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I ask them to take a poem

and hold it up to the light

like a color slide

or press an ear against its hive.

I say drop a mouse into a poem

and watch him probe his way out,

or walk inside the poem’s room

and feel the walls for a light switch.

I want them to waterski

across the surface of a poem

waving at the author’s name on the shore.

But all they want to do

is tie the poem to a chair with rope

and torture a confession out of it.

They begin beating it with a hose

to find out what it really means.

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try to find out what it means

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Having patience and being daring

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Understanding the poem in depth

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Having patience.

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Vocabulary

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You need to be patient and learn from others in order to learn poetry well.

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rhyming

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I think that we need to be able to keep thinking about what it means before we write.

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“ but all they want to do is ties the poem to a chair with a rope and torture a confession out of it. “

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suspense, to makr the poem exciting

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We need to take some risk

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1. Being able to appreciate the poetry and not overthink it
2. Good enough understanding of the English language to understand what the author is trying to tell us about

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patience as you need to slowly finding out the poems means

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focus in doing it and good vocab

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We must use a wide range of vocabulary and metaphors in order to make the poem better

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" I say drop a mouse into a poem

and watch him probe his way out "

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rhyming

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i ask them to take a poem like a colour slide

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Rhyming

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Patience

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The word”but” refers to the difference of what the writer really wants them to do. “Ties the poem to a char with a rope” is like kidnaping and asking for answers but it doesn’t give you it. You have to have patience to really understand the real meaning of the poem instead of forcing it out.

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'i say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out

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"I say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out."

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you must read the poem very carefully

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'drop a mouse into a poem and watch it probe its way out'

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the words light and slide rhymes

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the writer has to have good vocabulary to influence the audience

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this means when trying to find out the meaning of a poem, you need to be patient and not rush it just you cannot rush the mouse

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We need to know our goal

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"walk inside the poem's room and feel the walls for a light switch"

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I think I need to read the poem very carefully to find out the striking and hidden details in the poem.

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Good English skills

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i say drop a mouse into a poem

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I say drop a mouse into a poem
and watch him probe his way out

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it is hard to feel for a light swith in a dark room

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it is hard to feel for a light swith in a dark room

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Not overthinking the poem and being able to appreciate it at face value (without tearing it apart)
Good enough understanding of the English language to understand what the author is talking about.

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"I say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out or walk inside the poem's room and feel the walls for a light switch"

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the word light

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press an ear against its hive

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Patience

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the sentence " drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out" describes how we need to figure out the poem, like the "mouse" to get out.The sentence"walk inside the poem's room and feel the walls for a light switch" describes to unlock the meaning of the poem by "feeling the walls for a light switch"so we could see a clearer picture of the meaning go the poem.

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wide range of vocabulary.

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Jonathan Tan Yi Kai

The author had a good vocabulary bank

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As bees will attack anyone that goes near their hives pressing your ear against its hive the bees will sting you

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"drop a mouse into a poem" tells us that we have to be able to learn from someone else's way of understanding a poem's meaning. "watch him probe his way out" tells us that we when we try to find out a poem's meaning it will not be strait forward and we have to take our time to try to understand in order to finally grasps the poem's meaning.

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The phrase 'walk inside the poem's room' stands for being daring enough to enter its world and the phrase 'feel the walls for a light switch' stands for having patience to look at the poem carefully to find a 'key' to unlock the poem's true meaning

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or press an ear against its hive

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I ask them to take a poem and hold it up to the light like a colour slide

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"hold it up to the light like a colour slide"

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patience

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Holding it up to the light kind of means like being a detective and going in depth about understanding the poem

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To listen carefully

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''i say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out''

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We can find the evidence throughout the poem, where the author, using some phrases to indirectly complain about how the readers are not trying to understand the poem at it's face value, but instead tearing the poem apart for a "confession" for the poem's "True Meaning".

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You need to listen carefully to fully understand what the poem really means.

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" they begin beating it with a hose to find out what it really means."

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The phrase "hold it up like a colour slide" means that we have to take the poem to a light source to see and read the poem carefully,which shows that we have to read clearly to understand what the poem is telling us and understand the poem to find striking and hidden details for us to score well in poetry.

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you must find different methods like beating something to understand it.

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''i say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out''

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Jonathan Tan Yi Kai

The author said this through “I say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out,or walk inside the poem’s room and feel the walls for a light switch” many may not understand but the author knows what it means.

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this shows that if someone who does not have a wide range of vocabulary cannot write a poem

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By "indirectly complains", I mean that he does not outright state that "Come on guys, you shouldn't be doing it this way", but instead he uses certain phrases to push his point that "No, you shouldn't "torture" poems to look for "true meanings, but instead should just appreciate the poem at it's face value.
(This would technically be an extended version of what's seen in my post in skill 2 but I believe it does fit the description of:"Brief explanation of evidence provided)

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'Feeling the walls for a light switch' we cant expect to find it first try

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''i say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out''

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poem will need time to understand

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Understand the poem and what it means

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'" I say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out"

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The sentence " or walk inside the poem's room and feel the walls for a light switch" means that we have to understand the poem to find out what it means.