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Title:FinalScorePoet:LeeBennettHopkins

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:-)

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