3. Based on the criteria, which poem did you choose and WHY?
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The first poem, Who has Seen the Wind, is about how no one can see the wind, but you can feel it. Especially when the trees bow down, and that is when you know that the wind is there.
If~ is about a dad giving his boy advice. For example, if he does all things like "don't look too good or talk too wise," then he will be a man no matter what.
I chose If~ as the winner because it had a deeper meaning, and it has a good rhythm. The rhyme scheme was AAAABCBC, and it gave the poem a good beat. The author used repetition to emphasize the meaning of the poem. For example, he began each line with the word “if.” The writer’s craft and message of the poem make it the true winner.
This is just to say is about how he/she ate the plums that he shouldn't have eaten.
ReplyDeleteChoosing shoes is about how she likes more nice shoes and she wears nice shoes and other people wear bad shoes
I chose This is just to say because it is shorter and it is funny.
Choosing Shoes is about kids wanting colorful shoes when they can only get non-colorful shoes.
ReplyDeleteThis Is Just To Say is about this person saying he ate all of the plums in the icebox!
I chose This Is Just To Say. Because it was very funny how he was talking about how he ate the plums that they were eating for breakfast. And he is telling them what he did! This poem was great!
I think This Is Just To Say is about a man or a woman who ate plums out of the freezer that someone was saving for breakfast.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Choosing Shoes is about a boy who can't decide which shoes to pick.
I chose Choosing Shoes because it is funny. Also I like it because it has a good rhyme scheme that flows. For example,
New shoes new shoes
Red and pink and blue
Tell me, what would you choose,
If they'd let us by?
I noticed it was a AAAB pattern throughout the entire poem. This is why I chose Choosing Shoes.
This is just to say was about eating a very good plum.
ReplyDeleteChoosing shoes is about all different kinds of shoes.
I picked choosing shoes because I thought that it was very funny. I also liked it because I liked the rhyme scheme. That is why I picked choosing shoes.
This just to say is a dude who sorry that he ate someones plums. Choosing is about a guy trying to decide what shoes to buy. I chose choosing shoes because that one made more sense. I also liked choosing shoes better because of the rhyme scheme it was aaab. It also had alliteration. I also had metaphors.
ReplyDeleteThis is Just to Say is about somebody who eats plums when someone was saving them for breakfast. This poem I noticed didn't rhyme, but it had good imagery.
ReplyDeleteChoosing Shoes is about how everyone has a different style of shoes and everybody likes different things.
I choose Choosing Shoes as the winner because it had very good rhythm. Another reason I chose this poem was because I could see everyone wearing different shoes.
I think, This is Just to Say, is about a person who is eating plums. Also I I had a very good imagery in my mind when reading it.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Choosing Shoes is about a person trying to decide what pair of shoes to get. I really could get a good imagery of all the shoes.
I chose, Choosing Shoes, as the winner because it made me feel like I was at a shoe store. For example, because it said all the different types of shoes. Also I really liked the imagery of this poem. The imagery of this in my mind was at a shoe store.
The first poem,This Is Just To Say,is about a man that ate a plum that wants forgiveness because someone else wanted it for breakfast.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem,Choosing Shoes,is about a man that is talking about people choosing shoes.At then end he talks about how flat,fat,wipe on the rug shoes are the shoes that people would buy.
I choose ,This Is Just To Say,because it is funny.For example it says,"I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast." The rhyme scheme is that it has no rhyming.It has alliteration in the sentence "so sweet."
the first poem, this is just to say. was about a person that has eaten the plums, and is saying sorry. It had no pattern but was written by William carlos williams.
ReplyDeleteChoosing shoes is about all kinds of shoes. I think the author was trying to make the reader laugh. it was a good one.
THE WINNER is Choosing shoes because it was funny. Also it was easy to read.I loved it.
The first poem is just to say I think the main idea is to do the right before wrong and to not steal from others. The stories writers craft had a good rhyme scheme.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem is Choosing shoes you are picking shoes and everyone likes a different type of shoe and that he or she wants to pick out the perfect shoe. The writer's craft had a good rhyme scheme.
