1. Year 9, Term 2, 2014
Poetry Anthology Maddison Lewis 09ENGT

2. Birds, Freedom and all That
Shakespearean
Sonnet
A Sonnet, is a poetic form commonly used
to convey love to another. Originating from
Italy, the invention of the sonnet is credited
to Giacomo De Lentini. Like Giacomo’s
Petrarchan Sonnet, Shakespearean Sonnet
(English Sonnet) is also written in Iambic
Form but differs from the a-b-b-a pattern.
Like some of Dante’s Sonnets , the following
Poem is not written in Iambic Pentameter,
but follows Shakespeare’s Rhyme Scheme

3. Freedom, Birds and all That
Bird, stand amid rancid ravenous man
For man traverses, the still wake of dawn
A city lies gloomy a constant span
Every person’s person, a player’s pawn
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In a city, sounds of monotone life
Loft not through walls, but the tough skin of men
A bird will fly, free of the endless strife
For a bird, has freedom of endless yen
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The world of us men, was once the world of bird
Soaring, flying, free of rules and rules’s rules
A bird, a free verse, no word unheard
Free of Sonnet form, one of endless jewels
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For until, such a time when men are birds
We will be forever, a written word
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4. Upon Looking Out
Villanelle Poem
A Villanelle, also known as a Villanesque
is a French form of poetry, consisting of
five Tercets followed by a Quatrain. The
Form relies on the repeated use of the
last line of the 1st and 2nd Tercet.

5. Upon Looking Out
A man sits at a table, ready to meet acclaim
Pen, Quill, Paper and all
Ready to spread, his once noble name
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He starts to write, his brain a lustrous flame
The Sun starts to dance away
Upon looking out, a once beautiful window frame
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With that comes sleep, thoughts of daring life Boheme
Now, awakened, by birds singing their noble tune, he continues to write
Ready to spread his once noble name
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A draft in hand, unique, not the same
His work, one of a modernist, one of classic
Upon looking out, a once beautiful window frame
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He leaves his desk, ready to enter fame
Leaving Pen, Quill, Paper and all
Ready to spread, his once noble name
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Now famous, now rich, forever changed
He thinks back to his writing days
Looking out a once beautiful window frame
Ready to spread his once noble name

6. Put it in the History Book.
Free Verse
The Following Poem, was one I wrote
quite awhile ago. For the use of this in my
Anthology, I’ve edited and made changes
to it. It draws inspiration from Dr Suess
and his use of comical rhyming. !
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Please note: This is not a stab at this year’s
speeches! It was written ages ago, and
focuses on why words are so important
and how they can change history.

7. Put it in the History Book.
Perhaps I should tell you about animal abuse
Why the guy sucks on Primenews
Why you need to stop stealing all my Orange Juice
Or how to write poetry like Dr Suess
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But please, I think we find that all a bit boring
Those topics that make you feel like snoring
Because really speeches need no adoring
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I would tell you why your dad needs to cut down on the booze
All the latest television news
And OMG did you see his ugly tattoos
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No one really cares about your small town affairs
Really all we want to do sit back on our chairs
Play some Flappy Bird
Say a curse word
and get out of this theatre of absurd
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Speeches, we love them like Peaches
NOT
I would rather write an essay about a Philadelphia Pepper Pot
Learn how to tie the gallant Windsor knot
Please I rather learn how to take 750 basketball shots
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But look, here I am
Standing before you like I’m taking some Midterm Exam
When really I would rather be a Oriental Yam

8. Put it in the History Book.
Speeches why do we do them?
Do I have to prove I’m some transparent gem
Or that I can explain to you the values of vitamin M
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Is it for a grade?
A thing that will let me learn about the Seventh Crusade
So I don’t fail and run that South Iranian Military Blockade
I don’t want to end up working in that arcade
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I don’t want to be a grumpy old maid
Speeches aren’t for the grade
They’re simply a thing that have to be obeyed
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They are no longer a performance
Something that simply that has to meet a level of conformance
Every speech an underperformance
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Why don’t we make things interesting?
Speak about why you love the GC
Why your favourite show is that musical glee
I’m quite a fan of Japanese angelica trees
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It’s time to get out of the norm
Let us no longer misinform
Get out of the typical Sonata form
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Stop with the starting allegro
Go teach Mr Montenegro
Teach him how to create an ice storm
And really treat this as an art form

9. Put it in the History book.
Because the speech is used to persuade
Simple words can stop the slave trade
Create an air raid
An inspire a generation of foreign aid
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Words will inspire
Set things afire
Make people admire
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A man once said
I had a dream
Later he was shot downstream
But left a great regime
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A war against the so called “Light Cream”
Behind him left a violent stream
A battle against the color scheme
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Words will inspire
Make people admire
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Perhaps I should tell you about animal abuse
Why the guy sucks on Primenews
Why you need to stop stealing all my Orange Juice
Or how to write Poetry like Dr Suess
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But really can we give it a break?

