Today I Wrote This Poem By Kenn Nesbitt

KENN NESBITT (1962- ) is American poet famous his humorous poetry for children. A member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, his poems have appeared in hundreds of anthologies, magazines and textbooks worldwide. In 2013 he was named Children's Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation.

Today I wrote this poem,

but I'm not sure if it's good.

It doesn't have the things

my teacher says a poem should.

It doesn't share the feelings

I have deep inside of me.

It hasn't any metaphors

and not one simile.

It's missing any narrative.

Alliteration too.

It isn't an acrostic,

diamante, or haiku.

There's nothing that; personified.

It doesn't have a plot.

I'm pretty sure that rhyming

is the only thing it; got.

It sure was fun to write it,

and I think it's long enough.

It; just too bad it's missing

all that great poetic stuff.

I put it on my teacher's desk

and, wow, she made a fuss.

She handed back my poem

with an A++++!

1.
Tick the correct options.
1. The poem that the narrator wrote had
  1. simile
  2. personification
  3. rhyme
2. The narrator ____________ writing the poem.
  1. enjoyed
  2. disliked was nervous
2.
Who do you think is the 'I' in the poem - the poet or a schoolchild? Give reasons.
3.
According to the teacher, what elements should a good poem have?
4.
What do you think the phrase 'she made a fuss' in the last stanza really means?
5.
'Today I Wrote This Poem' does not have most of the elements that, according to the teacher, a good poem should have. Do you think the poem is good? Why? Why not?
6.
A number of such informal expressions have been used in the poem. Can you identify them?

4 more answer(s) available.

Answer no so

02 Oct 2022Pari P. r. s.

Gems English Reader 6

Ratna Sagar

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Today I Wrote This Poem

Kenn Nesbitt

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