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Grade 7 Beginning Poetry Analysis

Grade 7 Beginning Poetry Analysis. ‘Little Boy Crying’ Mervyn Morris. Your mouth contorting in brief spite and Hurt, your laughter metamorphosed into howls , Your frame so recently relaxed now tight With three-year-old frustration, your bright eyes

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Grade 7 Beginning Poetry Analysis

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  1. Grade 7 Beginning Poetry Analysis ‘Little Boy Crying’ Mervyn Morris

  2. Your mouth contorting in brief spite and Hurt, your laughter metamorphosed into howls, Your frame so recently relaxed now tight With three-year-old frustration, your bright eyes Swimming tears, splashing your bare feet, You stand there angling for a moment’s hint Of guilt or sorrow for the quick slap struck. Onomatopoeia Water Imagery Alliteration Stanza One

  3. The ogre towers above you, that grim giant, Empty of feeling, a colossal cruel, Soon victim of the tale’s conclusion, dead At last. You hate him, you imagine Chopping clean the tree he’s scrambling down Or plotting deeper pits to trap him in. Metaphor Alliteration Stanza Two

  4. You cannot understand, not yet, The hurt your easy tears can scald him with, Nor guess the wavering hidden behind that mask. This fierce man longs to lift you, curb your sadness With piggy-back or bull-fight, anything, But dare not ruin the lessons you should learn. You must not make a plaything of the rain. Metaphor StanzaThree

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