FIRST BLOG! =)

Hello anyone who is reading this. I'm Zoe, the "Z" in ZGK015. the "G" is for Gina, and the "K" is for Kristen. We're all in an English 9 class (period 3 with Ms. Hart) and we're learning about poetry, hence ,the title of the blog: "Spectrums of Poetry." We were told to create a blog for her class for poetry, about poetry and only pertaining to, you guessed it, poetry!

I personally love to read and write poetry. I love to try and see what the poet is trying to convey, though I often don't "get" a simple part of a poem. Like in the poem "The Base Stealer," I didn't read the title and thought it was just about a kid skipping rope, or I'll read something, get the deep down message it may or may not be communicating, but not paying attention to the overly open and out there meaning, or that there is no meaning at all and I'm just imagining things.(I hate that, especially when I'm talking in class and no one understands a word I'm saying.)

I find poetry to be a great outlet for thoughts, feelings, ideas, and just a way to make sense of things. I write poetry for fun (free verse only, meaning no rhyme or meter) and that's usually how I write my poems, not to describe a scene, an action, or to just shock (though I do plenty of that) Iwrite to express, to think, to feel, and to figure out. I need to get my words down on paper, to figure it all out, to to let it out without a scream directed at someone or something. 'Cause otherwise, I'll probably get in trouble.


Hi everyone! I'm Gina! And now that Zoe it done talking i can tell you about my take on poetry: I think poetry is fun. It can mean so many different things and it can help you in everyday life. Poetry is more than just words, it had meanings. These meanings teach us things we never knew, or things we need to be reminded of.

Hi, I’m Kristen, and I think poetry is interesting to read. Poetry is sometimes hard to analyze, but once you actually understand the poem, its diction, and its meaning, then it’s fun to read. I like writing poems, too, especially the ones that have rhyming words at the end of each sentence. Studying poetry is interesting, and it helps make the meaning, diction, etc. clearer to understand.

So, here are some examples of vocabulary words having to do with poetry!

Irony: There's free tickets to the Superbowl tonight! But only in your dreams.

Apostrophe: (you get into a big fight with your best friend. She spreads a rumor about you. You go into the bathroom in school and say...) Jessica! I can't believe you did that! You stupid best friend!

Metonymy: That paleface man almost looked like a ghost!

Paradox: To gain peace in World War II, more people had to be sent into the war.

Personification: After one year of not being used, the washing machine was over- joyed to be cleaning cloths again.

Synecdoche: In ancient times, bread was a part of their daily meals.

Tautology: The cookies smelled amazing, they were such a delicious sensation.

Understatement: The day of the 9-11 bombing was not fun.