I choose choosing shoes because it had a really good rhyme scheme that was AAAB and was funny and had a personification that was strappy clappy low shoes. Those were the the reasons I choose Choosing shoes.
The first poem,If, is about a father talking to his boy about what might happen in life and if he can do one thing he can make it through the other.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem,Who has Seen the Wind, is about the wind and how even though you will never see it you know that it is there.
I chose If as the winner because it means more to me than Who has Seen the Wind. I also enjoy the writer's craft because because it had rhyme scheme and it also had some alliteration.
Wrong poem Holland! hahaha!!
DeleteThe main idea for This Is Just To Say is about somebody who ate a plum. Also, he or she thinks you were going to eat it for breakfast. I can also see a imagery of someone eating a plum in there kitchen.
ReplyDeleteThe main idea for the second poem, Choosing Shoes is about somebody who is choosing shoes. I can have a imagery of somebody looking for some shoes in a shoe store. It also has a rhyme scheme. It says shoes and choose rhyme and buy and I rhyme.
I choose the winner of Choosing Shoes. I chose that poem because it has fun rhyme words. Also, it has a lot of fun words. For example, flat shoes and fat shoes.
This is just to say is about someone eating sugar plums and apoligizing. This taught me that you don't always have to apoligize about everything. I like the writer's craft because he used random things like sugar plums. Choosing shoes is about someone choosing shoes and there were so many different choices. It taught me that everyone had there own style, size, and personality. I liked the writer's craft because it had an AAAB pattern. I chose This is just to say because it made me laugh. It didn't rhme. It had a porpose and I will keep it in my mind.
ReplyDeleteThe first poem, This Is Just To Say, is about a boy telling someone something just to say it that he has eaten the plums he knows he should not have.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Choosing Shoes, is about a woman choosing shoes and asking what you would choose if you could choose any shoe in the world.
I chose This Is Just To Say because it was really humorous and definitely is about poem that you get a laugh out of, I also like the writer's craft because it didn’t have much alliteration or rhyming but the author made it sound so smooth because they chose the right words.
I thought that the first poem, This Is Just To Say, was about someone/animal that took all the plums that the family were probably wanting to eat at breakfast. They were so good to him/she/animal.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Choosing Shoes, was about all kind of shoes to choose from. All kinds of colors, sizes, and kinds
I chose CHOOSING SHOES, because it applies to me. I like choosing shoes. It rhymes ABABCDC pattern. It also shows how many kind of shoes you can choose from.
The first poem, “This is Just to Say”, by William Carlos Williams is about how a person ate another person’s breakfast, plums.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, “Choosing Shoes”, by Ffrida Wolfe is about a person choosing shoes and listing all different kinds of shoes.
I chose the second poem, “Choosing Shoes” because I liked how the peron listed different types of shoes. Also, I noticed the poem mentioned “shoes” a lot. :)
-Ella B.
This Is Just To Say is about a man eating all of a woman's plums.
ReplyDeleteChoosing Shoes is about someone picking out shoes.
I choose Choosing Shoes because it discribes picking out shoes at a shoe store. I gives a lot of detail of what kinds of shoes out there. For ex: Flat shoes Fat shoes.
I think This Is Just To Say is about a boy who eats a plum when he’s not supposed to. I like this poem because it is easy to understand. I also think the detail is amazing because I can practically taste the the cold plum.
ReplyDeleteI think choosing shoes is about someone choosing shoes and listing their options
Which turn out to be pretty slim because of the price, but he really wants the cool shoes. He learns that he should be happy that he even has shoes.
My winner is This Is Just To Say because of the detail and understanding of the poem,
Though they are once again very close. I also enjoyed Choosing Shoes because he learns to appreciate the things that he has. In conclusion I liked both poems but This Is Just To Say just barely edged out Choosing Shoes.
The poem, This Is Just to Say, is about someone taking responsibility for taking someone’s food.
ReplyDeleteThe poem, Choosing Shoes, is about explaining all types of shoes to the reader and judging them on their style.
