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Eventually
theres
afinalscore
when
games
haveended
when
theyre
over--
nomore
Nomore
batting,
kicking,
tossingaball--
Nomore
stumbling,
fumbling,
risingupfromafall.
Games
havebeenplayed.
Theyreover.
Thatsall.
DearMs.Mekky,
April27,2015
IreadanawesomepoemcalledFinalScore.ThepoetisLeeBennettHopkins
andthegenreofthispoemisrealisticfiction.Ichosetowriteaboutthispoembecause
itteachesavaluablelesson.Itteacheshowwhengamesareover,youdontneedtogo
backtothemandplayandargueaboutthegamesagain.Eventhoughthepoem
doesnttellyoumuchaboutaboutthelesson,ituseswordsandphrasesthatdescribe
wellenoughwhattheauthoristryingtotellyou.Ithinkthatthelessonisvery
importanttouseindailylife.Ittellsyounottothinktoomuchaboutwhatispastbutit
tellsyouindisguisethatyoushouldtryhardernexttime.
ThequestionsandthoughtsIhadaboutthispoemarelistedbelow:
Didtheauthorexperienceaneventsimilartotheonedescribedinthepoem?
Didshedothemistakeofthinkingtoomuchaboutafailureinthepast?
Whenasimplegame,likeagameingymendsandyouhavelost,youmayfeel
upset,butlateryoudontfeelasupsetasyouwerefeelingbefore.
Oneshouldlearnfromhis/hermistakesandmakeitrightinthenexttime
Wedonthaveanycontroloverpasteventsbutwecanmakeourfuturebetter
Ithinkthebigideaofthepoemisafteragameisdone,itisdone.Youdontneedtogo
backandtrytoshowthatyouarebetterthansomeone.
InthepoemFinalscoretherewereafewpoeticdevices.WhenIreadthe
poem,Icouldspotafewrhymingwords.Likeinthefollowingphrases:
Nomore
batting,
kicking,
tossingaball--
Nomore
stumbling,
fumbling,
risingupfromafall.
Inthetwostanzas,youcanseehowinthelastwords,therhyme.Ballrhymeswithfall.
Notonlythat,butinthetwomiddlesentencesinbothstanzas,bothlastwordsofthe
sentencesrhyme.Battingandkicking(fromgivenstanzano.1)maynotrhyme
completely,butbothhavetheendingofing.Stumblingandfumbling(fromgiven
stanzano.2)bothrhymenicely.Theyhavethephrasesumblinginthem.Whilethere
isrhyme,thereisalsorepetition.Likeinthephrasesbelow.
when
theyre
over--
nomore
Nomore
batting,
kicking,
tossingaball--
Nomore
stumbling,
fumbling,
risingupfromafall.
Games
havebeenplayed.
Theyreover.
Inthepoem,thetwophrasesthatIhaveunderlinedarerepeatingphrases.Theyboth
arelistingtheyreover.TherearethreephrasesthatIhaveboldedanditalicizedand
arerepeated.Allthreesaynomore.
Inthepoem,youcanalsonoticerhymescheme.
Nomore(a)
batting,(b)
kicking,(b)
tossingaball--(c)
Nomore(a)
stumbling,(b)
fumbling,(b)
risingupfromafall.(c)
Games(d)
havebeenplayed.(e)
Theyreover.(f)
Thatsall.(c)
Poetryisacreativeandfuntypeofwriting.Ihadfuntryingtointerpretthis
poemandfindoutwhateachsentencemeans,bybreakingdownphrases,becauseI
likebothwritingpoetryandreadingpoetry.MyfavoritepoetsareEmilyDickinsonand
RobertFrostpoems.IlikedreadingShelSilversteinpoemsbefore.WhenIwasreally
little,IlovedtoreadDr.Seusspoems.Lately,Istartedtofindoutmanystylesof
poetry,andunderstandinghowmostpoemshaveinterestingideas,andtheyleave
behindclues.Poetryisfun!
Sincerely,
Dishanee:-)