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Paraphrasing Scars 1-2:
I am unsuccesful in imposing  my sense of normalcy into things
In a sense of guilt and denial
I can't convince myself that things are ok

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3. Amongst traffic, brick buildings, and barriers it feel like time is not passing. The city only remains tall and strong in memories. Now there is nothing but a blank space that they want to fill.

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Paraphrasing Stanzas 7-8: "Scars"
7.) Like the year before, the tree continues to stand strong and bloom in purple.
8.) But things have changed since last year and they are not okay.

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In trying to perceive everything as it once was with a sense of normalcy the author had uncovered grief and sorrow wishing for what it was like one year ago.
The author's wishful thinking changes like the seasons, for what was once cherry blossoms and sunshine is now rain over the city.

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"Scars" - Literary Analysis
• "My wishful thinking is as transient as cherry blossoms," (simile)
• "Says goodbye to the Clementine Sun," (imagery)
• "The purple city is drowned in it's own blues," (hyperbole)
• "I have started folding my memories in paper," (symbolism)

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6. Theme
A sentence that states the theme of the poem:

Theme: The tragedy or grief within your life will leave scars and lasting imprints.

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Vocab: Scars
- Normalcy: To be normal or usual
- Unwavering: To be steady
- Fickle: To change frequenlty

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Title: Scars
* Clear understandable words
* Possible meanings of the title:
- Physical scars/ marking on someone or something
- Mental scars from a traumatic event
* Clues in title
- A scar is a mark left on someone so the poem could be about something traumatic or sad that happened to the author

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Read the poem:
* 4 Stanzas
* Uneven spread of lines throughout.
* 15 lines in the first stanza
* 14 lines in the 2nd
* 6 in the 3rd
* 8 in the 4th
* No rhyming pattern
* A lot of imagery describing damage and destruction

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Connections:
- To connect this with real life, I wish for what things were like a year ago when we didn't have to stay inside all the time and wear masks everywhere we go.
- Loss of a family member
- Loss of a friend

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Paraphrasing Stanzas 7-8:
"On Trails"
7.) It is becoming nighttime and their is a powerful, yellow moon.
8.) There is painful silence perhaps from the wind and you dream of sleeping.

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With your legs exhausted, you notice a shadow by your side. It appears to be an old friend. She asks to go through it again.

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The city is blooming full of colors bursting off of the trees. One tree stand along between a fork in the road where each road leads to a different place. This tree is special as it stands alone and is the first to bloom making it the most beautiful tree of them all.

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9. The sun is starting to come up and there is a frosty path ahead of them
10. WIth now sore legs they decide wether to do it again and decide of course

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Connections:
- A Long Walk to Water (Novel)
- Phantom Tollbooth (Book)
-  The Road Not Taken (Poem)

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Paraphrasing Stanzas 5-6: On Trails (Evelyn)

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Paraphrasing Stanzas 5-6: On Trails (Evelyn)

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5. The sunset is orange
It casts light through the tree leaves
The person stops and looks around
They hear words whispered in the wind
6. There is a star in the sky early
The darkness makes their shadow fade
They are alone
Are they alone?

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Sharp winds
Breaths are pants
Breathing and exhaling
Lips are dry and cracked
Parted slightly

Large pack
Larger heart
Legs keep moving
But don't go far
Oh, but how far?

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Paraphrasing Stanzas 1 and 2 (On Trails) Meera Trujillo

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Paraphrasing Stanzas 1 and 2 (On Trails) Meera Trujillo

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1. Sweat drips on someone's wet shirt, the salt from the sweat leaving their face flushed.  The sky is blue at perhaps dusk or dawn.
2. The pavement beneath the runner crunches and the person hurries to like running water.

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Poem: On Trails
6. Theme
Sentence that states the theme of the poem:
"All alone you are?"
I think that the theme is that no one should ever be stuck alone or feeling alone.

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Vocab: On Trails
- Amidst: To be surrounded by something or having something go all arond you
-  Palpitating: To shake or beat rapidly
- Peeping: To be slightly visible or to start so show through an opening
- Heavenly: To be pleasing and wonderful
- Rumbling: A continuous deep sound

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Title: On Trails
* Clear understandable words
* Possible meanings of the title:
- Walking on a literal trail
- Figurative trail (through life)
* Clues in title
- The poem is about a trail with someone walking down it

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Read The Poem.
* 10 stanzas
* 4 or 5 lines in each stanza
* A lot of forced rhyming
* Rhyme scheme changes a lot
1. ABACD
2. ABCBD
3. ABACC
4. ABCBB
5. ABCB
6. ABCA
7. ABCB
8. ABCBD
9. ABCB
10. ABCCCB

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5. Literary Analysis:
• "Running rivers," (personification)
• "Silence groans loud," (personification)
• "Crunching pebbles under rubber soles," (imagery)
• "A peeping sun, a dawn's goodbye," (hyperbole)
• "Heaving, sighing, crusty lips that part," (imagery)
• "A yawning sky," (personification)