1Francis: Introduction to Poetry by Clarence Yeo Yi Wen https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06 by Billy Collins en-us 2020-06-11 00:05:07 UTC 2020-06-11 07:25:03 UTC hello@padlet.com Introduction to Poetry clarence_yeo_yi_wen https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621602729 I ask them to take a poem 
and hold it up to the light 
like a color slide 

or press an ear against its hive. 

I say drop a mouse into a poem 
and watch him probe his way out, 

or walk inside the poem’s room 
and feel the walls for a light switch. 

I want them to waterski 
across the surface of a poem 
waving at the author’s name on the shore. 

But all they want to do 
is tie the poem to a chair with rope 
and torture a confession out of it. 

They begin beating it with a hose 
to find out what it really means.
]]> 2020-06-11 00:05:07 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621602729 Ang Ze Heng https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621788926 Having patience and being daring]]> 2020-06-11 04:03:04 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621788926 Joseph https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621788985 Having patience. ]]> 2020-06-11 04:03:08 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621788985 Jonas Moh https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621788999 I think that we need to be able to keep thinking about what it means before we write.]]> 2020-06-11 04:03:09 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621788999 Skyler skylerleezhexu020s https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789047 try to find out what it means

]]> 2020-06-11 04:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789047 joshua https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789087 Vocabulary]]> 2020-06-11 04:03:16 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789087 Joseph https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789175 “ but all they want to do is ties the poem to a chair with a rope and torture a confession out of it. “]]> 2020-06-11 04:03:24 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789175 Tan Yik Kai tanyikkai020s https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789196 You need to be patient and learn from others in order to learn poetry well.]]> 2020-06-11 04:03:25 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789196 quekweienjayden020s https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789203 rhyming]]> 2020-06-11 04:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789203 Ashton https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789239
suspense, to makr the poem exciting

]]> 2020-06-11 04:03:29 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789239 Aaron lau https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789274 focus in doing it and good vocab

]]> 2020-06-11 04:03:33 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789274 Cheng Xin Yuan: https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789329 1. Being able to appreciate the poetry and not overthink it
2. Good enough understanding of the English language to understand what the author is trying to tell us about

]]> 2020-06-11 04:03:38 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789329 quekweienjayden020s https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789383 rhyming]]> 2020-06-11 04:03:42 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789383 Ryan https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789403 We need to take some risk]]> 2020-06-11 04:03:44 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789403 joshua https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789409 " I say drop a mouse into a poem 
and watch him probe his way out "
]]> 2020-06-11 04:03:44 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789409 jayden quekweienjayden020s https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789604 i ask them to take a poem like a colour slide]]> 2020-06-11 04:03:59 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789604 jaredleongkengfoong020s https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789711 patience as you need to slowly finding out the poems means]]> 2020-06-11 04:04:08 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789711 Hector https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789773 Rhyming]]> 2020-06-11 04:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789773 Isaac Loh {1F} https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789784 Understanding the poem in depth

]]> 2020-06-11 04:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789784 julian https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789801
you must read the poem very carefully]]> 2020-06-11 04:04:17 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789801 Joseph https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789893 The word”but” refers to the difference of what the writer really wants them to do. “Ties the poem to a char with a rope” is like kidnaping and asking for answers but it doesn’t give you it. You have to have patience to really understand the real meaning of the poem instead of forcing it out. ]]> 2020-06-11 04:04:25 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789893 Gao Tian En (ohmy._.tian) https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789918 We must use a wide range of vocabulary and metaphors in order to make the poem better]]> 2020-06-11 04:04:27 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621789918 Skyler skylerleezhexu020s https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790017 "I say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out or walk inside the poem's room and feel the walls for a light switch"]]> 2020-06-11 04:04:36 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790017 joshua https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790035 the writer has to have good vocabulary to influence the audience]]> 2020-06-11 04:04:38 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790035 jayden quekweienjayden020s https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790054 the words light and slide rhymes]]> 2020-06-11 04:04:39 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790054 Ryan https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790105 We need to know our goal]]> 2020-06-11 04:04:42 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790105 Tan Yik Kai tanyikkai020s https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790139 "I say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out."]]> 2020-06-11 04:04:45 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790139 Ang Ze Heng https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790182 "walk inside the poem's room and feel the walls for a light switch"]]> 2020-06-11 04:04:48 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790182 julian https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790442 i say drop a mouse into a poem]]> 2020-06-11 04:05:10 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790442 liming https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790560 'i say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out]]> 2020-06-11 04:05:19 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790560 Cheng Xin Yuan https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790694 Not overthinking the poem and being able to appreciate it at face value (without tearing it apart)
Good enough understanding of the English language to understand what the author is talking about.]]> 2020-06-11 04:05:30 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790694 it is hard to feel for a light swith in a dark room https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790701 2020-06-11 04:05:31 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790701 Jonathan Tan Yi Kai https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790705

