Extended Simile Analysis Paragraph for "Snow" by Zach Holz https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x There’s an extended simile in “Snow” that goes for 4 lines. In partner pairs, find it and write a paragraph analyzing it and how it connects to the theme that “The end of childhood stops people from communicating” Share on padlet, rank them with stars en-us 2018-01-31 09:16:26 UTC 2021-03-10 11:46:30 UTC hello@padlet.com Extended Simile jsalem2022 https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/230918943 The extended simile in the poem "Snow" begins on the line that says "When it's snowing, the outdoors seem like a room" It continues until the line that says "A room with the walls blasted to shreds and falling." The simile compares a snowy outdoors to a room with falling walls. A room is closed off, whereas the outdoors represents open and free land. The open land is contrasted with a room which is closed off. Because the "room" had falling walls in the poem, the traditional seclusion of a room is destroyed, in this case by the walls "crumbling" in the form of snowflakes. When the little brother Seth is a child, he is more like the snowy outdoors, as he is more open to communication. The theme states that "the end of childhood stops people from communicating," so maybe when the older brother aged. he became more closed off, and would better compare to the closed room. When the big brother was with his little brother, he was able to break down is imaginary walls in the form of snowflakes, so he isn't alone and cold anymore, but he is open to communication alongside his little brother. 
-Ahmad and Joe]]> 2018-02-13 06:26:53 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/230918943 Extended Simile https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/230920194 The extended simile in the poem "Snow", by David Berman,  unfolds with the line  "When it's snowing, the outdoors seem like a room"  where the snowy outdoors is compared to a room. The outdoors is most commonly thought of as a free open land whereas a room is a space closed off from the world.]]> 2018-02-13 06:39:54 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/230920194 Extended Simile (Done By: Mohammed and Karim) https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/230942241 The extended simile in the poem "Snow" written by David Berman starts in the eight stanza. "When it's snowing, the outdoors seem like a room." The snow is compared to the room. "the outdoors seem like a room." The simile then continues and says "A room with the walls blasted to shreds and falling." At the end of the poem they brothers returned to shovelling in silence. The room with walls that was blasted to shreds was probably a pile of snow that they had shovelled earlier. The snow can be very rough and dangerous. The author compares the snow to a shredding blasted wall as it connects to the snow, because this wall can be very dangerous. The walls that are blasted and shredded is often referred to sad, dangerous or mysterious.


]]> 2018-02-13 08:49:01 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/230942241 Exrended Simile https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/230946442 2018-02-13 09:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/230946442 Ahmad, Rashed, Abdulla, Harith https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231008953 Lying towards children is unacceptable most of the time they will believe everything you say. In the poem “Snow” the author uses a symbol of The Room in the lines 11-14. The word room is used to show something that is closed and shut. The older brother described “A room with the walls blasted to shreds and falling.” The older brother knows what he did was wrong so now he is feeling the guilt everything became more intense. His little brother will remember this story, and it is not a pleasant thing to remember. This lie can change the boy’s personality he will believe everything his brother told him. It is in the nature of brothers.]]> 2018-02-13 13:24:57 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231008953 Maryam, Tala https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231054021 The end of childhood stops people from communicating. In the poem “Snow” the four lines that support the theme are, 

"When it's snowing, the outdoors seem like a room. 

Today I traded hellos with my neighbor. 
Our voices hung close in the new acoustics. 
A room with the walls blasted to shreds and falling…” 
  
in the poem, the poet uses “Snow” as a symbol to represent children. In the four lines of the poem “Snow”, the poet David uses the terms blasted snowing, and traded. These three words showed a deep connection towards the theme. When David states “A room with the walls blasted to shreds and falling” the term blasted brings very violent images towards the reader's mind, blasted may also be the term that “Disrupts” childhood, allowing people to not communicate.  Another word that shows emotion towards the theme is “Traded”, to trade is the act of giving something up for another, and in line number three David wrote, “Today I traded hellos with my neighbor.” Showing that the man in the story took a risk by communicating to another person since childhood stopped them from communicating to one another. A final word that related to the theme of the 4 lines was snowing. in the poem “Snow” the white, cold snow represents children and happiness, and without the snow it stopped childhood and the happiness of everyone, creating a lack of communication to one another.  
]]> 2018-02-13 14:43:38 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231054021 Rakan and Sam https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231087788 The end of childhood stops people from communicating. In line Eleven David Berman, the writer of the poem Snow, mentions that it was snowing. The snow could correlate to a deeper meaning, such as your heart gets colder as you get older. Line 12-14 talks about an encounter between the main character and his neighbor, line 12 "Today i traded hellos with my neighbor" This line is a unnecessary detail, the writer is trying to portray that they do not talk very often, and it is a rare encounter. Line 13 and 14 uses a room as a symbol, the room is shown as a sign of isolation and a lack of connection to the real world. "A room with the walls blasted to shreds and falling" this could be referring to how to the character is feeling. The end of childhood stops people from communicating, the poem is cut into two sections, past (childhood)" and present (End of childhood), lines one through ten are about the past. Lines 11-15 talk about the present. In the past it shows the main character as open and outgoing, as shown in line one "Walking through a field with my little brother Seth" This line shows that he enjoyed going out to fields with his little brother. In the present he is not as out going and is not very talkative, as proven in line 15 "We returned to our shoveling, working side by side in silence" Them working side by side in silence shows that as you get older communication gets slimmer.

]]> 2018-02-13 15:32:05 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231087788 Alia and Nayla https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231099345 A recurring symbol through David Berman’s “Snow” is a room that symbolizes the outdoors when it snows. The outdoors are usually related to nature which is connected to freedom, openness, and purity. On the other hand, a room can seem closed off, cold, or isolated. The room had “walls blasted to shreds and falling”. “Blasted to shreds” has negative connotations of destruction. In this scenario, the room resembles the snow, and the room is being destroyed. The symbol of disrupted snow is integrated throughout the poem; children making snow angels and the shoveling. The disruption of snow symbolizes the recurring theme of childhood innocence being destroyed. ]]> 2018-02-13 15:50:06 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231099345 Amr and (Juma) https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231105329 In the Poem "Snow", by David Berman an extended simile is displayed on lines 11 through 14, the first one being "when it snows, the outdoors seem like a room", the author depicts that the world is cold and isolated like a room. "A room with the walls blasted to shreds and falling.", which could portray how they are "disrupting" the snow whilst shoveling and playing in it.]]> 2018-02-13 15:59:07 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231105329 karen alizaa and mikaela https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231204985 The poem “Snow” describes the snow, to symbolize childhood. The poet David uses phrases such as blasted snowing and traded. This phrase may circle around a theme that comes upon a readers mind. Blasted may mean harmed or disturbed which represents that he had a disturbing childhood, which reflects a sess in communication.  the word snow. Snow is a substance which is soft and pure. Children enjoy playing with snow and show an emotion of joy. If children did not play with one another in the snow communication between them would be lost. The poet then uses words such as traded “today I traded hellos with my neighbor”. Revealing that the man in the poem has now communicated with another. ]]> 2018-02-13 18:25:55 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231204985 Esther and Guo https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231366481 In the poem Snow, the author uses an extended simile from lines 11 to 14. He uses the physical characteristics of 'seem like a room' as if it is a closed in and safe area but the other simile 'the outdoors' is used as a more open and have a symbol of freedom for characteristic. When using the comparisons of the room and the outdoors, it can have another characteristic which is snow, because of the fact that it is white, cold and a frozen lake. The beginning of the poem, David Berman is using a sort of past connection that he is reflecting off from his present, in the end of the poem. In the 14th line, 'a room with blasted to shreds and falling', the word blasted can have a meaning of ending or finishing. And the last line states 'we returned to our shoveling, working side by side in silence.' This can mean that the silence of the return of his work is stopping people from communicating. As for the beginning, the representation is his past which is showing his the freedom and openness then in the end, which can be shown as his present, that the closed room is a more trapping area, which shows that there is no communication anymore.]]> 2018-02-14 04:10:47 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231366481 Lynn and Yasmin https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231366502 2018-02-14 04:11:03 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231366502 Ajab and Iris https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231366504 The poem “Snow” made by David Berman depicts the loss of communication after the end of childhood using a symbol of a room and snow.  The poem uses the word room in their simile for current events after the main protagonist lies to his younger brother, while the poem uses similes for snow it was used past tense and only once used to explain how the setting was like in present tense.The poem uses word snow which can be correlated to innocence of childhood, like of the protagonist younger brother. In the poem it also talks about a room and it is used as a way to demonstrate the how the room repents the younger brother childhood and how because he is in the room he doesn't have to doubt his brother but later on the room shatters just like his trust to believe everything he hears from the main protagonist. “Snow” uses figurative languages and symbols to provide the readers an understanding of how the ending of childhood leads to the end of communication with an relationship with brothers.  

]]> 2018-02-14 04:11:04 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231366504 David andJad https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231366563 In the poem "Snow", by David Berman, an extended simile is shown to represent how "the outdoors seem like a room", this extended simile is shown throughout line 11 to 14. This may show how the poet feels about the outdoor weather as well as the quote at the end of the simile "A room with the walls blasted to shreds"  which can also symbolize the way the poet feels about winter time and how he does not like it, due to him saying the outdoors are like a room and then saying "a room with walls blasted to shreds". Which probably the poet did not want to give the reader a bright or happy insight on winter, since the main character tells his brother a story where troops of angels die, instead of, little kids playing in the snow.]]> 2018-02-14 04:11:33 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231366563 Ali and Andrew https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231366621 2018-02-14 04:12:02 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231366621 Saif and Layla https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231366739 In the poem “Snow” by David Berman, the author uses figurative language to compare the snowing outdoors to a room. From lines 11 to 14, the author depicts his feelings through the comparison. Berman uses the idea of a confined space through the room and the idea of enclosing a large area through the snowing outdoors. The author is trying to show that the end of childhood stops people from communicating. This is shown through his description of his conversation with the neighbor. He represents the awkward silence of the conversation by using the comparison to the room. Rooms have acoustics and the author displays this silence by saying that their voices “hung close in the new acoustics”. The room blasting to shreds displays the end of his childhood and beginning of his adulthood. The conversation with the neighbor and the falling of the walls both show the challenges that he will face as an adult and the things he will lose from being a child such as communication. 

]]> 2018-02-14 04:13:14 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231366739 Hi https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231367143 Rate 5 star please BOII]]> 2018-02-14 04:17:01 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231367143 Maddy and Yahya mdecardy2022 https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231367144 One of the themes of the poem Snow by David Berman is: The end of childhood stops people from communicating. This can be shown in an extended simile used in the poem.

        When it’s snowing, the outdoors seems like a room.
        Today I traded hellos with my neighbor.
        Our voices hung close in the new acoustics.
        A room with walls blasted to shreds and falling.

The extended simile draws attention to the contrast between a room and the outdoors. A room can be seen as a closed in, perhaps small space. The outdoors is the opposite, seen as open. In relation to the theme, the simile of a room could represent the act of being closed off, small, and locked in compared to the outdoors, which might represent being open and free. Childhood can be associated with the outdoors, the end it can be associated with a closed room.]]> 2018-02-14 04:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231367144 Jenna & Ria rnage2022 https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231367427 In the poem "Snow" a room is used to symbolize the outdoors when it snows. The outdoors is also used represent freedom, but the room represents the feeling of being trapped or isolated and surrounded by silence. After trading hellos with my neighbor, "our voices hung close in the new acoustics. All they were able to communicate was a hello then complete silence took over the room. The walls "blasted to shreds and falling" as the snow fell to the ground it block the children from communicating to one another. Like a blizzard, shreds of snow falling to the ground and whiteness surrounding you like a room and blocking communication.  ]]> 2018-02-14 04:19:33 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231367427 Hussain and Hassan https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231368215 The end of childhood stops people from communicating is an action linked to a poem called"snow" it is routine and as everyday passes the routines get boring and useless that is where the "room falling apart" comes into place. In "Snow" the older brother says "Our voices hung close in the new acoustics" which is the author linking that everything is changing even the way we speak to each other side by side in silence that is proving the point of peoples routines are ruining the way life is going to.]]> 2018-02-14 04:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231368215 BOB https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231368956 BOB
BOB
BOB GETS ONE STAR ONLY
"BOB" IS THE THEME, "ONE STAR ONLY" IS THE OPINION.]]> 2018-02-14 04:35:10 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231368956 mdecardy2022 https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231369014 2018-02-14 04:35:48 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231369014 Tao and Karim https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231370292 In the poem "Snow" It describes the snow, there is an extended simile in the 11, 12, 13 and 14. The poet David Berman uses the words like room, acoustics, blasted and roof. The room could mean that he is trapped in an emotional place. He could feel like the outdoors is a shut door Because the room is sealed place unlike the outdoors which is open and free.
"When It's Snowing, the outdoors seem like a room"]]> 2018-02-14 04:46:53 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231370292 Parsa & Illiyaan https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231371432 In the poem Snow, the author David Bermancompares the setting and environment to a confined room. Snow is a substance that is described to strip the air and openness of a large area. This concept is relatable to a room. A room is covered with four walls and separates a person from society. It is an area that can be used to lock one’s identity, and hide from the need to communicate and interact with the society. The "room" had falling walls in the poem, the solitude of a room is destroyed, in this case by the walls "crumbling" in the form of snowflakes. When Seth is young, he is more like the snowy outdoors, as he is more open to communicating. The theme of the poem states that "the end of childhood stops people from communicating." When the older brother aged, he became more closed off, and would better compare to the closed room. When the big brother was with his little brother, he was able to break down his "imaginary walls" in the form of snowflakes, so he isn't alone and cold anymore, but he is open to communication alongside his little brother. David Berman proceeds to use the term “traded” to reveal that the man in the poem has communicated, “our voices hung close to the acoustics.” To conclude, the poem “Snow” represents how the white and cold snow shows the happiness of the children and without the snow, it shows the unhappiness of the children.]]> 2018-02-14 04:56:10 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231371432 Chaeyoung and Devin https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231371988 The end of childhood stops people from communicating. In the poem “Snow” by David Berman, he uses a symbol of shreds. More specifically, he pairs the word with falling, referring to a room in which he is “trading hellos with my neighbor”. This is contrasted with the word outdoors, while explains how it “seems like a room”. Because the combination of “shreds” and “falling” with “outdoors” is not a logical combination. The absence of communication is similar to conversing minnimalisticly and quietly, due to people becoming more reserved; In the poem Berman states that “Our voices hung close”. Meaning there voices where: low, small, and within words with similar meaning to people stoping communicating.
Link- The end of childhood stops people from communicating for, the words: “outdoors”, “neighbours”, “close”, “new acoustics”, “shreds”, and “falling” 
]]> 2018-02-14 05:02:34 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231371988 Celine, Tala, and Lily:) https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231421955        In the poem “Snow” the author relates the environment, meaning the outdoors, to an enclosed room, by using an extended simile. The outdoors is spacious, as it gives one the freedom to do whatever they desire, in order to not feel constricted. However, a room is cramped and enclosed, and so it separates one from their surroundings and those near them. Therefore, the loss of communication develops over time, for a room can lock one’s identity, as it traps the person in, preventing them from interacting with others. When maturing, a person goes through difficult obstacles that are hard to overcome, creating an overwhelming environment. This prevents him/ her from opening up to others leaving them trapped in those walls. This implies that the author symbolizes the silence in the room while comparing it to the outdoors, for the snows, purity filled up the space. The character in the poem has a slight connection towards others as he says, “I traded hellos with the neighbors”, this does not occur frequently and so, this supports the idea of, the loss of communication. 

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]]> 2018-02-14 10:51:03 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231426986 Sara and Hela https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231450235 The extended simile in the poem “Snow” are the lines “When it’s snowing, the outdoors seem like a room” and “A room with the walls blasted to shreds and falling”. When the author, David Berman, wrote the first verse in the simile, he intended to reveal the older brothers feelings. Decades before, the older brother commits the crime of destroying his brother's innocence during the winter, ending his little brother's childhood. The older brother remembers his crime as he is met with snow. He is now in a room of guilt, feeling trapped and lonely, as he steps out into the snow. In this room, he prevents himself from communicating with anyone and isolates himself. He then mentions that he greeted his neighbor, although it is a very simple and little gesture that one wouldn’t linger upon. He communicates with the neighbour and the walls of the room he put himself in, begin to tatter and fall. He has broken the room he has put himself into as it is slowly “blasted to shreds and falling”. In conclusion, moving on from youth often dilutes socializing, as well as disconnecting from one’s peers.

]]> 2018-02-14 12:34:04 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231450235 Jana, Aaryahi, & Ghada https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231457592 In the poem “snow”, the author compares the setting, environment to an enclosed room. Snow can be described as a substance that strips the air and openness of a large area. This concept correlates to a room. A room, which is covered in four walls, separates a person from the world. It is an area used to lock one’s identity, and hide from the need to communicate and interact within the society. Adulthood is a phase that is driven with obstacles, challenges; where one is overwhelmed. An instinct, with almost all people, is to hide, in someplace with four walls, and only interact when needed. When hidden, it becomes one on one, where no one but himself is involved. Therefore, the act of interacting, and use of communication is not needed. The character abides by this concept, while still challenging the initial idea. The character has a slight interaction with other people, neighbours, however is not constant; “I traded hellos with the neighbours”. A relationship that “skims the surface”, does not have any personal aspects, and can be dealt with in a way where the use of conversation is not important; a simple hello could please them. The author used a relationship between the character and the neighbour, as a way to show that communication could have no use, in one’s life, or be stripped down to the bare minimum. While going against this conception, he reverts to his way of being in a setting of snow, that is enclosed with four walls. The author uses the necessities of fitting into a society, communication, to compare to the setting of the poem, confined. When the main characters was faced by the struggles of Adulthood, one of the necessities of life, relationships and communication, was being used to the bare minimum, while in an environment, isolated with four walls.  ]]> 2018-02-14 13:01:57 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231457592 Malaika & Samhita https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231545519 In the poem “Snow” by David Berman, the poet specifically uses strong figurative language further later through the lines eleven to fourteen, hinting to the double meaning of the poem. Beginning on line eleven, Berman states that the outside is more like a room. It can be interpreted that the older brother felt bound and restrained, even past the walls of his house, where he had to be careful of what he expressed in front of his family. The peculiar emphasis on the word “today” in line twelve, and on the phrase “hung close” in line thirteen further supports the previous inference. This indicates that the neighbours share a relationship with infrequent amount of conversations past the normal greetings. And through the last line, the older brother previously referring to himself as basically always stuck in a room, mentioned: “the walls blasted to shreds and falling”. If he was inside the room, the wall barriers metaphorically breaking would collapse on top of him. This can symbolise that this would only lead to self destruction, yet the negative habit to suppress thoughts cannot easily be escaped if there is no place to go, when the last freedom route is the outside. On the contrary, the poet had characterised Seth to express his speech and emotions openly, whereas Berman would describe the inner struggles of the older brother as he tried to filter his speech. The two characters, raised in the same household, have different outlooks on the world; proving that the end of childhood stops people from communicating with their free will without having to think about it. 

]]> 2018-02-14 15:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231545519 Habiba, Layla & Zaina https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231576022 In the poem “Snow” by David Berman, the author uses an extended simile that starts with, ”When it’s snowing, the outdoors seem like a room.” In this line, the snow is being compared to a room, and the older brother feels trapped in the snow, like in a room. He feels guilty when he steps into snow as he remembers that he had spoilt his younger brother’s childhood in winter several years ago with lies that destroyed his innocence. Another way of analyzing the metaphor is that the room signifies how adults feel the need to hide away from the world and that they are alone. The simile starts with the room being compared to snow, and it ends with the line, “A room with the walls blasted to shreds and falling.” The walls breaking and falling could metaphorically mean the older brother feeling trapped and alone even outside in the snow, trapped by his guilt. He then mentions the greetings exchanged between his neighbor, and although that might not seem significant, it shows how they talk little as the exchange is very brief. “Our voices hung low in the new acoustics.” The phrase “hung low” also indicates that they were quiet and brief. The older brother feeling trapped and alone reflects back to the author’s opinion that adulthood lacks communication that was lost with the end of one’s childhood.


]]> 2018-02-14 16:31:21 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231576022 Ali And Andrew https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231598512 Lying to those you love could decimate or deteriorate relationships over time. To be specific, in the poem “Snow” the author uses the comparison between “the room and the outdoors” as an extended simile for the relationship between the speaker and Seth, the extended simile is shown through the lines eleven to fourteen. The word “blasted” is used to describe the room is related to words such as destroyed and obliterated. This is corroborated by the word “falling”, which is often related to words such as failing and rapidly declining. In the poem “the room” is a symbol for the disgraced relationship between the speaker and his brother Seth.

]]> 2018-02-14 17:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231598512 Extended Simile-----Ethan & Diego https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231606232 David Berman who wrote the poem “Snow” added an extended simile in the poem that says "When it's snowing, the outdoors seem like a room. Today I traded hellos with my neighbor. Our voices hung close in the new acoustics. A room with the walls blasted to shreds and falling…”. The message that David Berman is trying to convey in this message seems to be about Childhood. The outdoors seem like a room, and the room is probably trying to signify all the innocence and mind of a child which connects to the real world as children in the modern world stay in the comfort of our rooms. When David wrote “Today I traded hellos with my neighbor” meaning that he talked to someone and according to the tone and the words, it seems like he was doing this for the first time and it wasn’t part of his childhood, showing his transition to adulthood. The way that “Our voices hung close in the new acoustics” might tell us that there voices are silent, because when you add acoustics or acoustically treat a room, you are trying to silence echos. So this quote is saying that their voices have become silent. Lastly “A room with the walls blasted to shreds and falling…” is suppose to mean that the barrier of childhood broken and revealing many paths to be made, many choices to make, and many risks to take. Showing that he has now entered adulthood which reveals the theme of the story which is the end of childhood.


]]> 2018-02-14 17:21:58 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231606232 Faisal & Sandro flari2022 https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231640021
  • Childhood is a period of time that occurs when being a kid. However, it is necessary for one to separate from this time as the individual starts to grow and mature. Once diverted from childhood, the individual is exposed to adulthood which is a common stage for many to experience challenging obstacles. These challenges may lead to one being pessimistic, passive and cold which could stop from communicating with one another. The poem “snow,” written by David Berman, features an extended simile in lines 11 to 14 which compares the cold snow outdoors to a confined room. “When It's Snowing, The Outdoors Seems Like A Room.” The terms in this simile, such as the snow outdoors and the room, can be contrasted with people stopping to communicate at the end of their childhood. This can be demonstrated if the term snow mirrors the stages of one’s life from youth to adulthood. Just like the weather and season changes each year, so does a person in their understandings and behaviour. In addition, the outdoor may represent the society or people one surrounds himself. And lastly, The room could symbolize the  challenging obstacles an individual puts himself in while in his adulthood. A room, contains at least 4 walls, so these walls may reflect the barriers and challenging obstacles an adult faces once in adulthood which is why it creates cold,  passive life to cause one stop communicating with others. 


]]> 2018-02-14 18:17:19 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231640021 Angelina and Ding https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231779198 A reappearing symbol in “Snow” written by David Berman, is the snowing outdoors environment symbolizing a confined room. More specifically, the author displays the comparison through lines 11 to 14. The author is conveying that the end of childhood stops people from communicating. The author utilizes the concept of an enclosed area as a room is enclosing the snowing environment. The conversation with the neighbor depicts the theme. The silence in the conversation represents the connection to the room. The author continues to show the silence and that their voices had “hung close in the new acoustics”. The confined area “blasting to shreds” is a metaphor for the end of childhood and the unfolding into adulthood. The destruction of the walls demonstrates the conflicts adults will face and the loss of communication of childhood. The reappearing theme, the disruption of snow symbolizes of childhood communication being demolished.]]> 2018-02-15 03:31:41 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231779198 Rawaad & Ishaq https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231787284 The end of childhood marks the end of communication between people, as shown through the extended simile in lines 11 - 14 in “Snow” by David Berman. In Line 11 he states “ When it is snowing, the outdoors seem like a room.”  When the outdoors are snowy the world is more enclosed, and this means that there is less social activities, and one become more closed off from the rest of the world, which relates to the theme of communicating less after childhood. David Berman emphasizes that the outdoors are usually more open and social whereas when it is snowing it is more like a room, in the sense that it is walled off and isolates one from the outside world which leads the reader to believe that there is no social activities occurring. In line 12 he says “Today I traded hellos with my neighbor.” This shows how after childhood all he does is say hello, as oppose to actually engaging in proper conversations with others. Here, the author is showing the reader his opinion, which is that as one grows older they become less social, and more disconnected and isolated. If trading hellos was significant enough to mention that symbolizes that his relationship barely ever exceeds the level of a few words, and the main character is less social, and not as free in public. These two pieces of evidence demonstrates that the author believes that the end of childhood leads to less communication. The author is stating that as someone grows older, in his eyes they become less communicative.

]]> 2018-02-15 05:01:15 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231787284 Nathan and Minuk https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231787308 The extended simile in the poem "Snow" by David Berman kicks off on the line “When it’s snowing, the outdoors seem like a room.” This is a simile as the author describes the outdoor as clean as a new room. Furthermore, the 4 lined simile continues with “Today I traded hellos with my neighbor”, which means the neighbors say their hellos to others. “Our voices hung up close in the new acoustics”. This is another simile, they can't literally hang up sounds. Also, their not inside a room. The finale line is “A room with the walls blasted to shreds and falling” This is the last simile in this paragraph, because walls can’t be blasted with shreds.]]> 2018-02-15 05:01:35 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231787308 Gabe, Kareem, Kaddah https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231789017 In the poem “Snow” by David Berman, the author uses similes and metaphors to compare the snowing outdoors to a room. From lines 10 to 14, the author expresses his feelings through the comparison of the room and the snowing outdoors. Berman uses the idea of a small space of the room and the idea of using the big outdoors. The poem is trying to express that when childhood ends so does communication, I personally don't agree. This is expressed in the conversation with the neighbor. He has an awkward silence which he compared to the room. Rooms have acoustics and the author displays this silence by saying that their voices “hung close in the new acoustics”. The room blasting to shreds displays the end of his childhood and beginning of his adulthood. The conversation with the neighbor and the falling of the walls both show the challenges that he will face as an adult and the things he will lose from being a child such as communication. 

]]> 2018-02-15 05:25:50 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231789017 Adam, Minhyeok, Rohan https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231790113 The author, David Berman  tried to convey, “The end of childhood stops people from communicating” this is proved by the extended simile. That says, “ ”When it’s snowing, the outdoors seem like a room.” In our opinion, the author tried to talk about how childhood can be compared the the outdoors- open and revealing. Additionally, it is unlikely that it would be suspected of acts that are considered suspicious. However, contrary to that, a room is closed off by walls and doors. Similarly, after childhood, a person is more likely to keep secrets or at least be dishonest to some degree. Thus when the quote says that when it is snowing the outdoors seems like a room, could potentially mean that when it is snowing people feel more adult-like which could lead to being more dishonest.]]> 2018-02-15 05:37:33 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231790113 Dana & Caitlin https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231791649 In the poem Snow by David Berman, the outdoors is being compared to a room. The outdoors is a spacious area, however the snow can restrain the openness and make it seem like a room. A room is an enclosed area that separates people from the rest of the world. Over time, this leads to the loss of communication. A room can allow someone to hide and not interact with society. As people grow older and experience rough moments, they are less open and their use of communication begins to fade away. When isolated, communication is no longer needed in a person’s life. In the poem, the character “traded hellos with the neighbors”. This type of communication is very vague,  and simple. The snow symbolizes the recurring theme of the poem, childhood innocence slowly fades. 

]]> 2018-02-15 05:54:26 UTC https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231791649 Lynn and Yasmin https://padlet.com/zachholz/gu8golvr6e3x/wish/231800193  In the poem Snow, the poet uses an extended simile of “ The outdoors seem like a room” to show the reader that as you grow older you lose your communication with other people, and “ I traded hellos with my neighbor”. Usually, the outdoors is linked to freedom, nature and the ability to do a lot of things in a big amount of space, but the snow is confining it. The poet, David Berman, describes it as a room and “walls blasted and falling”. By him saying this it is like he saying that the vibe was negative, and he might be trying to show that his life is falling apart and it is kind of harsh towards the reader, by saying that the outdoors seems like a room, it saying like he is being prevented from interacting with someone and being alone. Another part of the extended simile the proves you lose communication as you grow older is when  the poet writes “I traded hellos with my neighbor Our voices hung close in the new acoustics.” This means that the conversation was short and there was this awkward silence where they had no response. The word “Traded” may have been there to show that maybe the conversation was not important, and was just there. These similes show that as you grow older, you lose the communication between you and other people.


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