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7/16/12
Writing Workshop
1st Essay
This
essay is based on the poem “Cleaning the Well” by Paul Ruffin and “I love the
look of Words” by Maya Angelou. Both of these are very similar and different in
many ways. My favorite of the two is cleaning the Well. There are many why I
like that poem the most.
There
are many similarities between the two poems. First, they are both first person
narratives. They are spoke by a person who says “I”. Second, both poems use
vivid imagery in multiple instances. In cleaning the well, “My feet rasped
against cold stone, toes selecting unnatural shapes, curling and gripping,
raising them to my fingers.” The Final similarity between these 2 poems is that
they both have similies. In I Love the look of Words, here is a simile. “When I
have stopped reading, ideas from the words stay stuck in my mind, like the
sweet smell of butter.”
There
are a lot of differences between these two poems. First, I love the Look of
Words is in stanza form while cleaning the well is not. Second, Cleaning the
Well is a bit longer than I love the Look of Words. Cleaning the Well is 43
lines and I love the look of Words is 18 lines. Finally, Cleaning the Well is
in a story form while I love the look of words is not. Cleaning the well tells
a tale of … cleaning a well!
My
favorite poem of the two is cleaning the well. First, Cleaning the well tells a
story. I like poems with stories because I can be immersed in that story while
it still is a poem. Second, while Maya Angelou is still an amazing poet, I feel
that Paul Ruffin did a wonderful job explaining, writing, and creating a
picture of this poem.
Overall,
these two poems had many similarities and differences. I liked them very much.
From these two poems, I can conclude that Maya Angelou likes to compare two
objects or thoughts in her poetry and Paul Ruffin likes to tell stories in his
poetry. I have learned a lot from this essay.
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