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Mandatory Poem MAG
I have to write a poem for English
But I don’t know what’s right to write
Maybe I can use school as the theme
I think I actually might
But school is such a lame topic
I need something much better
Like family and friends, or possibly sports
Or the ever-changing New England weather
Whatever one I decide to write
I have to make it good
A lot of lines, a couple rhymes
Some vocab words? I should
Geopolitics and myopia, perhaps
But neither of those words rhyme
It makes no sense to put those in
And I’m running out of time
If I don’t write a poem soon
I think I’ll surely fail
If I don’t hurry up
There will be nothing for me to mail
And I still don’t have a topic
I’ll never get this done
A poem shouldn’t be this hard to write
A single one! Just one
A peculiar thing just happened
That I have stumbled upon
It seems I wrote a poem
From simply rambling on!
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I love your rhyme scheme in this ballad. The way you incorporated words that we do not use everyday, like “Geopolitics and myopia, perhaps,” makes a great connection between school and the rambling on which the poem is based.
The way that you take an everyday, boring assignment and make into a clever ballad is incredible. “If I don’t write a poem soon / I think I’ll surely fail,” seems to be a couplet that all students can relate to when dealing with homework. Overall, this piece is a fantastic literary work. I cannot wait to read more from you!
P.S. what poem did you use for english?!
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