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Presentation by: Cassidy Burns, Joe Petit, and Maddie Keating
The Poem takes place at a beach so we decided to pick wave sounds. The waves give an effect that you are on the beach reading this poem
Theme
The theme of this poem is your favorite places can bring you back to yourself.
"To find oneself means to go beyond all the good the bad and physical, and dig deeper." ~ E.E. Cummings
and molly was chased by a horrible thing
which raced sideways while blowing bubbles; and
and maggie discovered a shell that sang
so sweetly she couldn't remember her troubles, and
This poem is about 4 girls at the beach having fun and finding themselves. The girls find items that represent themselves.
Paraphrase: She was chased by something scary. It ran sideways.
Paraphrase: Maggie found a shell and she forgot about the world for a minute.
milly befriended a stranded star
whose rays five languid fingers were;
Paraphrase: Milly found a starfish and it has long droopy fingers.
Languid: (adj.) drooping; weak
Each girl gets their own stanza and the last one is about all of the girls. The whole poem is a free verse
may came home with a smooth round stone
as small as a world as large as alone
maggie and milly and molly and may
went down to the beach (to play one day)
Paraphrase: May found a smooth rock. It was small and all alone
Paraphase: The four girls went to the beach to play with each other and have fun.
Alliteration: "blowing bubbles" "five fingers"
Imagery: "raced sideways"
Simile: "as small as a world and as large as alone"
Personfication: "maggie discovered a shell that sang"
Tone: happy and cheerful
Mood: summery and exciting
Diction: the words he chose were about the sea. The poem takes place at the beach so the words he chose fit in
Rhyme Scheme: A,A,B,C,D,D,E,C,F,F,G,G
For whatever we lose (like a you or a me)
it's always ourselves we find in the sea
All the girls take turns telling their story. The girls are cheerful throughout the poem
Paraphrase: Even if we lose ourselves, there is always a place to bring us back
The girls go to the beach and lose themselves. All the girls find items that represent their personality
Write on your paper:
Why do you think he didn't care about the grammar rules?
maggie and milly and molly and may
went down to the beach [to play one day]
and maggie discovered a shell that sang
so sweetly she couldn't remember her troubles, and
milly befriended a stranded star
whose rays five languid fingers were;
and molly was chased by a horrible thing
which raced sideways while blowing bubbles: and
may came home with a smooth round stone
as small as a world and as large as alone.
For whatever we lose [like a you or a me]
it's always ourselves we find in the sea
E.E. Cummings