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Subject: On turning ten
Theme: The theme is about growing up
Imagery:  Descriptive writing stanza 2 of turning ten, tells us about the boys past.
Language features: Juxtaposition, Hyperbole, Similes, Metaphors, Personification.
Tone: Melancholy
Structure: Just a plain old normal structure.

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subject: The poem 'On Turning Ten' is about a young boy that doesn't like the idea of growing up and the things that come with it. You can tell that he feels negative towards it as in stanza 1, sentence 1 it says,

" The whole idea of it makes me fell like i'm coming down with something, something worse than any stomach ache or the headaches I get from reading in bad light-'

theme: In the poem 'On Turning Ten' the theme is mainly based around the writers identity. It is also about identity as everyone can have different perspectives and point of views on all of the points.

imagery: The image that the poem gives is the writer/"kid" does not like growing up and once again, has negative feelings towards it. You know that he doesn't want to grow up as once again he says in stanza 1, sentence 1

" The whole idea of it makes me fell like i'm coming down with something, something worse than any stomach ache or the headaches I get from reading in bad light-'

And he also says in stanza 4 sentence 1 and 2,

"This is the beginning of sadness, I say to myself, as I walk through the universe in my sneakers. It is time to say goodbye to my imaginary friends, time to turn the first big number."

Language: The language features included in this poem are Metaphors, Smilies, adjectives, personification etc. Some examples of these are,

smilies:
-"The whole idea makes me feel like im coming down with something..."

Metaphors:
-"A kind of measles of the spirit"
-"A mumps of the psyche"
-"A disfiguring chicken pox of the soul"

tone: The tone in this poem is mainly sad and depressing, the way that he is referring back to his childhood in a way that makes it seem like he doesn't enjoy being the age he is now puts an unhappy vibe to each sentence. The way he describes being 9 in some way that he has to give up everything as he turns 10 implies a gloomy and miserable

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Subject; a boy turning 10 and looking at his past
Theme; sadness, depresing
Imagery; a boy being emotional.
Laungauge; it has a lot of similies and metaphors
Tone; sad and depresing
Structure; 5 paragraphs

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Subject: Turning ten as shown on title
Theme: Is about a boy turning ten
Imagery; The narrator gives a described stanza about the boys imagination.
Language; Metaphors, Juxtaposition, similes, Figurative language,
Tone; Distressing for the boy, sad
Structure; Paragraphs, title,

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Subject- the poem is about a boy turning 10 and his thoughts on growing up
Theme-  the poem says his bad thoughts on turning 10 and his good thoughts about his child hood
Imagery- creates images in your head by useing discriptive words. When he was young he
Language- a similie is used in the first stanza and some metaphors through out
Tone- the voice is sad and missing his childhood
Structure- there are five stanzas

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Subject
" On turning Ten" is about a boy turning ten years old and he is not excited about it. Here is evidence from the text "It is tie to say good-bye to my imaginary friends, time to turn the first big number."

Theme
The theme is identity. Different people have different perspectives on turning 10 years old and his is that it's like a bad sickness. "a disfiguring chicken pox of the soul."

Imagery
Before he turned ten, he thinks he had a better imagination, that he was more free and now that he turned ten his life will be boring and hard. "At four I was an Arabian wizard" and "This is the beginning of sadness, I say to myself".

Language
The writer used personification in his poem, like "and my bicycle never leaned against the garage" and metaphors like "the dark blue speed drained out of it".

Tone
Tone is the feeling that the writer wants you to feel

Structure
The structure of every poem is in stanzas. this poem has 5 very detailed stanzas.

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Subject - The subject of "on turning ten" is about a boy who doesn't want to grow up.

Theme- the theme is a ten year boy who dosen't want to gro.

Image - Turning ten gives an image of a depressed sad boy who wishes he could grow up again.

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subject- a boy turning ten
theme- the theme is growing up
imagery- the imagery is a 10-year-old boy who longs for when he was a kid
language-the language IS USING METAPHORS AND SIMILES AND A LOTS OF ADJECTIVES

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Subject-  "On Turning Ten" by Billy Collins gives us the idea of an boy growing up . He enjoyed life but now that he is ten he realised that life is tough and doesn't want to step into the reality of life. 'On Turning Ten" shows us the stages from childhood to adulthood.

Theme- The theme is identity. "You tell me that it is too early to be looking back" shows us that different people have different perspectives of growing up. The narrater was depressed and anxious about turning ten.

