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5.4: Reading - Comprehension of Literary Text - Poetry

5.4 Analyze How Poets Use Sound Effects To Reinforce Meaning In Poems

Stage Fright
by Lee Bennett Hopkins

I wanted the role. (1)
The Prince. (2)

The Prince. [italics] (3)

I got it. (4)
Knew it. (5)
I was totally convinced. (6)

I memorized each line. (7)
Learned them by heart. (8)
I studied and studied (9)
my perfect Prince-part. (10)

But— (11)
when I took center stage (12)
          I stammered (13)
           stuttered (14)
           hemmed (15)
           hawed (16)
           suddenly shuddered. (17)

My heart skipped a beat. (18)
Face turned bright red. (19)
Until finally (20)
Prince-words popped back in my head. (21)

Though I’ll always know (22)
my mind simply snapped (23)
I still got a thrill (24)
when I took my last bow (25)
as my classmates (26)
           stood up (27)
           shouted (28)
           and (29)
           clapped. (30)

Bartholomew Blue
by Emma Walton Hamilton

Bartholomew Blue was a gentleman who (1)
Could never decide what he wanted to do. (2)
Mornings began in a terrible way, (3)
As he’d try to decide what to wear for the day. (4)
Which trousers? What shirt? And which socks, and what shoes? (5)
Bartholomew just wasn’t able to choose. (6)

Completely confounded, he’d settle once more (7)
On what he had chosen the morning before. (8)
He’d go down to breakfast (a little bit smelly), (9)
And try to decide what to put in his belly. (10)
Two fried eggs and bacon? Some cinnamon bread? (11)
He’d end up with yesterday’s oatmeal instead. (12)

Each hour would bring yet another decision . . . (13)
What program to watch on today’s television? (14)
What method of transport to travel to work? (15)
Bartholomew worried he might go berserk! (16)
And still he would choose what he’d chosen before, (17)
Until life started seeming a terrible bore. (18)

As time trickled by him, things didn’t improve. (19) 
For the less he would try things, the less he would move. (20)
His suit became smellier day after day (21)
His shoelaces frayed and his socks turned to gray. (22) 
He longed for excitement—a fresh point of view. (23)
But habit prevailed, and he chose what he knew. (24)

Soon cobwebs began to appear here and there. (25)
And one day, a bird built a nest in his hair. (26)
Before poor Bartholomew knew what to do, (27)
Another bird parked on his head, and then two! (28)
Cardinals, blue jays, and sparrows galore—  (29)
Followed by chickadees, finches, and more. (30)

Bartholomew stood there, stuck fast in his boots, (31)
And before very long, he began to grow roots. (32)
Then—just as the birds on his head had assumed, (33)
He sprouted with branches and leaves, and he bloomed! (34)
Bartholomew Blue is a tree to this day . . . (35)
But at least now he gives off a fragrant bouquet. (36)

Guilty

It’s not fair. (1)
My little sister glows— (2)
She has a reputation that reaches out to others, (3)
Shakes their hand, (4)
And lets them know she can do no wrong. (5)

I told them, (6)
Mom and Dad both, (7)
That she took it from the pan (8) 
When they noticed the void, (9)
Like a pothole in the middle of the street— (10)      
One cookie gone from the cookie sheet. (11)
My father shook his head at me. (12)
My mother gave her a hug. (13)

They sent her off to play (14)
To enjoy the day. (15)
My free time was taken away, (16)
Sent to my room to stay. (17)

I felt frustrated with their frowns. (18)
“Why was she always blameless?” (19)
I thought while Mom wiped my hands (20)
With a wet paper towel, (21)
Browning with each stroke (22)
From chocolate on my fingertips. (23)

I stomped to my room, (24)
My feet crashing like thunder. (25)
It’s not fair. (26)

Cherry Very
by Heidi Mordhorst

Be sneaky, be cheeky (1)
Pinch from the kitchen (2)
The reddest, the roundest there are (3)

A bowl full of cherries (4)
A bowl of the very (5)
Most cherriest bombs by far (6)

Backbone straight (7)
Step up to the plate (8)
Puff up your chest and lungs (9)

Swallow the fruit (10)
Ready to shoot (11)
Put the pit in the groove of your tongue (12)

One more tip: (13)
Round your lips (14)
To launch it without a hitch (15)

Don’t get tense (16)
Aim for the fence (17)
Wind up like you’re fixing to pitch (18)

Now blast it hard (19)
Across the yard (20)
Kissing that missile good-bye (21)

It’s over the fence! (22)
It’s out of the park! (23)
It’s a letloose cherryjuice (24)
noschool slobberdrool (25)
spitwhistle summerfun home run! (26)

Cactus Wren
by Byrd Baylor

On the hottest (1)
summer afternoons (2)
when desert creatures (3)
look for shade (4)
and stay close to the earth (5)
and keep their voices (6)
low (7)

I sit high on a cactus (8)
and fling (9)
my loud ringing trill (10)
out to the sun... (11)

over and over (12)
again. (13)

My home is (14)
in a cholla cactus. (15)
I won’t live (16)
where cactus doesn’t grow (17)

because I know (18)
the only safe place (19)
for a nest (20)
is a stickery branch (21)
in a cactus thicket. (22)
I like thorns (23)
in all directions. (24)

At the entrance (25)
of my nest (26)
I pile more cactus. (27)
I peck off the spines (28)
where I go (29)
in and out. (30)

It is so good a nest (31)
that when we leave it (32)
other creatures (33)
will move in— (34)
a family of crickets (35)
or a cactus-climbing mouse. (36)

But now (37)
it holds (38)
six small brown birds (39)

and me. (40)

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