Write a poem about something that you value in your life.

2. brainstorm: you may prewrite or use a graphic organizer to brainstorm ideas about something you hold as valuable.

3. once you have developed some ideas from your prewriting, begin drafting a poem.

your poem should:

● develop your theme (your overall idea) about what you value

● be written in lines and stanzas (groups of lines)

o lines do not have to use end punctuation every time

o stanzas must be clearly separated with spaces between

o do not number or “bullet” your stanzas

● have a logical flow

o the reader should be able to follow along easily

● use descriptive language

o your words create the mental picture for the reader – be creative!

● use repetition (repeat words and phrases for effect)

source text: from the sketch here given it will be seen, that our good grandmothers differed considerably in their ideas of a fine figure, from their scantily dressed descendants of the present day. a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. nor were they the less admired by the gentlemen in consequence thereof. on the contrary, the greatness of a lover's passion seemed to increase in proportion to the magnitude of its object—and a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. certain it is, that in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen - - the reason of which i conclude to be, either that the hearts of the gentlemen have grown larger, or the persons of the ladies smaller — this however is a question for physiologists to determine. add punctuation to the following excerpt. writing under the name of diedrich knickerbocker washington irving aimed his potent satire at as diverse topics as political rivals such as thomas jefferson to the very ideal of looking back on the past affectionately: a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen

honestly this is the biggest mood ever, i couldn't relate to this more

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