Original Poem: Three
Roads
Three roads
A hard decision to make
To take a risk
Or be safe
To walk down a road
with green
Or brown with just a
hint
To take a risk
Or be safe
A road that’s brown
with just a hint
You never know
That might just be
The safest road to go
Reflection: Before
writing this, I was looking at the painting Wheatfield with Crows by
Vincent Van Gogh and was having trouble with how to write my first stanza. Then
I took a second look and noticed the third road was mostly brown and barren but
there was just a hint of green that was barely noticeable and that second look
helped me figure out how I wanted to write this poem. The literary devices I
used were allusion and enjambment line break.
Original Poem: No
Regard
A creative heart
Obsessed with satisfying
A society that shows
No regard as a person
As a painter
The Starry Night and a
Wheatfield with Crows
Now recognized
But while alive
Disregarded as
Trash.
Reflection: I
used the first two lines and the same main idea as Starry Night by Tupac
Shakur. Using the first two lines and knowing what I wanted my story to be
about helped me write the poem because I had a beginning, which I find the
hardest part of a poem to write, and an idea of what I wanted my poem to be
about. The literary devices I used include enjambment line break and allusion.
Sonnet: Death of My
Friend
I screamed so much my
voice just disappeared
The loss of my friend
made me want to scream
Happiness left me all
alone in fear
I wished and wished it
was just a bad dream
My best friend just
left me all by myself
No one understands my
feeling called pain
All the death was more
than I could have dealt
All by myself, I have
nothing to gain
The burial was sad
enough to cry
The wake was just as
bad and made me sad
With all of my tears,
crying left me dry
So many emotions that
are just bad
My feelings were just
those of my sorrow
Happiness I wish I
could just borrow
Reflection: While
writing this, I found it easier to write every other line and then fill in what
I hadn’t. The literary devices I included were internal and end rhyme,
end-stopped, and repetition.
Reading Response on
Heart Poem
Vincent Van Gogh is a favorite painter of many. But while
alive, Van Gogh and his paintings were regarded as trash. I was introduced to
the poem Starry Night by Tupac Shakur in my eighth grade English class
during our poetry unit. This poem was my favorite out of the packet my
classmates and I were given. The Starry Night by Tupac Shakur portrays
the truth that Van Gogh was never accepted by society and was considered
worthless during his lifetime.
The Starry Night by Tupac Shakur has the theme
that Van Gogh was underappreciated during his lifetime. In lines 7-10, Shakur
says “and though u pour yourself into that fame and present it so proudly this
world could not accept your masterpieces from the heart.” Shakur is saying that
although Van Gogh poured his heart into his paintings and was so proud of them,
society wouldn’t accept them or him. Shakur also says in lines 3-6, “you have
given them the stars at night and u have given them Bountiful Bouquets of
Sunflowers but 4 u there is only contempt.” Shakur is saying that Van Gogh
painted The Starry Night and Sunflowers but instead of thanks and
praise, the only thing Van Gogh received was scorn and the belief that he was
worthless. This shows how Van Gogh was unaccepted by society and was considered
worthless.
The message of Starry Night by Tupac Shakur
reminds me of my favorite episode, Vincent and the Doctor, from my favorite
show, Doctor Who. An important part of the episode is to show how Van Gogh
would be appreciated and get the praise he deserved after hearing Van Gogh call
his paintings rubbish. It was to show Van Gogh that there was hope in staying
alive and to keep painting despite what anyone said. Perhaps if Van Gogh was
accepted by society, he wouldn’t have committed suicide.
