Figurative language by Bonnie Ada WAI

bawai4 — 2025-09-09 06:52:11 UTC

Explain what the poem "Harlem" means in your own words. (1-2 sentences)

bawai4 — 2025-09-09 06:52:58 UTC

What do you think makes a good simile? What makes it convincing and compelling?

bawai4 — 2025-09-09 06:53:14 UTC

Examples to support your views.

bawai4 — 2025-09-10 01:57:16 UTC

What do you think it means to "see a world in a grain of sand/And a heaven in wild flower"?

bawai4 — 2025-09-10 01:58:22 UTC

Do you think metaphors "disorder" the world around us, or do they make things seem clearer and more orderly? Could they do both of these things?

bawai4 — 2025-09-10 01:58:43 UTC

Examples to support your views.

bawai4 — 2025-09-10 01:59:32 UTC

Choose a few lines from your poem that you want to share.

bawai4 — 2025-09-10 02:01:51 UTC

Write 2-3 original similes.

bawai4 — 2025-09-10 02:02:19 UTC

Write 2-3 original metaphors.

allison

2025-09-15 03:44:29 UTC

i think "see a world in a grain if sand" means that you find joy and beauty in the simple everyday things in life. i think "and a heaven in a wild flower" means to find calm in the chaos

bawai4 — 2025-09-16 01:46:16 UTC

What do you think the blackbird stands for in the excerpt from "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird"?

bawai4 — 2025-09-16 01:47:10 UTC

Do you think symbols vary by culture? Or are they universal?

bawai4 — 2025-09-16 01:47:29 UTC

Examples to support your views.