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Poetry

Poetry. Ballad – “the Ballad of Hua Mulan ”. Tsiek tsiek and again tsiek tsiek , Mu- lan weaves, facing the door. You don't hear the shuttle's sound, You only hear Daughter's sighs. They ask Daughter who's in her heart, They ask Daughter who's on her mind.

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Poetry

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  1. Poetry

  2. Ballad – “the Ballad of HuaMulan” • Tsiektsiek and again tsiektsiek, • Mu-lan weaves, facing the door. • You don't hear the shuttle's sound, • You only hear Daughter's sighs. • They ask Daughter who's in her heart, • They ask Daughter who's on her mind. • "No one is on Daughter's heart, • No one is on Daughter's mind. • Last night I saw the draft posters, • The Khan is calling many troops, • The army list is in twelve scrolls, • On every scroll there's Father's name. • Father has no grown-up son, • Mu-lan has no elder brother. • I want to buy a saddle and horse, • And serve in the army in Father's place."

  3. Ballad • In the East Market she buys a spirited horse, • In the West Market she buys a saddle, • In the South Market she buys a bridle, • In the North Market she buys a long whip. • At dawn she takes leave of Father and Mother, • In the evening camps on the Yellow River's bank. • She doesn't hear the sound of Father and Mother calling, • She only hears the Yellow River's flowing water cry tsientsien.

  4. Ballad • At dawn she takes leave of the Yellow River, • In the evening she arrives at Black Mountain. • She doesn't hear the sound of Father and Mother calling, • She only hears Mount Yen's nomad horses cry tsiutsiu. • She goes ten thousand miles on the business of war, • She crosses passes and mountains like flying. • Northern gusts carry the rattle of army pots, • Chilly light shines on iron armor. • Generals die in a hundred battles, • Stout soldiers return after ten years.

  5. Ballad • On her return she sees the Son of Heaven, • The Son of Heaven sits in the Splendid Hall. • He gives out promotions in twelve ranks • And prizes of a hundred thousand and more. • The Khan asks her what she desires. • "Mu-lan has no use for a minister's post. • I wish to ride a swift mount • To take me back to my home."

  6. Ballad • When Father and Mother hear Daughter is coming • They go outside the wall to meet her, leaning on each other. • When Elder Sister hears Younger Sister is coming • She fixes her rouge, facing the door. • When Little Brother hears Elder Sister is coming • He whets the knife, quick quick, for pig and sheep. • "I open the door to my east chamber, • I sit on my couch in the west room, • I take off my wartime gown • And put on my old-time clothes." • Facing the window she fixes her cloudlike hair, • Hanging up a mirror she dabs on yellow flower powder • She goes out the door and sees her comrades. • Her comrades are all amazed and perplexed. • Traveling together for twelve years • They didn't know Mu-lan was a girl. • "The he-hare's feet go hop and skip, • The she-hare's eyes are muddled and fuddled. • Two hares running side by side close to the ground, • How can they tell if I am he or she?"

  7. Classicism – “Eloisa to Abelard” by Alexander pope • In these deep solitudes and awful cells, • Where heav'nly-pensive contemplation dwells, • And ever-musing melancholy reigns; • What means this tumult in a vestal's veins? • Why rove my thoughts beyond this last retreat? • Why feels my heart its long-forgotten heat? • Yet, yet I love! — From Abelard it came, • And Eloisa yet must kiss the name.

  8. Free verse – “Winter poem” by nikkigiovanni • once a snowflake fell • on my brow and i loved • it so much and i kissed • it and it was happy and called its cousins • and brothers and a web • of snow engulfed me then • i reached to love them all • and i squeezed them and they became • a spring rain and i stood perfectly • still and was a flower

  9. Ode – “ode to the stars” by nataliezavala • Ode to the stars • For making me think • Wonder and wishing • I can fly • Ode to the stars • For shining so bright • And guiding me through • The lonesome night • Ode to the stars • For being there • Not through day • But through night

  10. Rhyme – “whatif” by shelsilverstein • Last night, while I lay thinking here, • some Whatifs crawled inside my ear • and pranced and partied all night long • and sang their same old Whatif song: • Whatif I'm dumb in school? • Whatif they've closed the swimming pool? • Whatif I get beat up? • Whatif there's poison in my cup? • Whatif I start to cry? • Whatif I get sick and die? • Whatif I flunk that test? • Whatif green hair grows on my chest? • Whatif nobody likes me?

  11. rhyme • Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me? • Whatif I don't grow taller? • Whatif my head starts getting smaller? • Whatif the fish won't bite? • Whatif the wind tears up my kite? • Whatif they start a war? • Whatif my parents get divorced? • Whatif the bus is late? • Whatif my teeth don't grow in straight? • Whatif I tear my pants? • Whatif I never learn to dance? • Everything seems well, and then • the nighttime Whatifs strike again!

  12. Resources • Images • Alexander Pope [JPG]. Retrieved December 1, 2010, from: http://www.quotationsofwisdom.com/portraits/Alexander_Pope_010.jpg • Disney’s Mulan [JPG]. Retrieved December 1, 2010, from: http://www.meekosmulanpage.com/fanart/Mulan-Kel.jpg • Falling up [JPG]. Retrieved December 1, 2010, from: http://www.personal.psu.edu/ajm5187/blogs/childrens_lit_blog/c18171.jpg • High Country Snow Girl [JPG]. (2008). Retrieved December 1, 2010, from: http://fineartamerica.com/images-medium/high-country-snow-girl-sam-sidders.jpg • HuaMulan [JPG]. Retrieved December 1, 2010, from: http://www.chinese-swords-guide.com/images/Hua-Mulan.jpg • Hu Mulan [JPG]. (2010). Retrieved December 1, 2010, from: http://fineartamerica.com/images-medium/hu-mulan-jane-gough.jpg • Mulan[JPG]. Retrieved December 1, 2010, from: http://www.asianfineart.com/images/mulan_cu.jpg • MulanFolk Art [JPG]. Retrieved December 1, 2010, from: http://www.handfolkart.com/bookpic/200662022115738211.jpg • Stars Painting Artwork [JPG]. Retrieved December 1, 2010, from: http://cache2.allpostersimages.com/p/LRG/6/674/SSVC000Z/posters/jane-lisa-reach-for-the-stars.jpg • ShelSilverstein Drawing [JPG]. Retrieved December 1, 2010, from: https://epsdraub.wikispaces.com/file/view/wherethesidewalkends.jpg/76205425/wherethesidewalkends.jpg

  13. Resources • Poems • Giovanni, Nikki. “Winter Poem.” Scholastic Instructor. Retrieved December 1, 2010, from: http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/Jan05_winterpoem.htm • Pope, Alexander. “Eloisa to Abelard.” Types of Poetry: Classicism Types. Retrieved December 1, 2010, from: http://www.types-of-poetry.org.uk/13-classicism-types.htm • Silverstein, Shel. “Whatif.” Famous Poets and Poems. Retrieved December 1, 2010, from: http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/shel_silverstein/poems/14819 • “The Ballad of HuaMulan.” China Page. Retrieved December 1, 2010, from: http://www.chinapage.com/mulan.html • Zavala, Natalie. “Ode to Stars.” Poem Hunters. Retrieved December 1, 2010, from: http://www1.poemhunter.com/poem/stars-122/

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