Friday, 26 June 2009

The Reader Of This Poem

The Reader Of This Poem
is as smart as a kid,
as bouncy as a spring,
and stiff as a lid.

As quiet as the wind,
as coiling as a binder
as crazy as chemistry,
as hunting as a finder.

As sharp as a knife,
as funny as a clown,
As speedy as a ninja,
as sad as a frown.

The reader of this poem
has gone to play games,
He's finished his poem,
and is not quite the same!

7 comments:

Sara said...

Hello Dboggs99,

My name is Star and I will be one of your modertators this year.

I really enjoyed reading your peom. Excellent work.

You have used a lot of “as” similies but try to use “er than” and “like” similes too.

One of your similes is very unrealistic :

“as quiet as the wind”

because the wind is not quiet. Instead you could’ve used

“as quiet as a mouse”

I liked what you used to describe chemistry. It is very original!

Otherwise you have put good effort into your poem. Well done! If you have any questions please ask. I hope you find my comments useful.

Keep up the good work!

(I am really sorry if i was harsh on your work!)

Anonymous said...

Hi Dboggs99,

Im JesusChild and I, like Star, am also one of your moderators for the year.

I really liked you peom because it was very original. Some of the similies where very unique for example 'as hunting as a finder'.
I think this was my favourite just because I hadn't really thought about a finder like that.

As much as I enjoyed your work I think you could do even better by using a varity of similies for example mixing in some 'like' similies and some 'er than' ones.

In general I really did enjoy your poem. Again as Star said let me know if anything I've said is unclear.

JesusChild :)

Anonymous said...

Hello again - apologies that this comment is a bit late

This is a very entertaining poem and you have created some really good similies - I particularly enjoyed the third stanza and the contrast between "as funny as a clown" and "as sad as a frown".

I do like the way you draw contrasts in the poem - at first I wasn't sure about "stiff as a lid" but then reading it in relation to "as bouncy as a spring" it really seems to work as a similie.

I'm not so sure about the second stanza - as one of your other moderators pointed the wind doesn't tend to be very quiet so perhaps look for an alternative similie - maybe not a mouse as that's a bit cliched. I'm also not sure whether I'd class chemistry as crazy but then I don't do chemistry. And I must confess I don't know what a finder is!

But all in all this was a good poem so keep up the good work

Anonymous said...

Thanks guys. I appericiate all of you, so thanks moderators!!!

bearcub said...

nice poem dboggs 99

Anonymous said...

Thanks anyway bearcub. Thanks!!!!!!

tawhidul (also known as sharad) said...

hello, my name is tawhidul, but you can call me sharad. im sorry that i am a bit late in commenting on your poem but i am a bit tied up.
anyway, i think that your poem was fun to read and i think that your similes were quite good and gave me a clear image of what all the readers of your poem were like!
like "Rave" i think that the words "as crazy as chemistry" is a bit untrue. it is true that the cartoon form of a scientist is frizzy, untidy hair and crazy thoughts, but i do not think that chemistry itself is crazy.
one other thing that i have noticed is that you have used the simile "as quiet as the wind". this is a common flaw made by many youngsters. i believe, logically, that wind is quite loud-especially in storm and hurricanes and even tornadoes.
other than these things, i liked your poem very much-specifically the strong use of simiile. it has been a joy being your mentor!