10. Freedom, Birds and all That
Animated Poem
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11. Katherine Mansfield- 14th October 1888- 9th January 1933
Annotated Poem Fairy Tale- Kathrine Mansfield

12. Katherine Mansfield
❖ Katherine Mansfield, was a
prominent New Zealand writer.
Known for her unique
modernist style, Katherine
today is a widely celebrated
Poet. Her Modernist styles were
probably inspired from her time
with D.H Lawrence when she
lived in the United Kingdom.
Mansfield died of Tuberculosis
in 1923. The following is one of
her later, less popular works.

14. Commentary #1
❖ Euphony- Euphony is a sound technique.
Commonly used in Fairy Tales, Euphony is the art
of using words that create sounds that are pleasant
to the ear. Euphony is used throughout the Poem,
in verses that are describing thematic elements that
are pleasant. Euphony allows for the writer to bring
across their ideas in a way that appeals more to
senses, allowing for the text to ‘come alive’.
Euphony relies on the repetitive use of consonants
so words build upon each other. !
❖ We can also see the use of Cacophony throughout
the last half of the Poem. Cacophony, is the
complete opposite of the Euphony whereas it
focuses on creating dissonant sounds creating
unpleasant feelings when unpleasant feelings are
happening.!
❖ Both are extremely important devices for enforcing
the other devices in the Poem that already focus on
portraying imagery.

15. Commentary #2
❖ Use of Full Stops- Each Quatrain throughout the
Poem ends with a full stop allowing for clarity in the
separation of ideas throughout the Poem. Of course the
use of Full Stops, is used along with Enjambment,
meaning each Quatrain is actually a sentence. It’s
interesting how clearly you can see, the Introduction,
Problem, Solution, End form when this technique is put
into place. !
❖ Perhaps more interesting than that, is how at the end of
the poem Mansfield, does not end the Poem with a full-
stop when every other Quatrain does. I think this is not
the end of the story, and Mansfield wants us to think of
our own ending using the material she has given us. I
find the Poem unique because of this, considering most,
if not all traditional Fairy Tales make a clear ending that
is traditionally happy. While this Poem does not have a
necessarily happy ending, it does leave the reader with
a feeling of sadness and mystery not in seen in other
Poems. For a Poem that is trying to portray such a
traditional story form, she does seem to put her own
twist on it.

16. Commentary #3
❖ Rhyme Pattern- Throughout the Poem, one of
the only things that is constant is it’s rhyme
scheme. The patterns follows a simple, ABCB form
meaning only the 2nd and 4th lines rhyme. While
some of the Rhymes are only half rhymes, it is the
only constant technique throughout the poem. !
❖ A Rhyme pattern almost seems definite in a Fairy
Tale. Not because, it’s in poetic form, but because
rhyme adds to the charm of Fairy Tales. It allows
for the Poem to flow. With Rhyme, the Poem does
feel like it does have a steady rhythm which is
quite important. !
❖ Another interesting thing to note is, that Mansfield
does seem to have the more important material in
the lines that do not rhyme. I think she does to
first, distinguish the subject matter of the Quatrain,
and she then uses the lines that do Rhyme to then
further describe that subject.

17. Personal Response
❖ Overall, I really like this Poem. It’s not my first time
approaching a Mansfield Poem, and this seems very
different from her other works. I love the style and
the unique story she tells. It’s very light, yet details
with some hidden thematic material which is very
interesting. I love the flow of the Poem, and how its
rhyming structure does tie off each Quatrain very
nicely. My favourite thing about the Poem as a whole
is it’s wonderful ending and how it does leave a
sense of mystery at it’s conclusion.!
❖ I also found the Poem very reminiscent of Disney’s
recent Academy Award winning film ‘Frozen’. Many
of the plot elements seen in the Poem certainly fit
Frozen’s plot. I did further research, and it turns out
one of the writers of the film did gather inspiration
from Poetry. !
❖ My teacher did mention how it did seem very similar
to Robert Louis Stevenson’s works. I did further
research, and it did remind a lot specifically in the
way his Poems rhyme.

18. –The End
Now that you’ve finished marking yet another Poetry
Anthology, please take a break and delight in this charming
literature pun.
Why does Shakespeare not like pens?!
He finds them confusing. 2B or not 2B?!
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