Choose one of the two poems posted here. Explain how the comparison (simile, metaphor, personification, etc.) present in the poem helps express its meaning. Remember that your opening sentence should be like your thesis: it should state your opinion or idea and include the title of the poem and its author.
Then, compose your own poem using similes, metaphors, and/or personification. The topic of the poem is up to you, but the figurative language must be both present and purposeful!
Flint
ReplyDeleteby 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 brillant stone,
To catch the world's desire;
An opal holds a fiery spark;
But a flint holds fire.
A Red, Red Rose
by Robert Burns
Oh my luve is like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June:
Oh my luve is like the melodie,
That's sweetly play'd in tune.
As fair art thou, my bonie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry.
Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o' life shall run.
And fare thee weel, my only luve!
And fare thee weel a while!
And I will come again, my luve,
Tho' it were ten thousand mile!
A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns
ReplyDeleteThe poem "Red, Red Rose" by Robert Burns helps me to understand better personification and similes. In fact this is an interesting poem to analyze because it has got so many similes examples of similes and personification. Firstly, this poem is written in first person in fact in the fist line he says " Oh my luve is like a red, red rose." This means that the speaker is the author. It's about love, in fact the author used different similes and personification to describe you passionate love he feels for this girl. In the first line he compares his love to a red rose in fact he writes "Oh my luve is like a red, red rose" as his love has a tonic color to say that his love is a real love. Also in the third line he says that it's love is like a melodie with a sweet tune writing "Oh my luve is like the melodie, That's sweetly play'd in tune." With this quote we can say that he wants to present us how harmonious is his love. Finally, I found something intresting and unsual in fact in the second line he wrote " That's newly sprung in June", normally you don't say that was born a new love, but you stared a new relationship etc. So i think that it's a personification because the word "sprung" is usually referred to human kind.
The tigers
They live in the jungle;
They can have two different colors;
They are big as an elephant ;
and beautiful as a dogs.
They are carnivores as the people;
They born, grow and reproduce;
They are aggressive as the man;
but intelligent as many animals.
because of deforestation many of them dead,
because of their strength people are afraid of them.
but this does not change the fact that they will always be spectacular.
Hello Ms Gelso and fellow classmates,
ReplyDeleteThe “Flint” by Christina Rossetti is a wonderful poem that has as its theme a life teaching that is maybe something obvious for some people but difficult for others to understand. It says how something that is not beautiful or seems useless in sight, actually helps a lot of people with their daily life and makes it easier. Something like that is the flint that it seems like a common, plain brick but helps people when they put it into the fireplace and stands the heat. It may be inexpensive, not as impressive as the sapphire that “shines as blue as heaven” or admirable as the diamond that catches “the world’s desire”, but sometimes it has a magnificent color that can surpass in value all the emeralds and rubies. And by magnificent color, I don’t mean only the outer part, but also the inside part that sometimes is not shown and you have to “delve into the rock” to discover it. And finally, this poem doesn’t refer only to flints, but to people in general, too. Because sometimes it takes a lot of “delving” to get to know a person better.
Poem – The lie
What is a lie?
Is it a challenge?
Or a way to escape?
Well, I know what it is;
It is a way of thinking
The inspiration of the moment
Climbing the mountain of fantasy
But if your lie is revealed
It’s like falling in the river…
hi
ReplyDeleteFlint by Christina Rossetti
In this poem the speaker is trying to say that flint might not be a beautiful as a stone but is worth a lot more. When the speaker uses similes in the first paragraph he is trying to explain how beautiful the stones can be. But in the second paragraph the speaker says that diamond is a very important stone because it catches dire but flint is more important because it holds fire which is personification.
People are like trees, the more you learn the more you grow
The more you grow the older you get
The older you get the wiser you get
People are like trees, the more you learn the wiser you get
bye
Hello!
ReplyDeleteI will choose Flint by Christina Rossetti.
I believe that this poem shows that not only what is most precious is special, also what looks common can actually be very special too.
In the first stanza it describes how, a ruby may be as red as blood, and how a sapphire may shine as blue as heaven. All of this sounds wonderful, but then Christina says "A flint lies in the mud." That sentence implies that the flint is almost of no value and invisible compared to the two jewels.
