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  • on Rosalie's Good Eats Cafe by Sheldon Allan Silverstein, on January 15, 2005
    I grew up reading Shel Silverstein's work but have never read this one before. I always thought he just wrote children's poetry- but obviously not.

    Very long, but well worth the time it took me to read. A wonderfully written piece that truly speaks to me...I'm not sure why, but it has really amazed me.

    The rhyming and flow in this are simply amazing. All these people that Shel Silverstein has created- they each have a unique personality and problems that they have to face.

    A fascinating poem.

    -Emily

  • on My friend must be a Bird by Emily Dickinson, on January 15, 2005
    "My friend must be a Bird—
    Because it flies!"

    Short but meaningful, like many of Emily Dickinson's poems. This poem could describe so many things...it is especially powerful to me because I know many people who would fit this description.

    As usual, Dickinson's glorious words have forced me to think about many different things.

    -Emily

  • on The Stolen Child by William Butler Yeats, on January 12, 2005
    "For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand."

    To me, this line is a beautiful description of the innocence of a child. The whole poem has an interesting quality to it...a fascinating story told in a lovely poem.

    I love the repeating part in italics. It works the way a chorus would in a song, and adds a smooth, musical feel to the poem.

    The imagery in this is glorious, wonderfully describing everything. There is a peaceful, almost magical feeling to this poem that really touches my heart. I love this

  • on Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening by Robert Frost, on January 12, 2005
    We were reading this poem at school, and one of the people in my class thought it was about suicide. Immediately, after she said that, I began to notice a different meaning in this poem that I'd never seen before.

    "The woods are lovely, dark and deep" Perhaps the woods are a metaphor for death...to some suicidal people, death can be seen as beautiful, a lovely escape from a painful life.

    "But I have promises to keep" The speaker in this poem may have promised someone that he wouldn't kill himself, and this is the promise that he speaks of.

    The ending lines in the poem seem to suggest that the speaker is giving up..."miles to go"...he seems to already be tired of the journey, although he hasn't even started it. That's what I think...I'm probably wrong.

    The rhyme scheme in this is beautifully done...I didn't notice it until the second time I read it, and then, I was amazed. I've never seen this rhyme scheme before, and I really liked it