Imagery- Before turning ten the personer had an big imagination and he thought he could be anything he wanted to be. In stanza 2, 'At four I was an arabian wizard by drinking a glass of milk a certain way", "At seven I  was a soldier, at nine a prince" explains how he was passionate about life.

Language- In stanza 1, "listing" was used to list the different childhood sicknesses he had when he was younger. In stanza 2, "metaphors" were used to describe what he imagined to be such as "At four I was an arabian wizard". In stanza 3, 4, 5, Many language features are used to show how the personer has become depressed and less excited about life. The metaphor "But now I am mostly at the window' expresses how the narrater is bored of life.

Tone- The tone expresses how the personer is feeling which gives us an clearer image in our head. "Watching the late afternoon light" is set in the afternoon which means the tone will be deeper as it is heading to night time. This sets the rest of the poem being quiet and sad.

Structure- This poem consists of 5 Stanza's. The first Stanza is about childhood sicknesses which gives an idea that something bad is happening with the thought of turning ten. The Second Stanza is about how big his imagination was before turning ten as he believed he could be anything he wanted to be. Stanza three describes how depressed and bored his life was after turning ten. Stanza 4 and 5 begins to show us that he is stepping into a new world and is afraid. He has to let go of his imagination friend and develop into an older self.

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Subject - The subject of "on turning ten" is about a boy who doesn't want to grow up.

Theme- the theme is a ten year boy who doesn't want to grow up.

Image - Turning ten gives an image of a depressed sad boy who wishes he could grow up again.

Language- The language has lots of metaphors and some similes.

Tone- The tone of the text has a melancholy feel.

Structure- The structure of the poem is built up of five paragraphs .

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S-It is about turning ten and the changes that happen shown by title
T- According to my calculations the theme of the poem is maturing or growing up and losing your imagination.
I- He feels sick or worried about growing up as in the first stanza he lists childhood diseases.
L- The poem has similes and metaphors.
T- It describes feelings in a calm way.
S- It is structured in 5 paragraphs.

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S - The subject of the poem is about the narrator growing up and how he feels about it. The things he says in the poem shows that he isn't happy about it is "The whole idea of it makes me feel like I'm coming down with something..."

T - The theme gives off a depressing feeling about what going on. It shows that the boy is going through hard times.

I - The image it gives off is that the boy is sick because of when it says "... the kind of measles of the spirt, mumps of the psyche, a disfiguring chicken pox of the soul." It also gives off the image that he's tired and lost all of his energy and that he felt powerless like he could do anything. At the end when it says "It seems only yesterday I used to believe there was nothing under my skin but light. If you cut me I would shine. But now when I fall on the pavements of life, I skin my knees. I bleed." He realises he has his limits and imagination isn't everything, as he's hit by reality.

L - There's a lot of metaphors that help describe how the boy is feeling. Eg. The whole first stanza. There is also a use of personification in stanza three when talking about the bike and treehouse.

T - It's in the perspective of a boy turning ten. Maybe at this point he's a little older, but it still shows how nostalgic he is about growing up.

S - It is structured just like any other poem. The first stanza explains his feelings, while the second is about his nostalgia, the third is about how sad he is about losing all his childish energy, the last two are about how he is now.

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Subject
- the subject of the poem is a young boys perspective on turning ten, we think this because of the title of the poem and what we can inference from the language uses the weiter has produced.

Theme
- we believe that the two main themes of this poem are, reality can hit us hard and no matter how young or old we are we will always look back to our early memories. We think this because in the poem the boy stated in stanza two that 'you tell me that it is too early to be looking back, but that is because...'.

Imagery
- throughout the poem we imagine a young boy staring out of the window sadly, looking back on memories wishing he was young again. We think because of the decription used in stanza three.

Language
- the writer has used varies of language features to enhance their writing. For example there are complex descriptive words throughout the poem like sadness, drained, solemly, complexity and simplicity. One of our favourite language feature in the poem is the last stanza around a powerful metaphor.

Tone
-  the descriptive language and choice of words suggest the voice is sad and regretfull. The poem suggests this because of the regretful personal voice expressed.

Structure
- this poem is structured in five stanzas each expressing how the boy feels about turning ten. Each stanza has various amounts of lines based on how much detail the writer produces.

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In your groups brainstorm your ideas on the poem On Turning Ten using STILTS.  Make sure you label each aspect so other people in the class know which one you are addressing eg Subject or Structure.  Remember to support your ideas with evidence from the poem