Tyanna+Pleasant+<3

"Poetry... is...a speaking picture, with this end: to teach and delight." -Sir Philip Sydney


 * __ Ode __**

Ode to you, I didn't want people to know my secret crush on you, I’m just happy that you really stuck through, I really admire you not only cause of your personality but also, the way you make me feel when we are together, Everything we did together is a memory, That is super glued onto my brain and will never be erased, Your determination and admiration is what makes me want to love for forever, Maybe even for a lifetime. But lets not think too far ahead Lets let things happen instead, People ask what do I see in you, I say: When I am with him, my whole world turns upside down, I love when he hold me and comfort me with the warmth from his body, How he always know how to make my cool-aid smile appear when making me smile, The fact that he can handle any situation maturely and better than most males, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">My feelings for him are so indescribable, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">They then understand why I am so attached to you, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">I just hope that now that you hold my heart in your hands, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">You will not do anything to break it, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">You should cherish it, keep it close to yours, and never let it go, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Just remember that it is not a toy, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">It is very delicate, sensitive, and easily broken. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">You are one in a million; girls would die to have a boyfriend as generous and thoughtful as you, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">You are like my lover and my best friend, all wrapped up in one with a ribbon on it, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">In the past, things were different, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">I never spoke these three words and meant it, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">The three words that change everything, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">The three words I can't take back, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Life moves on, and when it did, I met you <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">These three words are effortless to say <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">So I mean it when I say I LOVE YOU!
 * Ode to you**
 * Tyanna Pleasant**
 * __ Sonnet __**

Hello my name is Jello I am red, My favorite flavor is not strawberry, You can tyr to make me stand on your head, Did you try the good flavor blueberry, I want to dance to the groovy music, Why don't you want to dance to this great song, Can you sing the tunes and the good lyric, Why are the words to the music so long, Finally the song is over so be Time is up, time for me to go home now, Jello was so very nice to me, It is time for me to go back to town, Om my gosh it is very close to noon, Hopefully I will see Jello again real soon!
 * Jello**
 * Tyanna Pleasant**


 * __ Raised by poem __**

I was raised with examples of do’s and don’ts, I was raised with 2 brothers and 4 sisters, I was raised in West Philadelphia, I was raised in the playground across the street. I was raised with a mommy and daddy, I was raised by do not make fun of people, I was raid=sed by getting spanked when doing something bad, I was raised by having to hide under my bunk bed trying to hide when upset, I was raised by being shy and quiet, The way I was raised made me who I am TODAY!
 * I was raised…**
 * Tyanna Pleasant**

They fly they fly they fly, They start out as little crawling creatures, Creatures that are ugly then turn out beautiful, So beautiful that they can turn the deadest garden, into beautiful blooming bright colorful garden.
 * __ Poem of my choice __**
 * They fly**
 * Tyanna Pleasant**

They fly they fly they fly, I sometime wish I could go fly with them, Fly so high that I could touch the sky, Fly so high that it would be impossible for me to go any farther because of our atmosphere, They seem so free and graceful,

BUTTERFLIES!


 * __ Statement about my poetry __**

My poetry is inspired by what or who I am thinking about. It also depends on the mood or the feeling I am in while writing the poem. The technique I use is the technique of the first thing that comes to mind when I think of this topic. Poetry is not my #1 favorite thing to write. But, when it comes down to writing it, I can do a good job at it. The structures of my poems are very formal. Its usually had the first letter of each line capitalized and a comma at the end of everything unless I have a line that is an enjambment. Figurative language and I are not the best of friends. Although i understand that figurative language is what makes poems more interesting, I really do not like adding it into my poems.

Sunshine seemed like gold. When I was home de Sunshine seemed like gold. Since I come up North de Whole damn world's turned cold.
 * Po' Boy Blues**
 * Langston Hughes**

I was a good boy, Never done no wrong. Yes, I was a good boy, Never done no wrong, But this world is weary An' de road is hard an' long.

I fell in love with A gal I thought was kind. Fell in love with A gal I thought was kind. She made me lose ma money An' almost lose ma mind.

Weary, weary, Weary early in de morn. Weary, weary, Early, early in de morn. I's so weary I wish I'd never been born.

