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    Exercises

    “The Sea”
    maggie and milly and molly and may
    went down to the beach (to play one day)
    and maggie discovered a shell that sang
    so sweetly she couldn’t remember her troubles, and
    milly befriended a stranded star
    whose rays five languid fingers were;
    and molly was chased by a horrible thing
    which raced sideways while blowing bubbles: and
    may came home with a smooth round stone
    as small as a world and as large as alone.
    For whatever we lose (like a you or a me)
    it’s always ourselves we find in the sea
    We Real Cool
    We real cool. We
    Left school. We
    Lurk late. We
    Strike straight.
    We Sing sin. We
    Thin gin. We
    Jazz June. We Die soon.
    Gwendolyn Brooks (African American Poet)
    “Abou Ben Adhem ”
    Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)
    Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,
    And saw, within the moonlight in his room,
    Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom,
    An angel writing in a book of gold:—
    Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold,
    And to the Presence in the room he said
    "What writest thou?"—The vision raised its head,
    And with a look made of all sweet accord,
    Answered "The names of those who love the Lord."
    "And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay, not so,"
    Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low,
    But cheerly still, and said "I pray thee, then,
    Write me as one that loves his fellow men."

    The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night


    It came again with a great wakening light,
    And showed the names whom love of God had blessed,
    And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.
    “The Arrow and the Song”
    I shot an arrow into the air,
    It fell to earth, I knew not where;
    For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
    Could not follow it in its flight.

    I breathed a song into the air,


    It fell to earth, I knew not where;
    For who has sight so keen and strong,
    That it can follow the flight of song?

    Long, long afterward, in an oak


    I found the arrow, still unbroke;
    And the song, from beginning to end,
    I found again in the heart of a friend.
    “Still I Rise”
    You may write me down in history
    With your bitter, twisted lies,
    You may tread me in the very dirt
    But still, like dust, I'll rise.

    Does my sassiness upset you?


    Why are you beset with gloom?
    'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
    Pumping in my living room.

    Just like moons and like suns,


    With the certainty of tides,
    Just like hopes springing high,
    Still I'll rise.

    Did you want to see me broken?


    Bowed head and lowered eyes?
    Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
    Weakened by my soulful cries.

    Does my haughtiness offend you?


    Don't you take it awful hard
    'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
    Diggin' in my own back yard.
    • You may shoot me with your words,
    You may cut me with your eyes,
    You may kill me with your hatefulness,
    But still, like air, I'll rise.

    Does my sexiness upset you?


    Does it come as a surprise
    That I dance like I've got diamonds
    At the meeting of my thighs?

    Out of the huts of history's shame


    I rise
    Up from a past that's rooted in pain
    I rise
    I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
    Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
    Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
    I rise
    Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
    I rise
    Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
    I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
    I rise
    I rise
    I rise.
    Critical Appreciation of a Poem
    • Theme
    • Paraphrase supported by examples
    • Tone and Mood
    • Imagery (metaphor, simile, personification)
    • Sound devices (meter, rhyme scheme, alliteration, consonance,
    assonance, onomatopoeia, dominating sounds, repetition)
    • The form of the poem (sonnet, villanelle, ballad, …)
    • The genre of the poem (narrative, speculative, …)
    Links to check
    • https://www.essaysexperts.net/blog/how-to-write-a-critical-analysis-
    of-a-poem/
    • https://englishsummary.com/write-critical-appreciation-poem/
    • https://neoenglish.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/some-critical-appreci
    ation-solved-examples/

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