Poetry sometimes feels as if it’s a different language. The stanzas are paragraphs; the similes and metaphors require connections; the rhythm can be hard to follow. Other times, the beauty of poetry can be overwhelmingly awesome.

You decide what you’re feeling from one of these three poems. Go to:

1. https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/what-teachers-make?search_id=19961501
2. https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud?search_id=19961759
3. https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/i-ask-my-mother-to-sing?search_id=19961862

Then, note the title of your poem (in quotation marks), the poet’s name (spelled and capitalized correctly), and pick a line that stands out to you. Type (or cut-and-paste) the line; note why you chose that line (or lines). Make sure you pay attention to figurative language (simile, metaphor, hyperbole). No more than two of the same line please.

Example:  

I really liked Taylor Mali’s “What Teachers Make” because it speaks to my passion and frustration for teaching. Line 35 that referenced “the noblest act of courage” was powerful in its hyperbole.