YOUNG ABE

-What you’re doing and why? My group is performing the poem I,Too. We will have 2 people facing each another then one person walks in and take a chair from the other person. The person standing up will say their lines.  -What aspects of the poem?       The narrator’s tone of Anger and seeking of Acceptance. 

Abraham Attah  IB Literature & Performance  Ms. Guarino  Due October 25, 2019  When I first read “ I, Too,” my first impression was what was going on in the poem because I didn’t understand anything that I was reading. But as I kept on reading it, I knew it had something to do with African Americans because it says, “ I am the darker brother” in the second line of the poem. I also knew it had something related to an African America because the first line of the poem was, “ I, too, sing America.” I had to read it five times to understand what the narrator was saying in the poem.  It took me a while to understand the narrator’s tone of anger and seeking of acceptance because he was part of something that didn’t want him and treated him differently because of his skin color. I realized that “I, Too” at the beginning of the poem stated that the narrator hopes and believes that one day, the discrimination towards the black community will come to an en...

Abraham Attah IB Literature & Performance Ms. Guarino Due October 14, 2019 When I first listened to “Open Letter” by Lil Wanye, I felt like I knew what he was going through or how he felt when he wrote the song “Open Letter.” The poet Lil Wanye did a great job expressing his feelings ‘emotional’ and thought through the song. Open Letter talks about how people feel about being lonely or left out in the world. This poem shows that when you notice that someone is feeling lonely or left out of something, you should go up to them and make sure they feel welcome and that they are supported. Feeling lonely or left out of things is the worst thing a person could feel. You feel like nobody cares about you or loves you. The poet talks about how his life, and how he thought that some people were just around him or loved him because of what he had. There's a line in the poem that says, “ Sometimes our loved ones don't love us. They care more about how much I leave them, where...

what they say, how they work, what they convey. Be specific and note stanza, rhyme scheme, figurative language, sound, tone, contrast, theme, context, meaning, Eating Poetry Notes : The poem talks about a dog eating poetry and how the librarian was mad at the dog for doing that. Also it talks about how the dog was trying to tell her he is a new one now. There are 3 stanza in each of them  There are 2 or 3 rhyme in each stanza Redeem yourself  Dog eating poetry  The Everyday Enchantment of Music -It takes about how music was created. starting from a rough sound and polished into music.  - How music was created  - There are no rhyme scheme  - Tone is rough  I, Too  - I think it talks about segregation of African Americans and how soon it will come to an end. The showing how angry the  - The tone of this is anger and seeking of acceptance  - The theme is freedom  -  ...

6. The overall tone of this poem is sad because he talks about what he is feeling about life. 7. This poem makes me feel sad and lonely because of the lyrics. I feel like it speaks to me. 8. This poem's overall message is knowing if the people around you care about you. 9.The most important lines in this poem are They care more about how much I leave them, where'd I leave it?  I hope I leave more of an impression on my kids.  They probably won't miss me 'til they need me. Sometimes our loved ones don't love us. I talked to God the other day, he said he got a n*gga 10. I like this poem because sometimes I feel like do the people around me like who I am as a person, not because I am in movies. 11.Some of my favorite lines in this poem are  There's strength in numbers but there's honor over strength. Sometimes our loved ones don't love us. Sometimes a n*gga feel like sh*t 12.The theme of this poem is Love 13.The story is about a guy ...

Open Letter Ah-em Sometimes I feel like I ain't sh*t Sometimes a n*gga feel like sh*t Talkin' 'bout some real life sh*t Goodbye letter, "Dear life" sh*t So if a n*gga kill me, hope he mean it I just hope I die for a reason They probably won't miss me 'til they need me Have problems with admittin' that they need me, Lord I'm talkin' 'bout some real life sh*t Goodbye letter, "Dear life" sh*t Way too concerned to be conceited I live and I learn, then die tryna teach 'em, Lord Die tryna reach 'em They care more about how much I leave 'em, where'd I leave it? I hope I leave more of an impression on my kids  To be destined to have blessings to believe in, Lord Just got off the phone with my son Told him, "You a son of a gun" Just got off the phone with my daughter Told her, "I won't hesitate to f*ck a young n*gga up", Lord A few bitches left me That only got a new b...

I think my group had an excellent performance. We worked hard to for this performance, but I feel like we could have done better if we had more time. We took our time to practice our lines and learn them. I will say memorizing our lines was the hardest thing for us to do as a group and performing it is the easiest. We will able to add our stuff to the lines. We changed some of the lines into our language. Our performance is fascinating to watch because my group was diverse, so we turn some of the things into our language, and second, it was different from the other groups' performance. I think everything in the class worked for my group because we were able to pull off a remarkable achievement. The other groups' performance was good, but I think they could have made it better.