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Wake me up

Feeling my way through the darkness
Guided by a beating heart
I can't tell where the journey will end
But I know where to start
They tell me I'm too young to understand
They say I'm caught up in a dream
Life will pass me by if I don't open up my eyes
Well that's fine by me

So wake me up when it's all over
When I'm wiser and I'm older
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn't know I was lost
[x2]

I tried carrying the weight of the world
But I only have two hands
I hope I get the chance to travel the world
But I don't have any plans
Wish that I could stay forever this young
Not afraid to close my eyes
Life's a game made for everyone
And love is the prize

So wake me up when it's all over
When I'm wiser and I'm older
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn't know I was lost
[x2]

I didn't know I was lost
I didn't know I was lost
I didn't know I was lost
I didn't know I was lost

Media Presentation

Yesterday's presentations were really intriguing. I didn't know about the sites and techniques that were presented. Our presentation was on Google drive. Prior to this presentation I didn't know that Google had so many functions that could facilitate school work. We explored Google docs, hangout, and Google presentations making collaborative projects really easy and fun. Through Google we were able to create our presentation without having to actually meet in person. Finding the time to drive to school and meet up is very difficult especially when you have every minute of the day planned out with tasks that need to get done. I really like the idea of being able to have access to documents and to work on presentations anywhere as long as you can access the internet and also about not having to worry about a file being on your computer. Google Drive is a great program that is free and accessible to everyone. Below is a fun video that we used which sums up the usefulness of Google Drive (Docs).

Google Docs in Plain English

Poetry by Maria Bautista

Free Verse poem

I chose to write about the playground that I used to play in because I recently drove by passed it and decided to take a look at it.

Everything was so different as I figured it would but to my surprise something still remained the same and it was a little plastic hippo that I used to love riding on.

Little Red Plastic Hippo

 

The playground I grew up playing in

It used to be so simple

It was a small sand box with two swings and a little red plastic hippo

The last time that I played in it I must have been ten

That was fourteen years ago and now it’s really different

The two swings turned to four and the sand box got much bigger

A whole new playground took its place because it used to be so simple

It now has slides, monkey bars, and an entire little water park

My childhood playground is gone and a new one took its place

But something still remained the same

and that was my little not so red anymore little plastic hippo

These poems are  a Haiku's

As I was walking to class I noticed for the first time in a long time that the leaves on the trees were turning into autumn colors and well that's how I decided the topic of my Haiku. Nature lets us know what season we're in by changing certain things and well right now Autumn is here and nature lets us know by changing the colors of the leaves on trees.

With changing in seasons

Leaves turn red, orange, and brown

Autumn's finally here

Second Haiku


Delicate flower

Playing with the wind

Autumn perfume



 

 

Alliteration and Assonance list:

·         Big Ben

·         Peter Piper

·         Busy Bee

·         Out of Order

·         Mickey Mouse

·         Krispy Kreme

·         Porky Pig

·         Daffy Duck

·         Bugs Bunny

·         Minnie Mouse

Assonance:

·         Kitty cat

·         Tootsie roll

 

 Metaphors and Similes (like):

·         Life (metaphor):  “Life is a sunny day”

·         Life (simile): “Life is like the first day of winter”

·         death (metaphor): “death is the end”

·         Having children (simile): “death is like an endless sleep”     

·         Marriage (metaphor): “Marriage is the icing on the cake”

·         Marriage (simile): “Marriage is like a bittersweet fruit”

 

Sublime- Santeria

Original lyrics:

 I don't practice Santeria

I ain't got no crystal ball

Well, I had a million dollars but I, I'd spend it all.

If I could find that Heina and that Sancho that she's found.

Well I'd pop a cap in Sancho & I'd slap her down.

Rewrite:

I don’t really like my job now

But I have to pay my bills

If I won the mega millions I’d jump, jump up and down

If I could find that ticket with the winning numbers marked

Well I’d run around in circles and I’d quit right now

 

 

Dylan Thomas reciting his villanelle 'Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Ni...

