Monday, January 31, 2011
Grade 10: The Drum (due before class Wednesday, February 2nd)
Read Nikki Giovanni's poem "The Drum." Please explain the meaning of the metaphor present in the poem. Write a proper paragraph like we have been practicing, using quotations from the poem in your explanation. Then, comment on someone else's explanation. Your comment should provide your classmate with several good things about the response and several things to improve.
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The Drum
ReplyDeleteby Nikki Giovanni
daddy says the world is
a drum tight and hard
and i told him
i'm gonna beat out my own rhythm
In the poem " The Drum " by Nikki Giovanni, it describes the drum and when you hit a drum, sometimes the sound of it is tight and hard. this is a conversation between father and son/daugther. The daughter is saying that she wants to make her own rhythm beating the drum.
ReplyDeleteMajid,
ReplyDeleteYou started out very strongly! This would be a very good first half to a paragraph. I would like you to add several sentences to finish it up. Consider what the speaker means by "beat[ing] out [her] own rhythm."
The metaphor in the poem “The Drum” by Nikki Giovanni is used to help expressing its meaning. The poem is written in the first person and the content is about the conversation between the speaker and his/her father. The father describes the world as a drum” tight and hard” which reflects that the reality of life is also difficult, hard and not easy to survive. Moreover, the speaker answers to his/her father that he/she“gonna beat out [his/her] own rhythm”. The words from the speaker which tell us that no matter how hard is life is , everyone should love his/her life and has a open mind, not just survived. Thus, by using the metaphor helps to show that speaker has adopted an unequivocal attitude towards the world and future.
ReplyDeleteTo Majid
Your paragraph is good but still you need to follow more structures. First of all, you have a good opening sentence with the names of poem and the poet but rather than having text detail in the first sentence, it will be better to have your thesis. You also need a closing sentence.
the poem "Drum" by nikki giovanni,in this poem is useing first person "I",in this poem is talking about conversation between the speaker and her father.in this"daddy says the world is
ReplyDeletea drum tight and hard" the father tell the speaker the world just like drum tight and hard.
"i told him ,i'm gonna beat out my own rhythm" in here the speaker tell her father, she gonna to beat out this world rhythm and made her own rhythm.
the poem "Drum" by nikki giovanni,it is using first person. I think the father want to talk his son what frustrations is hard and tight in the life likes drum.But he warns his son it is improtant that he need to challenge those frustrations bravely likes he beat out his rhythm.
ReplyDeleteThe poem "Drum" bu Nikki Giovanni is written in first person and it a good poem that helps to understand better metaphors. It is a conversation between father and son. In fact, in this poem the father says "the world is a drum tight and hard" to express the opinion that life is difficult and short also he used the drum as the world because it is round. The speaker answer to his/her father telling him " i'm gonna beat out my own rhythm" to say that he/she doesn't care if life is difficult, because he/she is gonna survive any cause because he/she is strong. In conclusion, this is a good poem because it has two positive metaphors and one of them is a good answer to the argument : the world and its future.
ReplyDeleteLuigi Y.
Luigi you need a good structure with an opening and closing sentence, also you need to improve to set a proper sentence. Your sentences are sometimes very confused. Also, you have to learn that when you're doing a response to a poem you can't you the first person because it is an objective opinion and not a subjective one.