In the second stanza, it mentions other precious stones, first of all the diamond, but also the less sparky opal that may provide a “fiery spark" as well.
Then at the end it says that the flint generate actual fire, meaning that the flint may enlighten all the other gem stones and this makes it very special. So if you think about it, the flint could be seen as the special of all, since it is the one that makes the others beautiful thanks to the light it provides to them.
Flint by Christina Rossetti, is a particular poem, full of metaphors and similies. To understand fully its meaning it has to be read more than twice. We can find many similies compared to minerals, and how they are related to nature.
ReplyDeleteWith the presence of similies we can understand that,Christina Rossetti (the author) makes us understand that no matter what mineral, if diamonds,emmerald...the flint is always going to be the one that hold fire....
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 brillant stone,
To catch the world's desire;
An opal holds a fiery spark;
But a flint holds fire.
My poem:
September is like a yellow pencil
ready to write on miles of lines in empty notebooks.
September is like a new born baby
ready to start a new page.
September is like a flower, always ready to grow or decay.
Dear Ms Gelso and classmates
ReplyDeletethe poem i chose is Flint by Christina Rossetti.
In my opinion, the author in this poem is describing the different kinds of precious stones with Flint. This poem really tells you how these stones sparkle in their own shine and they cant be better than each other. The figurative language in this poem really compares these precious stones to one another, like
An emerald is as green as grass,
A ruby red as blood;
A sapphire shines as blue as heaven;
The similes in this stanza really tell me the character and personality of these stones.
A diamond is a brillant stone,
To catch the world's desire;
An opal holds a fiery spark;
But a flint holds fire.
The metaphors in this stanza are really catchy and they make me wonder about if its true.
I surely believe that figurative language really makes the poem memorable and without this comparison it wouldn't be as effective as now.
thanks for reading
The comparison in the poem “A Red, Red Rose” by the famous Scottish poet Robert Burns is presented with several techniques which helps express its meaning. Starts with simile the poet describes his love “is like a red,red rose” in June and also “ like the melodie” which “play'd in tune.” Then, it changes to metaphor in the second stanza, he shows that his deep love for her will “till a' the seas gang dry.” Moreover, the mood in the third stanza is complex, he indicates that sometimes love could change as the time passes which remembers us that like the rose in June will be withered someday. Lastly, he promises that even they need to separate for a short time; he “will come again.”
ReplyDeleteThus, by using simile and metaphor in the poem helped it more vivid, understandable and never get tired of reading it.
Tears Of Life
ReplyDeleteBy Fiza Wasti
Tears of pain flows slowly from my eyes,
Filled with the emotion of love gone by;
The once i live with everyday,
the once that know be in every way
But
I walk with them towards the stars,
I talk to them with joy and sorrow;
They see my smiles but not the fears,
I wonder if they could ever see my hidden tears!
I chose the first poem.
ReplyDeleteThe meaning of this poem in my opinion is that Christina Rossetti wants to put in evidence the beauty of nature. She uses both similies and metaphores. The first stanza is nearly all described with similes, while the second stanza with various metaphores. It hase a really deep meandin hard to understand. From whaT I personall understod, she wants to say that in natiura as in our lives there are positive and negative happenings and thins. At the begginning she uses reall beautiful similies, but at the end she concludes with the sentence: But a flint holds fire. This ending made me think that the poem is not a very happu poemm and that it doesn't talk aboout the pleasures of life, but describes he good things compared with a similie or methapore that describe a bad or sad ting.
my poem:
The Happiness Of Autumn
the tree branches start to swing,
as boys and girs dance and sing.
autumn time hase arrived
and you can feel the happiness and pride.
all the families go out together
even though there is a cold weather
the leaves change color and sound
as children crunchnand play with them all around
By: Denise Di Catro :)
I chose the poem flint by Christina Rossetti because it has lots of similes and metaphors that help the writer to express what the difference between an ordinary flint and precious objects such as emeralds rubies , sapphires and diamonds. The similes she uses to help the reader understand what this objects are and look like for her: “An emerald is as green as grass” “A ruby red as blood”, “A sapphire shines as blue as heaven” , this time to describe the diamond she uses a metaphor “A diamond is a brilliant stone”. To compare a flinch to this precious rocks she uses personifications such as “A flint lies in the mud” and “A flint holds fire.” This different forms of figurative language help the reader understand the writers point of view towards this precious rocks and a flinch.
