Thursday, May 8, 2008
Class Response: "The Arctic Tale"
Class Response: Omega Kite
Monday, May 5, 2008
Weather Poetry Extra Credit
THE BREEZE
by Ina L. Jenkins
Let’s keep its name – “The Breeze”!
These others do not please.
A “hurricane” soon spends its strength
And rubbish strews its path;
A “grapevine” smells of sour grapes
And, some think, “Grapes of Wrath.”
A “chatterbox” is much too loud
And noisy to be heard;
And the “back fence” has been blown down
And that’s no “weather” word!
So let us name it something like
The gentle wind that blows
Nobody any harm at all
And whispers as it goes.
In: “The Breeze.” Vol. 2, No. 2, March 10, 1945. P. 2.
Above is the poem entitled "the Breeze" The author, Ina L. Jenkins uses weather in the poem by mentioning breezes, hurricanes, and stronger winds. Ina L. Jenkins's knowledge of wind being a main component of a hurricane enhances the poem by showing the effect of such a strong, harsh wind. She writes "And the 'black fence' has been blown down." The type of weather that is being discussed is the hurricane and its harsh winds that come with it.
The poem "The Breeze" would not be the same without the mention of weather, because weather is what it is all about. Even from the title, one can tell that this whole poem is about weather. An onomatopoeia is used when she describes the sound the wind makes. There is also imagery when the author describes the smell of a grapevine, the color of the fence that has been blown down (black), the volume of a chatterbox, and the gentleness of some winds that blow. This poem, however, does not further my knowledge of weather because I was already aware of winds that are contained in hurricanes and the adverse affects of them.