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One example of figurative language is "That she might think of me as some untutor'd youth"

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The author is trying to teach us that age doesn't matter in love

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The overall tone in this poem is depressed but then on line 9 it shifts to more of a cheerful tone

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One example of figurative language is when it says " I romp with joy in the bookish dark" which is saying that the dark is kind of an illusion.

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The speaker is trying to teach the audience not ruin someone's work.

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The overall tone is calm. The shift stays the same throughout the whole poem.

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I think the speaker is talking about how he and the dogs are eating the librarians poetry.

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I think the speaker is a dog because it says "I snarl at her and bark. I romp with joy in the bookish dark" which implies that the speaker is most likely an animal.

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It says, “Simply I credit her false speaking tongue”. That’s an example of personification

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renzo/Sonnet 138
The speaker is trying to teach you that if you want something you should push yourself to achieve it .

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renzo/Sonnet 138
The speaker is trying to teach you that if you want something you should push yourself to achieve it .

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One example of figurative language is personification which is, " Ink runs from the corners of my mouth."

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The speaker is trying to teach the readers that writing is nothing like it seems.

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One example of a metaphor is, "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair".

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I think the speaker is shakespeare because of the words he is using.

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at first its apologetic but then its more of a sorry not sorry tone

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the poem uses imagrey

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renzo/sonnet 138
The overall tone is depressed in the beginning nd towards the end the tone is glad.

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renzo/sonnet 138
The overall tone is depressed in the beginning nd towards the end the tone is glad.

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The speaker of this poem is trying to say that although life will be tough and difficult, they must continue forward no matter what.

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The speaker is talking about how he and his wife keep lying to each other about there age

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The author is trying to teach us that you don't want to eat poetry.

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the overall tone is mournful

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Shakespeare is talking about his love

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The speaker is trying to teach the audience how you should feel bad when you've something wrong.

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renzo/Sonnet 138
The speaker is talking about how his lover lies a lot to him.

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renzo/Sonnet 138
The speaker is talking about how his lover lies a lot to him.

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The overall tone of the poem is triumphant and determined. They stick with this tone the whole time as the describe the difficulties of life.

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The tone of this poem is shallow because the speaker ate someone else's plums and said sorry after though he would have eaten them all over again if he had the chance. The shift is when the speaker apologizes.

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The speaker is trying to teach the audience that poetry can inspire you in many different ways.

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The speaker is talking about the hardships and difficulty of life and how they can't give up.

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One example is "I have been eating poetry."

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Renzo/Sonnet 138
I think the speaker is a man because it says "I" a lot and is talking about his relationship with a girl.

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Renzo/Sonnet 138
I think the speaker is a man because it says "I" a lot and is talking about his relationship with a girl.

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An example of figurative language is "And life for me ain't been no crystal stair."

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they are talking about the plums they have eaten and are "apologizing' for eating whats not theres

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The overall tone for this poem is lustful. There aren't any shifts

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the speaker is talking about eating poetry (from a dogs perspective

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I think that the speaker is a mother. The title gives away the fact that the mother is talking to her son throughout the poem.

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An example of a metaphor, "life for me ain't no been crystal stair"

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One example of figurative language is '' Life for me ain't been no crystal stairs' this is an example of a metaphor

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I notice that it is very short and very descriptive.

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The speaker is the author in this poem

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The speaker is trying to teach the audience how it was living like a colored back then.

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i think the speaker is the writer because he also uses the word i

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renzo/Sonnet 138
I noticed that one of the main topics is love.

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renzo/Sonnet 138
I noticed that one of the main topics is love.

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Sonnet

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I quickly noticed that the speaker was a mother talking to her son.

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One example of imagery is, "Their eyeballs roll, their blond legs burn like brush."

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one example of personification in the poem is"wait for it to roar out of you"

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i think it is a child because it seems how a child would apologize

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i think the speaker is a mother to her son because she is warning him that life is not easy for her and it wont be

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I noticed that the speaker is arguing with someone

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The speaker is trying to teach the audience that life can be very challenging , but by having a positive attitude you can overcome it.

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This poem is about someone eating someone else's plums and admiring how delicious they were.

