Middle School Poetry

the use of a symbol (words, objects, or actions) to represent something other than itself

• allusion

• imagery

• personification

• symbolism

the main message/lesson/moral of a text or poem

• mood

• tone

• simile

• theme

the author's (poet's) feelings or attitude towards the subject

• tone

• allusion

• mood

• hyperbol

the emotions and feelings from the text that arouse the reader or audience

• tone

• mood

• theme

• hyperbole

What is the speaker's tone in this poem?

• Angry and bitter

• Nostalgic and reflective

• Happy and excited

• Confused and irritated

Crying

by Solomon Gold

Takoma Park Middle School Student

You choke on flowing tears with blinded eyes,

When growth brings pain and loss calls pain to surge.

Yet, tears ring strong and every person cries.

So please allow your eyes this solemn urge.

Once weeping eyes are dried of silver tears,

A face emerges calm, through knowing pain.

Despair must come and go like days and years,

Now here for times both long and short again.

So rise and stand, prepared to see, embrace,

And greet the shining world with heart and soul.

You smile without contortions on your face.

Continue forth and search to find your goal.

For flurries ebb, you rise when they subside,

As triumph only comes once one has cried.

What type of poem is this?

• Soliloquy

• Elegy

• Narrative

• Sonnet

Crying

by Solomon Gold

Takoma Park Middle School Student

You choke on flowing tears with blinded eyes,

When growth brings pain and loss calls pain to surge.

Yet, tears ring strong and every person cries.

So please allow your eyes this solemn urge.

Once weeping eyes are dried of silver tears,

A face emerges calm, through knowing pain.

Despair must come and go like days and years,

Now here for times both long and short again.

So rise and stand, prepared to see, embrace,

And greet the shining world with heart and soul.

You smile without contortions on your face.

Continue forth and search to find your goal.

For flurries ebb, you rise when they subside,

As triumph only comes once one has cried.

How do you know the type of poem?

• It is sad and mournful. It has a somber rhythm.

• It tells a story and has characters and events.

• There is someone debating a decision.

• It is praising something and has a problem.

Crying

by Solomon Gold

Takoma Park Middle School Student

You choke on flowing tears with blinded eyes,

When growth brings pain and loss calls pain to surge.

Yet, tears ring strong and every person cries.

So please allow your eyes this solemn urge.

Once weeping eyes are dried of silver tears,

A face emerges calm, through knowing pain.

Despair must come and go like days and years,

Now here for times both long and short again.

So rise and stand, prepared to see, embrace,

And greet the shining world with heart and soul.

You smile without contortions on your face.

Continue forth and search to find your goal.

For flurries ebb, you rise when they subside,

As triumph only comes once one has cried.

What type of figurative language is used in the first stanza, line two: "When growth brings pain and loss calls pain to surge."?

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allusion

You choke on flowing tears with blinded eyes,

When growth brings pain and loss calls pain to surge.

Yet, tears ring strong and every person cries.

So please allow your eyes this solemn urge.

Once weeping eyes are dried of silver tears,

A face emerges calm, through knowing pain.

Despair must come and go like days and years,

Now here for times both long and short again.

So rise and stand, prepared to see, embrace,

And greet the shining world with heart and soul.

You smile without contortions on your face.

Continue forth and search to find your goal.

For flurries ebb, you rise when they subside,

As triumph only comes once one has cried.

Who or what is the speaker praising?

• People who aren't afraid to cry.

• Silver teardrops that dry.

• The shining world that subsides.

You choke on flowing tears with blinded eyes,

When growth brings pain and loss calls pain to surge.

Yet, tears ring strong and every person cries.

So please allow your eyes this solemn urge.

Once weeping eyes are dried of silver tears,

A face emerges calm, through knowing pain.

Despair must come and go like days and years,

Now here for times both long and short again.

So rise and stand, prepared to see, embrace,

And greet the shining world with heart and soul.

You smile without contortions on your face.

Continue forth and search to find your goal.

For flurries ebb, you rise when they subside,

As triumph only comes once one has cried.

What is the turning point in the poem?

• Line 5: Once weeping eyes are dried of silver tears,

• Line 9: So rise and stand, prepared to see, embrace,

• Line 13: For flurries ebb, you rise when they subside,

• Line 14: As triumph only comes once one has cried.