This poem uses metaphors in order to tell the reader the thoughts of a weary workingman. The poem addresses the reader. The central idea of this poem is a man who is tired of having to work and move. There are many-repeated words in this poem. In the last stanza, the word Weary is repeated a lot. The punctuation is used a lot also. He uses sentences two line sentences. So the period is at after the last word in the second line of each sentence. In the first stanza there are opposites. He says when he was home, the sunshine seemed like gold and the north was cold and the whole world turned upside down. The line length varies and there are no patterns in this poem. The line breaks create enjambments. So there are sentences that continue onto the next line where the sentence is finished. The effects the line breaks have is it makes the reader pause when starting a new line which may be a strategy on how the writer makes the poem more meaningful to the reader. The language of the poem is informal. He speaks as if he is a person from down south. This affects the reader by informing the reader this is a person form down south. The way he makes the character speak makes it seem as if he is a slave. The tone of the poem is tired and weary. This affects the mood by making the reader more interested in why the character feels this way. An image this poem gives me is, the sunshine and then the cold north. This image is apart of a metaphor. This metaphor adds the fact that the guy had to go through a change and it makes the change seem more dramatic. The poem takes us mentally back to the old days down south to a southerner who moved from down south to the north. And who is very weary so that they had never been born.

I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn't, So I jumped in and sank.
 * Life is Fine**
 * Langston Hughes**

I came up once and hollered! I came up twice and cried! If that water hadn't a-been so cold I might've sunk and died.

But it was Cold in that water! It was cold!

I took the elevator Sixteen floors above the ground. I thought about my baby And thought I would jump down.

I stood there and I hollered! I stood there and I cried! If it hadn't a-been so high I might've jumped and died.

But it was High up there! It was high!

So since I'm still here livin', I guess I will live on. I could've died for love-- But for livin' I was born

Though you may hear me holler, And you may see me cry-- I'll be dogged, sweet baby, If you gonna see me die.

Life is fine! Fine as wine! Life is fine!

The poem addresses a person who is attempting suicide but then has second thoughts. First, they jumped into the river, but got out because the water was too cold. In the second attempt, the building was too high and they thought about their baby. In each stanza, the last word in the second line and the last line rhymes. Each stanza has no more than 4 lines. He says I a lot. The word I repeat a lot. The word that basically describes why he didn't commit suicide is capitalized. For example the word cold is capitalized in the first time he says it in the 3 stanzas. And the word High is capitalized. He does have enjambment. This poem is more formal. It talks about why he did not go through with his attempts to cause suicide. And he talks about why he did not do it and why he couldn't. Reading it kind of makes you think why would he want to cause suicide, but it tells you why he cannot do it. He also thinks about other people like his baby, which is one of the reasons he cannot do it. The tone of the poem is kind of dramatic. Because of the last line of the poem, he seems irritated or like he is being sarcastic. Because he talks about how he was thinking about drowning himself and jumping off of a tall building, then he says Life is fine, fine and wine, life is fine. If his life were so fine why would he try to end it? An image I see is a man, walking on the river bank, then just sitting on the bank and suddenly just jump, then get back out. I can see this because he describes exactly what he do, then him describing why he got out helps me better see him get out. I can also see him yelling off of the top of a tall building, I seen this a lot in movies so I would have that image in my head. The overall effect is that his life is not as good as many people may think it is.

Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly.
 * Dreams**
 * Langston Hughes**

Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.

This poem addresses everyone. The central topic is about dreams ad how you should never let them go. In each stanza, the last word of the second line rhymes. This poem has every first word of each line capitalized. The stanzas are one sentence he does not use commas and only uses a period at the end of each stanza. Each stanza follows a pattern of the first and second line has 4 words, the fourth line has 5 words, and the last line of each stanza has 3 words. The line breaks are end-stopped lines. The line breaks give the reader more feeling towards the poem. The language of the poem is very formal. It uses modern language but say things in more of an old fashions way. For example, he says "Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die  Life is a broken-winged bird  That cannot fly." I feel as though nobody would talk this way in this generation. I think this affect the reader by making it more interesting by using this style of wording. The tone of this poem is kind of inspiriting. I think this affects the mood by making it more serious. An image I can see is an empty field covered in snow. This image is apart of a metaphor. This metaphor adds the serious emptiness of losing a dream or letting a dream go Basically just giving up on what you want. The overall effect of the poem is that if you do not hold onto your dream you are letting go of the things that you want and wish for. This poem takes us intellectually, by trying to tell us to never give up. The discovery from my close reading that supports this is #7. When I talk about the empty frozen field.