The majestic animal

roaming the snowy mountains

with white and grey fur

leaving a trail of indented footprints

white teeth with a rough tongue

prowls the land.

One Sunday morning the warm sun came out and boom! Out of the egg came a wee very hungry caterpillar.

Dear George H. W. Bush,

I am a reporter travelling through Beijing, China and I have seen the peaceful protests in Tiananmen Square and the military intervention. I was staying in the Dynasty hotel across from Tiananmen Square. I witnessed the military take action, force their way into the square and bring tanks and firing squads. I have also heard of and seen the photos of the “Tank Man” and it symbolizes that China is oppressed. While police brutality is a problem in America, it is a much worse problem in communist countries specifically; China. The U.S. should suppress the Chinese leadership. The Chinese people deserve better freedom of speech.

Sincerely,

 Billy

Robert Frost was one of the greatest and most famous poets in American history. One of his most well known poems is “Acquainted With the Night”. “Acquainted With the Night” is a somewhat sad poem, but all of its 14 lines have deep meaning and follow a complex rhyme scheme. The poem is supposedly about Robert Frost’s life. He is a man who cannot absorb any emotion or feeling. The poem describes how this man wanders without any reason or purpose.

“Acquainted with the Night”, has a very distinctive and difficult rhyme scheme. It was originally used in Italian poems, but is harder to use in American poems. The rhyme scheme is (ABABCBCDCDADAA). The poem is only 14 lines in total, but every line is placed in the perfect place. The poem itself has 10 syllables in each line, 8 of the lines begin with “I” and there are rhyming words like: acquainted, passed, proclaimed, looked, drooped and interrupted. The reason he repeated “I” so many times was he was talking about himself.

In the first stanza, his helpless and glum mood is made clear. In line three, the man, “Outwalks the furthest city light”. The light symbolizes happiness and he has left the happiness in his life. This shows that “Acquainted With the Night” is about a man who walks around a city, wandering around pointlessly. The character seems to be saddened by his surroundings and he doesn’t look at his surroundings. This could possibly mean he is a spectator and cannot interact with the objects around him. Since this poem is based on Frost’s life the poem seems to be a metaphor for a depressing part of his life. The poem doesn’t mention anything about him being depressed, but it shows it.

Frost is very descriptive and paints clear imagery for the reader in “Acquainted With the Night”. Imagery is what the writer is trying to show the reader and not tell them with something they can imagine. An example of imagery is when he talks about the city lights, the moon, (“I have walked there and back in the rain”), and of course the night. Another line showing imagery is line twelve which describes the moon in the night; “One luminary clock against the sky”. All of these cases of imagery show his depressed state of being. In the second to last line it says, “Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right,” which tells the reader that the wanderer is so engulfed with sadness and a depressed state that he has lost track of time. The night in this poem symbolizes, sadness and a state of depression.

“Acquainted with the Night” is a complex poem even though it is short with only 14 lines. All 14 lines have thought-out meanings and the poem may need some rereading to completely understand it. The nearly never used and obscure rhyme pattern sets this poem aside from others. This poem tells the reader that he is acquainted with sadness and loneliness. “Acquainted with the Night” by Robert Frost is one to be remembered as a classic.

Life is like a set of waves,

it goes in different heights,

up and down

rough and smooth

Just as life,

there will be high points,

as well as low points.

Life is like the tides,

you will have higher points and lower points

but life goes on,

you must keep going.

Rushing sound of streams

Light dances on the  lake

Life is refreshed.

A storm is brewing

Trees leaves flying in the strong winds

Water pats the rocky ground.

The white snowy forest

In the midst of a frosty winter

Travellers travel through.

Don’t forget to laugh

Inspired by Langston Hughes

As you grow,

don’t forget to savor,

don’t forget to laugh,

don’t forget to enjoy

As you climb the hill don’t

lose the thrill

don’t be a fool

don’t act like a tool

as you blossom

gain your health,

don’t be in it for wealth.

Travel destination of the world

Surfers paradise

City of the sea,

Sunny and warm

They tell you are cold and I believe them, for I have seen your barren wastelands and layered people.

And they tell me that your people feel the chills of blizzards and frostbite.

And you have answered saying our city comes at a cost and this is true,

but your city comes at a price; convenience

come and show  me a perfect city without worry or pain or grief, this of which is not possible

Our city is a bold and bright from the waves of the sea

The humor and joy of our city can be heard throughout its borders.

Player of the waves, handler of surfers and bodyboarders, maker of shorebreak and bright rays.

This is the warm beach city.