ReplyDeleteThe poem "Flint" by Christina Rosetti is full of similies and metaphores. The similie that I particularly like is "A sapphire shines as blue as heaven", It makes me feel full of happiness. The figurative language makes the poem "epic". The similies present in the poem helps you understand it better and have nice feelings.
ReplyDeleteSky
You are blue as the ocean,
Your clouds are as white as a blank page,
At night the stars shine in you and make you bright,
The moon shines and makes you epic.
You will never die my bright Sky!
Hi everyone,
ReplyDeletepart 1
The amazing poem written by Christina Rossetti, "Flint", through the several similes, explains what is the point of having precious stones, when the quintessential need is the flint, that keeps you worm… The beauty of precious stones is obvious to the eye, but a flint lies in the mud.
The similes present in the poem, describe the precious stones, “ An emerald is as green as grass, A ruby red as blood; A sapphire shines as blue as heaven; A diamond is a brillant stone, To catch the world's desire;”. But also describe the important uses of a horrible stone that lies in the mud, “An opal holds a fiery spark; But a flint holds fire.”…
Flint
ReplyDeleteby 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 brillant stone,
To catch the world's desire;
An opal holds a fiery spark;
But a flint holds fire.
We can see how this poem gives a use of similes to give a vivid image. It also has a wonderful rythm and a usage of of similes which helps to conceptuaize the story. This poem talks about how valuable are small things like precious stones.
Friendship
By Alessandro
Friendship is like a star
that shines
Friendship are like numbers
they never end
Friendship is like a hair strip
which is fragile
and can brake in any second
Hello Ms. Gelso and Classmates!
ReplyDeleteIn the poem Christina Rossetti wrote called Flint, the author is comparing valuable objects with life. I've got this idea from the phrase
"A ruby red as blood".
This Life
Sometimes I wonder... is it real?
I talk to you..
You're beautiful...like a flower.
You're smart... like Einstein
You're impatient... like everyone else today.
You're waiting... but thinking about the future.
You're staying... you've made your decision.
You're amazing... you took the right road.
I have to say... this life has a happy ending.
In the poem "Flint"
ReplyDeleteby Christina Rossetti, similes and metaphors help describe all minerals specifying their color to nature. The example I personally like best is "A sapphire shines as blue as heaven" because it makes me think of how precious an valuable a sapphire can be.
My poem :Nature
Around I see starts as bright as the sun.
Sun shines upon all us,humans of the sun.
we are all living in a fantasy world:
water as limpid as glass,
minerals as beautiful as Venus...
Why waste everything, we can make a difference.
One,the only one
ReplyDeleteHe is like a superstar
who shines everywhere
He is like a superman
who helps everyone
His bright smile shines like the sun
and his love for me is deep as the sea
but the only one I wish for is you
you are the one
who dares to make me happy and cry.
The poem "Flint" by Christina Rosetti is full of similies and metaphores. The similie that I particularly like is "A ruby red as blood" because it makes me think of how can a ruby be precious.
ReplyDeleteMy Poem:
The book is red as blood,
the pencil is yellow as the sun,
the wall is as white as a blank page,
the table is as green as grass,
the water is as blue as sky.
In the poem "Red, Red Rose" by Robert Burns, it is both personification and similie. It describes love, and how the author loves his "girlfriend". it is written by first person. the red rose is beautiful and he is trying to say that his girlfriend is beautiful and I think thats why he named the title of the poem."Oh my luve is like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June: Oh my luve is like the melodie, That's sweetly play'd in tune." He has made good quotations.
ReplyDeleteMajid's special poem :
Red is the color of your heart
Then I ask why are most roses are red ?
Smelling that beautiful smell of yours
The feeling that makes life is so short
But girl am in love with you
Be in throne and be my queen
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