Slam+Poetry


 * 1) embed the video onto your page.
 * 2) On your page discuss the use of poetic devises. Discuss the overall meaning of the poem (theme). Discuss why you choose this poem. Identify key words and phrases. Of course, use specific examples from the poem!

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Copy and pasteing doesn't leave line breaks so I put a link instead. It opens in a new window. to lyrcs

__//Poetic devices://__
//**"...wait for sleep to come like the last student in my class to arrive."**// This is a simile because it compares two things using like or as.

//**"...sleep wanders the hallways like Lower School music."**// Personification.


 * //"We are experts in the art of explanation."//** Since there is no "art of explanation" because explanation is certainly not considered a form of art, this is almost an exaggeration of the truth.

//**"This is what I do."**// This is repetition as it is the last sentence in most stanzas.


 * "Miracle worker."** This is repeated near the end of them poem from the title.

This is a hyperbole because teachers really do make spelling mistakes but generally not often
 * "I write assignment sheets and print them**
 * without spell checking them. Because I’m a teacher,**
 * and teachers don’t make spelling mistakes."**

__//Key Words And Phrases://__
Teacher I'm a teacher and that's what we do. Miracle worker Education is the miracle, I’m just the worker. Student I like to lecture on love and speak on responsibility. I hold forth on humility, compassion, eloquence, and honesty.

__//Theme://__
The theme of this poem is what being a teacher really means. It means making kids believe in themselves and how much work he pts into his job (well previous job) to help these children achieve. "I like to lecture on love and speak on responsibility. I hold forth on humility, compassion, eloquence, and honesty." He also says that he is not a miracle worker, "...education is the miracle, I'm just the worker." which goes to show you how he feels about this. He truly believes in education and does everything he can to educate children because of how important it is, and being a teacher means that you know the miracle of education and hope to inspire others to learn.

__//I chose this poem because...//__
I chose this poem because I like the stanza: That made me laugh and the other lines of the poem were pretty good too. They really made me know how he felt about is job and what what the job meant to him.He believes so strongly in everything he says that it is very compelling.
 * "Once in a restaurant, when the waiter asked me**
 * if I wanted anything else, and I said,**
 * "No, thank you, just the check, please,"**
 * and he said, "How about a look at the dessert menu?"**
 * I knew I had become a teacher when I said,**
 * "What did I just say?**
 * Please don’t make me repeat myself!" "**