The Ballad of the Turkey

The Ballad Of The Turkey

By G Yates

Turkey

As I walked along the road one day
Kicking up stones along the way,
I saw a bird of unusual size
Who had a large beak and small, beady eyes.

He strutted about and ruffled his wings
Then he did the most ominous thing.
He let out a screech and puffed out his chest
I wanted to run from this evil pest.

As this bird's mighty exterior did appear
The inside of my chest was filled with fear.
He put one talon forward, the other one next
This troublesome bird was making me vexed.

I then did something that was a great chance.
I kicked a stone at him to stop his advance.
He then chased the stone, oh joy of great joys!
I felt myself one of the luckiest boys!

Around the corner I ran, straight to my home,
Leaving that bird confused and alone.
Don't befriend a turkey (for that's what he was)

Or he will attack you simply because.

Analyze

This ballad is about a scary turkey that attempts to attack the boy. The theme of this ballad is don't befriend a turkey. There are four quatrain stanzas and the rhyme scheme is A-A-B-B-C-C-D-D-E-E-F-F-G-G-H-H-I-I-J-J.
This poem has an end rhyme, alliteration on line 12 "making me," Imagery, sight in line 3 "I saw a bird of unusual size" and line 4 "a large beak and small, beady eyes," hearing in line 7 "screech".

Sonnet 18

SONNET 18

By William Shakespeare

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;

But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.

Analysis

This poem is about his affection and love towards his lover. The theme of this poem is that his love will last forever and the lover's beauty will be forever remembered. This poem has 4 stanzas and the rhyme scheme is A-B-A-B-C-D-C-D-E-F-E-F-G-G. There is a metaphor in line 1 "comparing the lover to a summer's day", allusion in line 5 "heaven", assonance in line 14 "lives and gives."

Flint

Flint

By Christina Rossetti

An emerald is as green as grass,
A ruby red as blood;
A sapphire shines as blue as heaven;
A flint lies in the mud.
 
A diamond is a brilliant stone,
To catch the world’s desire;
An opal holds a fiery spark;
But a flint holds a fire.

Analysis

This poem is about how precious stones are beautiful but are not equally as helpful as a flint can be. The theme is sometimes the most ordinary things can be the most useful things. There are two stanzas and there is no rhyme scheme. There are similes in line 1 "as green as grass," line 2 "red as blood," line 3 "shines as blue as heaven," and there is an allusion in line 3 "heaven."

Dinnertime Chorus

Dinnertime Chorus

by Sharon Hendricks

The teapot sang as the water boiled

The ice cubes cackled in their glass

the teacups chattered to one another.

While the chairs were passing gas

The gravy gurgled merrily

As the oil danced in a pan.

Oh my dinnertime chorus

          What a lovely, lovely clan!

 

 

Analysis

This poem is about dinner and there is no specific theme. The rhyme scheme is A-B-C-B-D-E-F-E. There is personification in line 1 "teapot sang," line 2 "ice cubes cackled," line 3 "teacups chattered to one another," line 4 "chairs were passing gas," line 5 "gravy gurgled merrily," and line 6 "oil danced in a pan."

The Road Not Taken

The Road Not Taken

By Robert Frost

TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. Analysis This poem is about two roads and the theme is . There are four stanzas and the rhyme scheme is A-B-A-A-B-A-B-A-A-B-A-B-A-A-B-A-B-A-A-B. There is symbolism in the whole poem that is two roads that symbolize two life choices.

Bitter-sweet Love

Bitter-sweet Love

Love is a jewel.
Sometimes as fragile as glass,
but sweet like honey.

Analysis

This poem is about how love can be bitter-sweet and is a haiku poem. There is symbolism in line 1 "love is a jewel" saying how love is rare. There are similes in line 1 "as fragile as glass" and line 2 "sweet like honey."

Stubbornness

Stubbornness

Cindy was a mule.
She would not agree with us,
but she soon gave in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Analysis

This poem is about a girl named Cindy that was stubborn but eventually gave in. This is a haiku poem with a metaphor in line 1 "Cindy was a mule" meaning that a mule is stubborn.