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i noticed that there was alot of personification incorperated into the poem

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The overall tone could be guiltless. There are shifts and they are sort of restating the same idea

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sonnet 138 -  and in our faults y lies we flatter'd be.

So you want to be a writer?-  if it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything

Mother to son- life ain't been no crystal stair case

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the speaker is trying to teach the reader that you shouldn be writing if your doing it for the wrong reasons or if your not passionate about it.

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One example of figurative language is when the poem says " Life for me ain't been no crystal stair"

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renzo/Eating Poetry
In the fourth stanza is says, "Their eyeballs roll, their blond legs burn like brush." This is an example of imagery.

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renzo/Eating Poetry
In the fourth stanza is says, "Their eyeballs roll, their blond legs burn like brush." This is an example of imagery.

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The speaker isn't really trying to get a specific message across. They are just trying to tell the audience about a story coming from an innocent perspective.

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One example of figurative language is "Life for me hasn't been no crystal stairs."

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the first thing i notice was that it was very short with only three stanzas

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The speaker is a mom talking to her kid about life's challenges.

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the overall tone is a kind of remorseful tone . there arent even really anyb shifts

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he says " they were delicious so sweet and so cold"

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I think the speaker is talking about how much they love poetry.

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I think the speaker is a child because the way it is written reminds me of how children speak. Short and sweet.

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renzo/Eating Poetry
The speaker is trying to teach us that poetry is something to love.

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renzo/Eating Poetry
The speaker is trying to teach us that poetry is something to love.

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I think the speaker is a writer.

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An example of a metaphor is " life for me ain't been no crystal stair"

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The overall tone is strict and careful. I didn't see any shifts in the poem.

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the first thing i noticed was that even though it is very simple and short it is written very well.

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the tone in the poem is forewarning. The poet is saying that if you don't feel passionate about writing, or if your doing it for the wrong reasons ,you shouldn't be writing poetry.

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Mother to son- Cager
The speaker is trying to teach us that life is going to be hard but we need to persevere and push through the challenges

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Mother to son- Cager
The speaker is trying to teach us that life is going to be hard but we need to persevere and push through the challenges

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The speaker is trying to tell you that life is hard and that you must be brave and don't turn back. The speaker also teaches you that you will face adversity in life.

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The tone is gloomy. It is gloomy because he puts gloomy imagery. This tone has a shift from line 9 to the rest of the poem.

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i think the speaker is a pet because a person wouldn't have ink in their mouth

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I first noticed that it has personification.

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I think the author is the person speaking

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the speaker is trying to teach the audience that you shouldnt steal even if it makes you feel good

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The mother is talking about how life for them isn't all wonderful and happy.

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The mother is trying to teach the audience that life is hard and is a very rough climb. She is saying that she is still fighting against all the things against her in life.

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The overall tone of the poem could be innocence. This is told from the perspective of a clueless dog eating poetry, giving off a innocent tone.

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One example of imagery from the poem is, "...so sweet and so cold.

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The tone in the poem is determined the mother is determined to not let her son give up and the shift is when the mother starts talking about how he should never give up

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The overall tone could be blunt. There is a gradual shift from demotivating one to not be a writer to giving professional advise on what it takes to become one.

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The overall tone is determined

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the speaker is talking about how you should feel about writing if you are actually passionate about writing, and if you should continue your path in writing.

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Mother to son- Cager 
The tone in the beginning is a warning tone and then it shifts to a more determined tone on line 9

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Mother to son- Cager 
The tone in the beginning is a warning tone and then it shifts to a more determined tone on line 9

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The speaker is talking through the dog's perspective throughout the whole poem. They describe everything happening around them when they "eat poetry".

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The poem is about how he turns into a dog and eats poetry.

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The speaker is trying to teach the audience that you should always ask for forgiveness.

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The overall tone is inspiring or motivational. There is a shift on line 9 from talking about how life is hard to how to face it.

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i believe that the poet that wrote the poem is the speaker in the poem.

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sonnet 138- is teaching the audience is that although every thing seems messed up, you can go around the problem and push through.

So you want to be a writer-  That if you really want to do something give it your all  and that you will have to be willing to give something.

Mother to son- You got to keep going, even when life gets tough and to keep trying