Time tested beauty tips by Sam Levenson:
For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge you’ll never walk alone.
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed. Never throw out anybody.
Remember, If you ever need a helping hand, you’ll find one at the end of your arm.
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.
The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows, and the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows!
The theme: the poet describes the really beauty of a woman,It's the way she see things,express herself and emotions in such lovely way but not in the way she puts her cloths,combs her hair but her spirit.
The poem use Aliteration and personnification:"Helping hand"to describe how close friends (decribes the hand as your friends) gone help you if you need any."For"is an aliteration to show the really beauty of a woman."let a child run his or her finger through it once a day"He means that people should have think about many things.He write :''run his or her finger"as the action of thinking."restored,renewed,revived,reclaimed,redeemed"use aliteration to describe the real friendly quality of human.The poet use the figurative language to justify the theme.If i have to say the poem,the tone of my voice have to lovely,happily loud and proud as the poem.
The dance by William carlos williams:
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoem.do?poemId=7352
The theme:William describes dance movement in funny way and the place.
The mouvement is shown in the poem:"the dancers go round,they go round,around"there is rhyme,that make it musical like R&B music.But what is funny,that the mouvement is explained in totally fubby way,that the poem isn't indifferent to me:"swinging their butts and prance as they dance in Breughel's great picture,the Kermess" shows that the poet and dancers are happy.The tones must be loud,musical as the music that the dancers are dancing on.
The summer of love by Felix Dennis:
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoem.do?poemId=11717
The theme:It describes the summer of love in the 60's.Hipster who believe in free love,chaotic lifestyle.
Felix describes this generation in very critical way.Hipsters were descrided in hopeless and yet funny way that people laugh."we were clappy-happy,we were hippy-dippy" there is rhyme and aliteration,that explain the theme.He use hyperbole:"we were very righteous, and we were very poor"That shows how they were rebellious and odd,that they seemed indifferent to certain group in society."We were clappy-happy,we were hippy-dippy,we were building Eden by the mississipi"Felix Dennis repeat these stanz many time.The is about this hipster life style from there pills,they take to the musician Dylan,Zappa.Their long wild hair men or women.They enjoyed life in their own way:kids ,free love even if other generation,think it's bad.The tone have to be loud and proud to feel the rebellious of the young lovers,that shows their courage to defends their believes.The poet want to deliver that we should respect every body points of vue,being ourselves.
For John Crook by Dan Burt:
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoem.do?poemId=11642
John Crook was a friend.His friend was well know for his love and long term appretiation for classic,also loved by everybody.What I don't understand if he lost him or he still alive.I think that poet gone write about his loved friend charisma and personnality and his love for classic and lovely taste.First he describes chrismas and that lovely people are the ones who only stays "only swans".Then he takes about his unique taste for fashion and art,how every body loved him."Swans" he describes lovely people as swans.The voice tone have to be sweetly spoken but not loudly because it's nostaligical.What I learned is love and friendship is what we all have not living lonely and always be ourselves and express what we love and appreciate.
My friend Elsie by Micheal Rosen:
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoem.do?poemId=448
Rosen describes his friend Elsie's friendly character and their long term friendship.This is what i predict that what the poet gone describe.When I read the poem ,I realise he describe his friend attitude.The presence of rhyme "hot;spot" and "drink;stink"."My friend Elsie went all red"is a personnification."My friend Elsie turned into a flower"That also is personnification ,the poet want to say that she is dressed in stylish yet unique way.The tone won't be loud because he describes in lovely way,i think he's in love with her.The message is you have to be proud of your love and friends even with their rude attitude.
