Monday, February 17, 2014

The Man. -By Camille Couvillion

The Man. 

I remember the man that played guitar
The man I would sing with 
the man I would spend holidays with
the man I would watch football games with
the man who always told me I was beautiful
the man I would draw pictures with 

…the man who I miss more than anything. 

My grandfather. 

Now, he is the man I play guitar for
the man I sing for
the man I associate with good times 
the man who made me enjoy football
the man I want to thank
the man I wish to draw one more picture for

…the man who I miss more than anything. 

My grandfather.  



Techniques:
  • Lyric- Elegy
  • Apostrophe? Talking about a dead person
  • Anaphora
  • End-stopped line. Just a complete phrase, not punctuation in the longer stanzas. Only having them to create emphasis on the single lines.
  • Stanzas- structure/pattern: 6 lines in one stanza, 2 single lines, 6 lines in one stanza, then 2 more single lines

3 comments:

  1. I just love this poem! It is well written and I like how you used what we have learned it was correct and accurate.

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  2. wow. this poem, Camille, is amazing. No joke... it brought tears to my eyes. The way you made everything flow so well, using so many different ways to make your poem so moving. I think you should keep writing poems because they are amazing.

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  3. Aw. Thats such a nice poem. Its short yet thoughtful. Its sweet, but kind of sad. I love it.

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