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__I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings__
By Maya Angelou

A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wing in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky.

But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom.

The free bird thinks of another breeze and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees and the fat worms waiting an a dawn-bright lawn and he names the sky his own.

But the caged bird stands on the grave of dreams his shadows shout and the nightmare scream his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom.

This poem is a metaphor of life. The "birds" that she mentions are meant to symbolize people. Some "birds" are placed into a life of freedom. And others are born into a life of misery. At one point she says, "//his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom.//" This line pin-points the main theme that Maya Angelou's poem is presenting. Her poem claims that we must be optimistic no matter what life deals us. The caged bird is optimistic despite the fact that he is locked up. He sings of freedom even though he may never acquire it. Maya Angelou is pointing out that we need to be optimistic, we may fly someday and it is important that we have faith and keep trying. Maya Angelou includes many types of figurative language. Maya Angelou's imagery is one of her strongest uses of words. When she describes the sorrow of the bluebird, she does not say "the bluebird is sad" she talks about the physicality of the bluebird which leads us to believe that he is sad. She says, "But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing." The bird is in captivity and is in such a pitiful state. It's wings are clipped, so he couldn't fly away if he wanted to. His feet are tied, so he couldn't even walk away if he wanted to. This gives the reader the vision of ultimate captivity and within it sorrow. This gives more life to the theme of her poem, hope. She needs to present the sorrow strongly so that the fact that he is still singing, inspires the reader all the more to keep their hopes up.

__Jabberwocky__
By Lewis Carroll

"'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.

Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought-- So rested he by the Tumtum tree, And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!

One two! One two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.

"And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!" He chortled in his joy.

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe."

This poem was specifically written for his book __Through The Looking Glass,__ the sequal to the infamous __Alice in Wonderland.__ In this poem, Lewis Carroll tells the story of a boy who goes off, (under the direction of his father) and kills the beast. "Jabberwocky" has plenty of literary usages. For example, when it says "The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, came whiffling through the tulgey wood and burbled as it came." "with eyes of flame" is a metaphor used to exemplify the ferocity of the creature, the Jabberwock. This is very effective in that it gives the reader something to imagine that gives them an idea of what it looks like. Lewis Carroll may have purposly written "Jabberwocky" to give the readers a taste of old fashioned language, as many of the words that seem like gobblety-gook, are actually real words. For example, "gyre" means to go in a circle and "vorpal" means deadly. There are many other words like "manxome" that means fearsome, but no one would know unless they looked it up. Lewis Carroll uses repetition in this poem in the sense that he repeats the first stanza at the end. This gives the poem a sense of completion. It starts in one place and to give the reader a sense that everything was peaceful once more, he brings the reader back to the beginning before the problem was presented.

__People__ By Rebekah Zimmerman and Daria Trumbo People are irritating  Always felicitating Up in your face No definition of space So irritatin **g **   People are so charming No feelings are they harming They'll sit down drinking tea Beneath the Willow tree Oh so charming   People are cruel Use everything as a tool Tear the flowers petals off Crush the light cast it off So cruel  People can be so sweet Give you give you chocolates to eat They can be kind and caring Your troubles they are bearing So sweet  People are stupid Void-like and insipid Total lack of special fire No ambition, no desire So stupid  People are so intelligent Industry, development New things too explore Comf'able evermore So intelligent   People are Tyrannical Working minds that are mechanical Bend your words to meet their needs Push you to your weary knees So tyrannical  People are democratic Sharing thoughts; eratic They'll listen to some reason No matter what the season Democratic  People are lazy Life for them is hazy Nothing much tends to occur When you’re a boot without a spur So lazy <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> People are hardworking Striving and backbreaking Always slaving to the bone Until you hear their muscles groan Hardworking <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">People are people <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">People have bad days All they really need is praise <span style="font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;">People bring about demise Here is where humanity lies <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">People are people

= "Hello" =

All that's left of yesterday
What the singer Amy Lee is trying to put into the song is the despair and shock of a person who has just lost a dear relative. Her loved one has just died and her and someone tells her"Has no one told you she's not breathing?"She wants all the people who came to give their condolences to leave her alone because she just wants to be left alone to heal when she sings,"Don't try to fix me, I'm not broken". She is trying to deny that the person is gone so everything will be like it used to be."If I smile and don't believe" and"Hello, I'm the lie living for you so you can hide." Then the realization hits her that this is really happening."Suddenly I know I'm not sleeping", and she realizes she's not lost anymore, "Hello, I'm still here, all thats left of yesterday."<span style="line-height: 15px; border-collapse: collapse; webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">