For the winner I chose, Choosing Shoes, because it paints pictures of all the shoes they explain. Also, because there are rhymes in all of the great places for rhymes. Like, Red and pink and blue shoes. Tell me, what would you choose.
This is just to say is about a guy who ate someone's plumbs that he was not supposed to eat.
ReplyDeleteChoosings shoes is about somebody who wants to buy shoes even though they can't so they list all of the different types of shoes.
I choose choosing shoes because it has an AABB rhyme scheme which I think is very hard to make, and keeps it going for almost a full page. It also has a very story idea that makes sense.
The first poem, This is Just to Say, is about someone who ate the plums. I don’t like that there isn’t a rhyme scheme.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Choosing Shoes, is about someone choosing which shoes to get.
I choose Choosing Shoes to win because it made me laugh and it had a great rhyme scheme. It was AAAB on every paragraph.
It had alliteration like, “Pretty-pointy-toe shoes.” That is why I picked Choosing Shoes.
I think the first poem, This is Just to Say, is about a person who eats someone’s plums.
ReplyDeleteI think the second poem, Choosing shoes, is about a girl or boy looking at shoes to buy.
I choose… Choosing Shoes because, I like the rhyme scheme which went like this, AAAB. I like the little bit of humor. For example, it said “Flat shoes, fat shoes, Stomp around like that shoes”. It was also easier to understand.
I think This Is Just to Say is about a person who doesn't like someone very much and is not sorry for eating his plums.
ReplyDeleteI think Choosing Shoes is about a kid who is mad at their parents for buying boring shoes.
`I like Choosing Shoes the best because it makes me have some connections. It reminds me of doctor Seuss rhyme scheme. I love the imagery. \
This is just to say is about a person who ate all of the plums in the ice box. She or he apologizes for eating them because it was being saved for breakfast. The person says they were so sweet and so cold. I liked when it said, “ Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold.”
ReplyDeleteChoosing Shoes is about someone asking you what type of shoes you want. For example, it says, “New shoes, new shoes, Red and pink and blue shoes. Tell me, what would you choose; If they’d let us buy?” I like how it rhymes. For example, “Buckle shoes, bow shoes, Pretty pointy-toe shoes.”
I choose Choosing Shoes because I like how it rhymes aloud. For example, Bright shoes white shoes. Also, I like how it was like a song.
The first poem, This is just to say is about someone who is guilty of eating another person's breakfast. I liked this one because it was funny.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, choosing shoes, is about all different kinds of funny shoes. I liked this poem because it was also funny.
I chose Choosing shoes because it was simple and it rhymed. For example, New shoes new shoes red pink and blue shoes..
The first poem This Is Just To Say is about someone stealing a plum from another person, and thinking it was going to be that person’s breakfast. He is now asking for forgiveness.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem choosing shoe’s is about someone going to the shoe store and questioning which kind of shoe he/she wants.
I think the winner is Just to say because I like how funny it was for example it said I think this was going to be someone's breakfast. He decides he will admit that he did that and asked for forgiveness.
The first poem, This Is Just To Say, is about a person who has eaten someone else's plums and admits it before the person gets in trouble. I liked this story because i did the same thing but with strawberries!
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Choosing Shoes, is about a person which is very picky with which shoes the person has to have.
I choose Choosing Shoes as the winner because it made more sense to me because i like longer stories and it was more interesting. It was also super funny! I liked when the person made up different names of shoes like “ Wipe-them-on-the-mat-shoes.”
The first poem, Do you carrot all for me is about someone explaining to someone that his/her hearts beats for them and they are meant to be together.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, The Castle in the Fire is about how a knight tried to save a princess.
I chose Do you carrot all for me because it made a lot of sense. I liked how they based it on fruit. They writer used their imagination. For example, they say my heart beets for you.
Just to say was about how he was saying sorry for taking food. it was very catchy.the story has a lot of meaning.
ReplyDeletethe second poem,is about how the writer is very picky with shoes.
my pick is choosing shoes it was funny and I can relate to it I am also picky.It was a good image. and a good rhyme scheme. it was a good poem.