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Some Days By Billy Collins

Some Days By Billy Collins. By Alex Polednik. This poem is about a man who uses images of dolls and a dollhouse to describe his life. In one part he is controlling the dolls, while in another part he is the doll being controlled . Overview. Rough Day?.

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Some Days By Billy Collins

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  1. Some Days By Billy Collins By Alex Polednik

  2. This poem is about a man who uses images of dolls and a dollhouse to describe his life. In one part he is controlling the dolls, while in another part he is the doll being controlled. Overview

  3. Rough Day? Felt like he way doing everyone else’s work? Maybe he saw a little girl placing a doll in a dollhouse? Why write it?

  4. Control vs Being Controlled • Directing vs Being Directed • Listen for the change in tone Theme

  5. Poetic Devices “striding around like a vivid god" (Line 17) Similies

  6. Poetic Devices "... I am the one/ who is lifted up by the ribs" (Lines 9-10) Metaphors

  7. Poetic Devices One can see the dolls in the doll house. The man…“perfectly motionless, perfectly behaved” Lines 6-8 “Staring straight ahead with your little plastic face” Line 20 Sensory Language

  8. Do you ever feel like you are the doll? Enjoy the poem

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