Dance
The sounds of the taps,
click clack a rat-a-tat,
shuffle stomp, and snap,
stand tall like a top hat.
Move on to the bar,
turn left, turn right, plie,
spin as fast as cars,
my feet say, "more ballet!"
Now at the mat,
bend and stretch complete,
cartwheels like wildcats,
leap like a strong athlete.
Finish up with jazz,
be sure to please the crowd,
step ball change pizazz,
make all the parents proud.
click clack a rat-a-tat,
shuffle stomp, and snap,
stand tall like a top hat.
Move on to the bar,
turn left, turn right, plie,
spin as fast as cars,
my feet say, "more ballet!"
Now at the mat,
bend and stretch complete,
cartwheels like wildcats,
leap like a strong athlete.
Finish up with jazz,
be sure to please the crowd,
step ball change pizazz,
make all the parents proud.
Now the show is nearing the end,
Time for the finale,
One last dance until we see eachother again,
Huge smiles were smiled as the crowd stood and made a big ralley!
Ashley Schifano
I like the poem because I also do dance and I can relate to it.
ReplyDeleteTwo suggestions for your poem is describe a little bit more and use more metaphor.
1. ABAA, ABAB, ABAB, ABAB
2. I think she was tired but happy.
3. Three interesting uses of diction are stand tall like a top hat, my feet say, "more ballet!", cartwheels like wildcats.
4. I pictured you're plie.
5. Your alliteration was used by shuffle, stomp, and snap in line 3.
7. Personification was used by my feet say "more ballet!" in line 8.
8. Onomatopoeia was used by click clack a rat-a-tat in line 2.
Makayla Schmidt (:
1. I like that it was about something you love, ballet and all the onomatopoeia used all through the poem.
ReplyDelete2. Happy and pleased
3. Rat-a-tat because is was a very good use of onomatopoeia, pizzaz because it is fun to say, and plie because it is also very fun to say.
4. Describing all the ballet things she does
5. Shuffle, stomp, and step- line 3
6.Rat-a-tat- line 2
7. My feet say "more ballet"-line 2
8. shuffle, stomp, and step in line 3 and click clack a rat-a-tat also in line 3
-Kelsey Zuchowski(:
1. The poem is about dancing, and expressing yourself proudly.
ReplyDelete2. What is a plie? line 6
3. What kind of dancing is taking place in stanza 1?
4. What inspired you to write this poem?
Simile/metaphors- tall like a top hat, as fast as cars, cartwheels like wildcats, like a strong athlete
I think something symbolic in this poem is a smile. The author is very excited about dancing and enjoys it very much, and the crowd seems to ejoy it also.
Smile- joy, passion, love
1. This poem is about dancing.
ReplyDelete2. What do you mean when you say "step ball change pizazz" in line 15?
3. What kinds of movement are you adressing in stanza 2?
4. In this poem, does each stanza represent a different part of a dance competition?\
The four similes/metaphors were "stand tall like a top hat","spin as fast as cars","cartwheels like wildcats", and "leap like a strong athlete."
One symbolic part of the poem was the word "pizazz." "Pizazz" refers to style, charisma, and confidence.
1. This poem is about dance.
ReplyDelete2. What did you mean by tall like a top hat?
3. How did you feel at the end of the show?
4. How did you feel when you wrote this poem?
Similies/Metaphors:
-tall like a top hat
-cartwheels like wildcats
-leap like a strong athlete
-spin as fast as cars
Makayla Schmidt (: