analyzing this sick poem pt. 1 by Griffin Cloney https://padlet.com/griffin_cloney/lgcktm2l6ehl griffin cloney en-us 2018-12-02 23:18:45 UTC 2018-12-04 22:33:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Terminator.png Peligro griffin_cloney https://padlet.com/griffin_cloney/lgcktm2l6ehl/wish/310237254 By Stuart Dybek

Fire ran horrified
from its ashes.

In the afterglow,
cinematic shadows fled

from flesh and blood.
Scars appeared,

followed years later
by their wounds.

Blinks of red
dinged relentlessly,

but there was
nowhere to stop

for the train
pulling its wreckage.
]]> 2018-12-02 23:24:49 UTC https://padlet.com/griffin_cloney/lgcktm2l6ehl/wish/310237254 Author Background griffin_cloney https://padlet.com/griffin_cloney/lgcktm2l6ehl/wish/310237450 Date of Birth: April 10, 1942

Place of Origin: Chicago, Illinois

Fun Fact: He is Polish and is among the first Polish writers to receive national recognition.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Dybek]]> 2018-12-02 23:26:53 UTC https://padlet.com/griffin_cloney/lgcktm2l6ehl/wish/310237450 Vocabulary, References, Allusion griffin_cloney https://padlet.com/griffin_cloney/lgcktm2l6ehl/wish/310238529 Blink - 
  1. a momentary gleam of light

Ding - 
  1. to make a ringing sound
  2. to dent

Reference: The crash of United flight 553

Allusion: He could be alluding to the United plane crash that happened in his home town when he was about 30 years old.
]]> 2018-12-02 23:35:37 UTC https://padlet.com/griffin_cloney/lgcktm2l6ehl/wish/310238529 Denotation griffin_cloney https://padlet.com/griffin_cloney/lgcktm2l6ehl/wish/310240880 Stanza 1: The author tells about how the fire spread, moving away from it's ashes quickly.

Stanza 2: The author tells about how the shine from the fire made the shadows disappear.

Stanza 3: The author tells about how scars appeared from flesh and blood.

Stanza 4: The author tells about how the wounds followed years later.

Stanza 5: The author tells about how there were flashes of red and something constantly making a ringing noise.

Stanza 6: The author tells about how something didn't have enough space to stop moving.

Stanza 7: The author tells about a train pulling wreckage behind it, maybe it had crashed.
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