high school poems

A:Oh Captain, My Captain. About Abe lincoln

A:These are examples from the work I've given my ninth grade English classes. You might want to get a book like "Rose Where Did You Get That Red" or "Wishes Lies And Dreams" at the public library and use some of their assignments for practice. Good luck! Poems We have Written The following are poems we have written or will be writing in class or for homework. They should be included in your poetry notebook in final draft form: 1. Questioning an animal poem 2. observation of people poem – use imagery to evoke a feeling 3. catalog (list) poem – ex: “Daily” “Woman Work” 4. concrete poem – poem with coined words 5. haiku – 3 6. lyric poem -- extra credit for sonnet 7. poem with an extended metaphor (Life metaphor) 8. poem which imitates/parodies/echoes another poem. 9. poem that uses sound devices (rhyme, onomatopoeia, assonance or alliteration) 10. Free choice poem

A:Robert Frost: Road Not Taken Stopping By the Woods One Snowy Evening Carl Sandburg: Chicago (any of his) Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Xanadu Any Emily Dickenson All of these are easy to read and understand and are well-known.

A:This is a variation of one I knew of in high school (I graduated in 1991 so it's been a while) near the door he paused to stand as he took his ring off her hand all who were watching did not speak as a silent tear ran down his cheek and in his mind the memories ran of the moments they walked and ran in the sand but now her eyes are very cold for he would never again have her to hold they watched in silence as he bent near and whispered the words I love you in her ear he touched her face and began to cry as he put his ring on and wanted to die just then the wind began to blow as they lowered her casket into the snow this is what happens to man alive when friends let friends drink and drive Be safe, Be smart, Be alive

A:I would suggest several books. What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones One Of Those Hideous Books Where The Mother Dies by Sonya Sones Paint Me As I Am by Teen poems by writerscorps, compiled by Bill Aguado