Good English skills]]> 2020-06-11 04:05:31 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790705 julian https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790718 the word light]]> 2020-06-11 04:05:32 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790718 jaredleongkengfoong020s https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790765 'drop a mouse into a poem and watch it probe its way out']]> 2020-06-11 04:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790765 liming https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790879 wide range of vocabulary.]]> 2020-06-11 04:05:47 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790879 Skyler skylerleezhexu020s https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790894 the sentence " drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out" describes how we need to figure out the poem, like the "mouse" to get out.The sentence"walk inside the poem's room and feel the walls for a light switch" describes to unlock the meaning of the poem by "feeling the walls for a light switch"so we could see a clearer picture of the meaning go the poem.]]> 2020-06-11 04:05:49 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790894 Elijah https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790918 Patience]]> 2020-06-11 04:05:51 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790918 Thaddaeus https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790921 Patience]]> 2020-06-11 04:05:51 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790921 Tan Yik Kai tanyikkai020s https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790924  "drop a mouse into a poem" tells us that we have to be able to learn from someone else's way of understanding a poem's meaning. "watch him probe his way out" tells us that we when we try to find out a poem's meaning it will not be strait forward and we have to take our time to try to understand in order to finally grasps the poem's meaning.]]> 2020-06-11 04:05:51 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621790924 Ang Ze Heng https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621791087 The phrase 'walk inside the poem's room' stands for being daring enough to enter its world and the phrase 'feel the walls for a light switch' stands for having patience to look at the poem carefully to find a 'key' to unlock the poem's true meaning]]> 2020-06-11 04:06:05 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621791087 Gao Tian En https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621791244 I say drop a mouse into a poem
and watch him probe his way out

]]> 2020-06-11 04:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621791244 Isaac https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621791379 I ask them to take a poem and hold it up to the light like a colour slide]]> 2020-06-11 04:06:30 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621791379 Jovan https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621791394 or press an ear against its hive]]> 2020-06-11 04:06:31 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621791394 jaredleongkengfoong020s https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621791491 this means when trying to find out the meaning of a poem, you need to be patient and not rush it just you cannot rush the mouse]]> 2020-06-11 04:06:40 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621791491 Wayne Ngian https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621791528 I think I need to read the poem very carefully to find out the striking and hidden details in the poem.]]> 2020-06-11 04:06:43 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621791528 Hong Zheng https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621791757


patience]]> 2020-06-11 04:07:02 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621791757 Jovan https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621791908 To listen carefully]]> 2020-06-11 04:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621791908 Isaac https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621791919 Holding it up to the light kind of means like being a detective and going in depth about understanding the poem]]> 2020-06-11 04:07:15 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621791919 Cheng Xin Yuan https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621792140 We can find the evidence throughout the poem, where the author, using some phrases to indirectly complain about how the readers are not trying to understand the poem at it's face value, but instead tearing the poem apart for a "confession" for the poem's "True Meaning".]]> 2020-06-11 04:07:32 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621792140 Aaron lau https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621792183 ''i say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out'']]> 2020-06-11 04:07:35 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621792183 Jovan https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621792342 You need to listen carefully to fully understand what the poem really means. ]]> 2020-06-11 04:07:48 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621792342 Wayne Ngian https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621792575 "hold it up to the light like a colour slide"]]> 2020-06-11 04:08:06 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621792575 Ryan https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621792595 press an ear against its hive

]]> 2020-06-11 04:08:08 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621792595 Jonas Moh https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621792900 " they begin beating it with a hose to find out what it really means."]]> 2020-06-11 04:08:32 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621792900 Ryan https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621793001 As bees will attack anyone that goes near their hives pressing your ear against its hive the bees will sting you]]> 2020-06-11 04:08:39 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621793001 https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621793106 Jonathan Tan Yi Kai 

The author had a good vocabulary bank

]]> 2020-06-11 04:08:49 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621793106 Hong Zheng https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621793178

''i say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out''


]]> 2020-06-11 04:08:54 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621793178 Jonas Moh https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621793456 you must find different methods like beating something to understand it.]]> 2020-06-11 04:09:16 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621793456 liming https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621794881 this shows that if someone who does not have a wide range of vocabulary cannot write a poem]]> 2020-06-11 04:11:05 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621794881 Cheng Xin Yuan https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621795157 By "indirectly complains", I mean that he does not outright state that "Come on guys, you shouldn't be doing it this way", but instead he uses certain phrases to push his point that "No, you shouldn't "torture" poems to look for "true meanings, but instead should just appreciate the poem at it's face value.
(This would technically be an extended version of what's seen in my post in skill 2 but I believe it does fit the description of:"Brief explanation of evidence provided)]]> 2020-06-11 04:11:27 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621795157 Wayne Ngian https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621796493 The phrase "hold it up like a colour slide" means that we have to take the poem to a light source to see and read the poem carefully,which shows that we have to read clearly to understand what the poem is telling us and understand the poem to find striking and hidden details for us to score well in poetry.]]> 2020-06-11 04:13:11 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621796493 https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621797006 2020-06-11 04:13:49 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621797006 https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621797311 Jonathan Tan Yi Kai 


The author said this through “I say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out,or walk inside the poem’s room and feel the walls for a light switch” many may not understand but the author knows what it means.]]> 2020-06-11 04:14:10 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621797311 Aaron https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621798022 poem will need time to understand]]> 2020-06-11 04:15:05 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621798022 elijah https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621799269 'Feeling the walls for a light switch' we cant expect to find it first try]]> 2020-06-11 04:16:40 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621799269 Javier https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621972295 Understand the poem and what it means]]> 2020-06-11 07:10:18 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621972295 Javier https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621978365 '" I say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out"]]> 2020-06-11 07:14:46 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621978365 Javier https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621980322 The sentence " or walk inside the poem's room and feel the walls for a light switch" means that we have to understand the poem to find out what it means.]]> 2020-06-11 07:16:17 UTC https://padlet.com/clarence_yeo_yi_wen/uh2k5y5jw2czso06/wish/621980322