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Dust of Snow

It was difficult to find an good matching rhythm for this poem, but I did find a nice reading of it. Dust of Snow by Robert Frost

Road Not Taken

Road not taken goes in a 1,2,3,4 rhythm and this artist i felt did the best with the rhythm. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZgQDnflFIY

All You Who Sleep Tonight

All You Who Sleep Tonight

All you who sleep tonight
Far from the ones you love,
No hand to left or right
And emptiness above -

Know that you aren't alone
The whole world shares your tears,
Some for two nights or one,
And some for all their years.

~Vikram Seth

 **If you start reading with the music at 14 seconds into the video, it works almost perfectly

Still I Rise

This is one of my favorite poems of all time, I chose a reading of it by the poet herself, the great Maya Angelou: Still I Rise.

Nothing Gold Can Stay

So I looked at the blog and saw that someone already posted my third poem, and I felt like:

I don't know what to do... :P

Then, I decided to use my second poem instead: "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost. 

I found this reading of the poem in the novel-turned-movie "The Outsiders,"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwJ-ppxCGPk

I like the way that Ponyboy recites the poem with such emotion and sadness, like he is teaching Johnny that in life, truly nothing gold can stay.

Snowflakes

I feel this beat and setting of tone matched up perfectly for Emily Dickinson's peom Snowflakes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flHHjSsvm24&playnext=1&list=PLBE59D6C829374D9D&feature=results_main

Fire and Ice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdC7Qkym8s0

Fire and Ice is actually a pretty musical poem. So this is one rendition I found on youtube of an old guy singing it.


While listening to my music, I heard this song, and thought the poem went well with the beat and the lyrics match up nicely with the music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX2aWcJRKu4

XXI by Emily Dickinson

Never really thought of Emily Dickinson as 'sing-songy' until now.


http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=emily+dickinson+xxi&oq=emily+dickinson+xxi&gs_l=youtube.3...7362.7362.0.7695.1.1.0.0.0.0.143.143.0j1.1.0...0.0...1ac.1.fjv4PuUDTTY

The Road Not Taken

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. I know we talked about it in class but I really liked this reading!

To His Coy Mistress

I know we watched a video with this poem in class, but it was on my original list of 3, and I love it, so

Anyways, here's my forever favorite reading of this poem, by the lovely Tom Hiddleston (aka Loki). Throughout, Tom enunciates everything really clearly and then, after the dramatic "but," he starts to speed up, allowing us to hear the urgency the speaker is trying to portray. 

I'm also convinced that One Direction's "Live While We're Young" is the 21st century version of this poem, which kind of makes me want to:

How Doth The Little Crocodile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vf9clYMsio

One of my favorite scenes from the movie.

i carry your heart with me

i carry your heart with me by e.e. cummings reading performed by Mark Coleman

-Rebecca

Talents

So, the most interesting word I could find from my 2nd poem, "An Acrostic," is TALENT.  One interesting definition I found was: The characteristic disposition or aptitude of a person or animal. For example, someone is brave and bold would have the talent of a lion.

City

I chose the word "city". A city can descibe alot of things. People like to visit different cities around the word. Like who wouldn't want to visit New York ( I'm from New York ).

Edge

I chose the word "edge". When I hear the word edge, I think of the edge of something sharp or being pushed to the edge of your strength or perceived abilities. I personally believe that being pushed to edge isn't always a bad thing; sometimes, it helps you to grow into the person you are supposed to be.

Closer to the edge by Thirty Seconds to Mars


 

Gold

I picked the word gold.

While gold is usually referred to as the metal, I had a few different ideas: love, triumph, and things along those lines.








 

Name

I picked the word "name".


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7it5wioGixA













How much do names really matter?

Oddly enough I picked the word Loony because it makes me think of my favorite cartoons when I was a kid. Bugs Bunny was my favorite!

Eros

In Eros, the word sense is used. Of course, TBBT has a reference to that.
I sense a disturbance in the force

Bending Rivers

          

When I read this poem, the word "rivers" called out to me. I've always liked water and would like to be a water bender in some alternate reality. So when I thought of rivers, I thought of a person controlling those rivers.

             

Madness

The word I picked is "madness."

When I read "Madness is Divinest Sense," I immediately though of the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland. Dickinson makes the point that those considered "mad," including herself, are only called so because they refuse to conform to society's standards and are not afraid to be themselves—eccentric and wonderful.

And just throwing this one in for fun...

Captain

"Captain" is the word.

To me, a captain isn't limited to being someone who leads troops or a crew; a true captain is someone who leads others well and justly.

River

Emily Dickinson uses the word to describe her love for another person, that it runs towards them. Rivers are constantly moving, and have to flow into a larger body of water. I find it interesting that she uses a body of water that depends on a larger body of water to describe love. Maybe she feels love is depending and relying on another person.

Sigh

I read the word sigh and immediately thought of Eeyore because he is always so gloomy and depressed.

Also, "Sigh No More" by Mumford and Sons

-Rebecca

Rage

The word I choose is rage.

I rage almost every day, so we're kinda best friends. 

A Narrow Fellow in the Grass by Emily Dickinson
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/180204
Alex Mykeloff

Still I Rise

Still I Rise

Maya Angelou

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard

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Fragment by Amy Lowell

Ebb

Ebb by Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

This is a wonderful poem (:

The Road Not Taken

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

-Rebecca Good

My River by Emily Dickinson

Romantic piece by Emily Dickinson

http://www.famous-love-poems.com/my-river-by-emily-dickinson/

The Negro Speaks of Rivers

This is a poem by one of my favorite poets.

The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes

Much Madness is Divinest Sense

"Much Madness is Divinest Sense" by Emily Dickinson

Link: http://www.pagepulp.com/3545/much-madness-is-divinest-sense-by-emily-dickinson/

Eros by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Eros

O Captain! My Captain!

Since it's only supposed to be 10 lines or less, any of the stanzas would work.

O Captain! My Captain! - Walt Whitman

I'm Nobody! Who are you?

Emily Dickinson's - I'm Nobody! Who are you? link
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/emily_dickinson/poems/5213

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