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Poetry Project

Poetry Project. By, Jessica C ollins . All Hallows’ Eve By, Dorothea Tanning. Be perfect, make it otherwise. Yesterday is torn in shreds. Lightning’s thousand sulfur eyes Rip apart the breathing beds. Hear bones crack and pulverize. Doom creeps in on rubber treads.

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Poetry Project

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  1. Poetry Project By, Jessica Collins

  2. All Hallows’ EveBy, Dorothea Tanning Be perfect, make it otherwise. Yesterday is torn in shreds. Lightning’s thousand sulfur eyes Rip apart the breathing beds. Hear bones crack and pulverize. Doom creeps in on rubber treads. Countless overwrought housewives, Minds unraveling like threads, Try lipstick shades to tranquilize Fears of age and general dreads. Sit tight, be perfect, swat the spies, Don’t take faucets for fountainheads. Drink tasty antidotes. Otherwise You and the werewolf: newlyweds. Structure 14 Lines 1 Stanza The poem’s speaker is a guest a wedding

  3. About the Author: Dorothea Tanning • Dorothea was also a painter who was influenced by surrealism. • Dorothea was also a printmaker, sculptor, and writer • She is more famous for her painting than her writing. • Dorothea wrote poetry all her life. • She wrote a memoir called “Birthday” that accompanied one of her paintings. • The author’s purpose is to describe the negative side to weddings and marriages. • The author’s intended theme is that people can’t help who they love. The author calls the groom a werewolf, meaning he is a monster. The woman is marrying him anyway, showing that you can’t help who they fall in love with.

  4. Rhyme Scheme: Be perfect, make it otherwise. Yesterday is torn in shreds. Lightning’s thousand sulfur eyes Rip apart the breathing beds. Hear bones crack and pulverize. Doom creeps in on rubber treads. Countless overwrought housewives A B A These are the first 7 lines in the poem. A B A B Rhyme Scheme The Rhyme Scheme is the plan that the poet makes to create a rhythm or a beat. As well as a song or lyric effect.

  5. Rhyme Scheme Continued: B Minds unraveling like threads, Try lipstick shades to tranquilize Fears of age and general dreads. Sit tight, be perfect, swat the spies, Don’t take faucets for fountainheads. Drink tasty antidotes. Otherwise You and the werewolf: newlyweds. A B A B A B

  6. Imagery Be perfect, make it otherwise. Yesterday is torn in shreds. • Lightning’s thousand sulfur eyes • Rip apart the breathing beds. • Hear bones crack and pulverize.

  7. Imagery Cont. • Imagery- using words or phrases to appeal to the five senses. • The use of multiple images helps you to imagine the atmosphere of the poem. • There are multiple uses of imagery in this poems.

  8. Onomatopoeia Hear bones crack and pulverize. The word crack echoes the natural sound of a crack. Onomatopoeia is when a word echoes the sound it makes in nature.

  9. Alliteration Rip apart the breathing beds. The consonant b is repeated in this line. Don’t take faucets for fountainheads. The consonant f is repeated in this line. Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant in several words.

  10. Literal and Figurative Meaning: Be perfect, make it otherwise. Yesterday is torn in shreds. Lightning’s thousand sulfur eyes Rip apart the breathing beds. Hear bones crack and pulverize. Doom creeps in on rubber treads. Countless overwrought housewives, Minds unraveling like threads, Try lipstick shades to tranquilize Fears of age and general dreads. Sit tight, be perfect, swat the spies, Don’t take faucets for fountainheads. Drink tasty antidotes. Otherwise You and the werewolf: newlyweds.

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