| A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep. - Salman Rushdie | ||
Who is your favorite poet and why? What are some of your favorite poems by that poet? If you don't have a favorite poet or haven't read much poetry, then write about your favorite band or artist. What are some lyrics they have written that you liked? Why? If you can include a specific poem or lyrics, then that's great! REMEMBER: Your response must be a fully-developed, 5-sentence paragraph. Below is an example response. This is a tough question for me. There are so many poets I love: Pablo Neruda, Emily Dickinson, Mary Oliver, Billy Collins... the list goes on and on. I think my absolute favorite all-time poet, if I have to pick, is William Carlos Williams. He is known for his short poems, which he wrote on prescription pads when he was a doctor. Though many of his poems are short, they contain touching and true reflections of the human condition. He also wrote many poems which were musings about artwork. I especially love the poem called "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" about a Brueghel painting because it emphasizes the everyday world not as backdrop, but as even more important than the fall of a hero: According to Brueghel when Icarus fell it was spring a farmer was ploughing his field the whole pageantry of the year was awake tingling with itself sweating in the sun that melted the wings' wax unsignificantly off the coast there was a splash quite unnoticed this was Icarus drowning | ||
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Who is your favorite poet or musician and why? (Due Friday, February 24th!)
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My favorite poet is Shel Silverstein. My parents used to read his poems to me every night. The poems are very funny. Shel Silverstein writes about very random subjects. There is no real story. One of my favorite poems is called, “True Story.” It doesn’t make any sense, and that’s why it’s funny. Shel Silverstein doesn’t rhyme that much, but sometimes he does. Another favorite poem is “For Sale.” It’s about a kid who is trying to sell his sister for a penny. The best lines of the poem for me are, “One crying and spying younger sister for sale!/I’m really not kidding.” Shel Silverstein draws the picture illustrations in the book himself, which is very impressive. The pictures are humorous. I will always like Shel Silverstein’s poems because they remind me of bedtime when I was little.
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DeleteSome musicians that I like are Micheal Jackson, Adele,and the Black Eye Peas. I love Micheal Jacksons music because there is a groove and a beat that I like. Adeles' music grabs me because her voice is so beautiful and strong.The rhythm of The Black Eye Peas makes me feel loose and exited. The way they harmonize is hip.
I have several favorite bands. One is Tho Who. They have an awesome guitarist who does guitar windmills. They also had a complex drummer who is really hard to copy. Another band is Santana. They kind of mix Central American music with rock and they make really great songs that way. Another favorite band is AC/DC. There isn't really anything that special about them, unlike The Who or Santana, but they make great songs.
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I have several favorite bands. One is Tho Who. They have an awesome guitarist who does guitar windmills. They also had a complex drummer who is really hard to copy. Another band is Santana. They kind of mix Central American music with rock and they make really great songs that way. Another favorite band is AC/DC. There isn't really anything that special about them, unlike The Who or Santana, but they make great songs.
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One of favorite bands is The Who. I also like the Black Eyed Peas. There is nothing special about them, they just are good and are well cheoryographed. I also like Micheal Jackson. But, who doesn't.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite band is survivor. I also like Micheal Jackson. The song I like most from survivor is The eye of the tiger because I like the beat of the song, the sound of the music, and I like the lyrics of the song. My favorite song ever sung by Micheal Jackson is Beat it because it is catchy and it was well thought up if it was written by him or if he hired a song writer to write it for him.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite band/artist is daft punk they did the sound track from tron legacy, one of my favorite songs from them is harder better faster stronger, they have a good beat their sound effects and voice distortion is really cool to. I also like zombie nation who does the uva song a.k.a kernkraft 400. dead mau5 also makes great electronic music. On a completely different note (no pun intended) I like Rodrigo y gabriella who makes Diablo rojo one of my favorite songs on guitar.
ReplyDeleteMy absolute favorite band are the Beatles. It is so because they made creative songs and were a good band. The lyrics are catchy and in certain cases fun. The Beatles are a creative group and are good.Thats my favorite band.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite singer is Elmofo. I like his song, "party rock." I like the beat and think it sounds cool. I like that the singer likes to wear funky outfits. I like that they use technology to enhance their music. I find this very interesting and think that I would like to use technology with my music some day.
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Deletei like dr.seus because all of his poems end happily,like in the grinch who stole Chrismas the green guy gave the little people hams and they ate all the little hams.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite poet Dr. suess. I like his poems, because they ryme.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite poet is Robert Frost. I love the way he words his poems. He uses similes really well. gus
ReplyDeleteMy favorite songwriter is Mickel Jackson.I like him because he has a good voice.His costumes are very cool.He has very good songs.His dance moves are sweet.
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