PROJECT: WRITING A POEM Writing poetry is one of the most difficult undertakings in writing. Paying attention to what other poets have done can make the process much easier.

Here is your goal for this assignment:

Compose a short poem
Using some of the techniques of poetry you have studied in this unit, write a brief poem (8-10 lines). The poem may be iambic pentameter or free verse, rhymed or unrhymed. Beneath your poem, list the poetic devices that you used.

Transcripts
GIRL: What are you working on? BOY: I’m writing a poem, want to hear it? GIRL: Sure! BOY: Okay, here it goes… Birds like to fly, not to run. They go way up high in the sky, boy that must be fun! They soar with their wings, how cool it must be to do such wonderful things, lots of times better than you and me. GIRL: Why is that a poem? BOY: Because it rhymes! GIRL: There’s more to poetry then just rhyming. BOY: There is? GIRL: Yes, there’s meter, figurative language, and other sound devices like onomatopoeia. BOY: Oh! I guess I have a little to learn before I can write poetry well. GIRL: Yes, but at least you understand rhyme in case you decide to use that in your poetry. BOY: Yeah, that was pretty good, wasn’t it? Did you notice how wings and things rhymed? And high and sky… [fades out]
plzzz!!

read the excerpt from “the blackfeet creation.”

what does this excerpt show about blackfeet culture?

the blackfeet prefer to eat cooked meat.

the blackfeet eat small game as well as buffalo.

the blackfeet believe that buffalo are sacred.

the blackfeet animals for providing them with food.

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in my opinion i think it was not excessive at all. the maids turned against the queen in his absence, how could he ever trust them again? if he let them go they would surely spread the news of the suitor's deaths, which is much too risky. as for the suitors, they were selfish, rude, and greedy. the god's had apparently marked them for death, meaning odysseus made their death come faster.

i decided to stay late in the laboratory to continue my experiment with the lightbulb. at midnight, thomas edison opened the door and walked in with his head held high.

1. he leaned on the wall and observed me carefully.

2. his harsh scrutiny made me self-conscious of my skills in the lab.

3. perhaps it was just me, but the air in the laboratory began to thicken as i found myself having difficulty to breathe.

4. i turned to look at him fully as i mentally prepared myself for what my very first words would be to thomas edison.

5. the next couple of seconds shocked me. it wasn't me who spoke, but rather him and with diction i could never think of using in a simple sentence.

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hey, sorry if this was bad, i really didn't know what to write but i wanted to you. is there anything that you had to include within the excerpt?