T. Snow by Naomi Shihab Nye. This title at first glance makes me think that the poem would be about the white purity of snow. How it represents innocence and laughter and happinness.
O. The occasion of the poem would have to be about the saddness and depression that existed at home and in order to get away from it, the kids would go outside to play in the snow so that they could get away from this pain. They did this even though the conditions that existed outside were not normal "playing outside" conditions.
S. The shift of the poem begins with "Now I think...", towards the end when the poem begins to become sad and upsetting.
T. The tone of the poem is that there is a lack of relationships going on in that family, but there is a desire for one. What she wants more than anything else is to have a good happy relationship with her family.
A. The arrangement of the poem is shone mainly in the second to last stanza when there is only two lines which show strong emotion.
D. Imagery, mataphors, analogies.
A. The ahh-ha moment of the poem would definetly be how at first glance the poem appears to be about the happiness involved with snow and how pure and simple it is. However it is actually about a disfunctional family that is struggling to find the joy of living life.
This poem really , truly touched me. I feel that this poem was written very well to depict the hardships that disfunctional families have to face every single day and how any interaction at all is a big step toward bonding. It did a wonderful job in showing how the children are the bigest victim of all, by depicting their saddness by showing how they would rather go out into a blizzard then to have to deal with the hardships at home.
I really like this, Christiana. I like how you tie in the title as being innocence and purity, when in fact the poem deals with the opposite.
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