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 The Red Wheelbarrow
a wide variety of poetry to students. One of the poems is The Red Wheelbarrow . The Red Wheelbarrow so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens The poem is so short; it is just one sentence of 16 words. It shows that a poet has to choose words very carefully in order to create an image. It follows a very tight syllable system. It contains no capital letters, another feature of some forms of poetry. Carlos Williams chose everyday subjects. And although the poem was not written for children, it is amazing to see what children understand from poetry, and how it inspires them to write their own poetry. The 5A students were asked to think of a moment that was very vivid in their memory. They had to try and ‘paint’ with words that moment, trying to use the same verse pattern as WCW had used. They did not have to explain the moment, the poem would explain itself. And these are the results. I hope you will enjoy them, because I did. So here's a selection of my students' poetry, inspired by William Carlos William’s ‘The Red Wheelbarrow’. The Grand Piano By AH so much depends upon a black grand piano polished with clean water beside a silent crowd Standing on Stage Written by EB so much depends upon standing on stage singing in front of an audience and being the best Inspiration Written by WS so much depends upon a little poem inspired by William Carlos William the great rhythmic poet Class Written by MK so much depends upon a very quiet class with an angry teacher beside the principal’s office Street Written by AC so much depends upon a lousy busy street filled with honking sounds through the tall buildings The Fried Chicken Written by OZ so much depends upon a crispy fried chicken covered with hot gravy served on a plate A Lamp Written by HC so much depends upon a lamp that shines lightening up the dark enlightening my heart warmly Fried Chicken Written by AF so much depends upon a deep fried chicken covered with hot sauce served with rice pudding Home Work Written by RH so much depends upon me doing my homework and not flunking it so I don’t repeat Cabbage Written by MHM so much depends upon a head of cabbage when someone is hungry just like I am The Red Lipstick Written by LW so much depends upon the stick of lipstick without a cap on beside the black glasses Gum Chewing Written by May so much depends upon chewing gum with you through day and night on T.V. or not The Rabbit Written by MA so much depends upon a small white rabbit struggling to escape from the enormous white cage Article posted March 26, 2010 at 04:06 AM • comment • Reads 536 • see all articles |
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