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Fight Until The Very End

            “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night,” is an inspiring and emotional poem written by Dylan Thomas. The poem is a Villanelle which means that it’s a nineteen-line form of poetry. The speaker of the poem “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” is communicating his frustration that comes with simply giving up when one is dying. As we all know death is inevitable but instead of simply letting death happen the speaker of the poem urges everyone to fight until the very end. This poem speaks to everyone because death is a universal tragedy but in this poem he is specifically talking to his dying father as stated in the book Poetry for Students " 'Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night,' is a moving plea to his dying father". By using frequent and consistent repetition and poetic devices Dylan Thomas succeeds in the powerful communication of the poems theme about fighting against death until the very end. The poems repetition and poetic devices help the theme develop. The tone and repetition of certain words bring the poem to life and create an emotional connection with the reader and helps deliver the theme even stronger. 

“Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” is a \Villanelle with five three-line stanzas and one four line stanza. The first five stanzas have a rhyme of an A-B-A format and the last stanza has a rhyme scheme of A-B-A-A. Dylan Thomas used poetic devices, such as repetition, lyrical tone, and similes to exemplify the theme. For example, the phrase “Do not go gentle into that good night” (Thomas 1) is repeated four times in the entire poem. The use of repetition shows the urgency in the speaker’s message about not dying without a fight. I think that the phrase not only reminds you of the prominent message or theme but it also shows very deep and personal emotions. The poem has a lyrical tone to it in the sense that it expresses and evokes personal emotions. The tone in the speakers words such as in the phrase “Rage, rage against the dying of the light” (Thomas 3) shows and gives the feeling of urgency and desperation of the message that the speaker is trying to get across to his dying father. Thomas also uses several similes such as the one shown in the phrase “Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,” (Thomas 14). Thomas uses “meteors” to describe what “blind eyes”(Thomas 14) could look like. The use of similes in the poem help the reader paint a clearer picture of what the speaker is saying. The poem “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” evokes intense emotions from the reader, by using repetition and a variety of poetic devices.

The meaning that the speaker is trying to communicate through this poem is that death although inevitable can be defeated, but the only way that it can be defeated is by retaliating and fighting for your life rather than simply accepting that fact that you’re going to die and dying in a “gentle” manner. When the speaker says “Do not go gentle into that good night,” he is urging his father to stay strong and is also communicating to him that if it is his time to die then he should die the same way that he entered this world, which was kicking and screaming. From the moment that a woman starts going into labor the child that is about to be born is fighting to live. When a baby comes into this world it fights in whatever way possible, the baby will scream and kick. The speaker in the same way is telling his father to fight when he says “Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray/ Do not go gentle into that good night” (Thomas 17-18) the speaker is telling his father to do anything even if it means cursing him out or crying but to not simply go quietly without a fight. The emotions in the last stanza are immense and the reader is able to capture the hurt, pain, sadness, and desperation of the speaker as he talks to his dying father.

The speaker talks about four different men in his poem to show the universal relevance of his theme. By using the four men that are described in the middle stanzas the speaker is delivering the message to his father by showing him examples of great men. who were smart enough to realize that death isn't unbeatable. All the men described are very different and have succeeded in many ways during their life so far. First, he talks about wise men who understand that knowledge and intelligence aren’t the cores meaning of their lives “Though wise men at their end know dark is right. . . ” (Thomas 4) He then talks about good men who become conscious that their good deeds won’t define their identity “Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright. . . “(Thomas 7) The poet brings up the third men, who are wild “Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight. . .” (Thomas 10)  Finally, grave men are exemplified in the fifth stanza “Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight/ Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay.” (Thomas 13-14) Even though all four men described lived completely distinct lives and did great things while they were young in the end the speaker is indicating that their success doesn’t mean anything if they die without a fight. The speaker is trying to tell his father that they fought while they were young and healthy and did great things as well but if they gave up in the end when death was near then their entire life meant nothing which is why he constantly and urgently pleas with his dad to fight until the very end.

Dylan Thomas’ poem “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” is a great and very emotional poem. The poetic devices that Thomas used in the poem really helps speak to his audience. This poem is a lyrical type of poem in the sense that it evokes personal emotion from the speaker which transcends into the reader as well. The theme of death is universal and this poem does a great job of showing that. Thomas makes it clear that even though death is inevitable it is urgent that we understand that death does not defeat us. We live our entire lives fighting to make ourselves into successful and great people so at the time of our death we should still continue to fight as Thomas says through the poems speaker “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night/ Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” (Thomas 18-19)

                                                                           Work cited

Philip K. Jason College Literature, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Spring, 1980), pp. 136-145

        Published by: College Literature Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25111324

"Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night." Poetry for Students, 1 (1998): 49-60.