Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Response to Tornado
I thought this poem was a little bit of a funny story during a scary time. Lyle was i bigger kid who was slow but wanted to play sports. The kids let him play by being the catcher for baseball so he wouldn't really have to move, but he wasn't too good at catching the ball. One day when they were playing a tornado struck near by so they all took for cover except Lyle who stayed at home plate. When the tornado had pass the boys came out and Lyle had caught a fish flying from the tornado where we has standing. I liked the last line were it says "He had caught it over home plate, right where he had lost so many in the sun." It's making fun of Lyle a little bit using some irony.
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I like the quote that you chose. The poet does not say specifically what he had missed catching so many times, but early on in the poem you learn what sport they are playing so there is no need to mention a ball. He can just be descriptive with the "reason" Lyle had missed so many catches.
Brice I liked that quote as well and I also enjoyed the irony in the poem as well. A little humor especailly in poems makes everything better.
I like how the poem talks about a tornado, which to some can be scary and it adds humor to it to make it less scary.
I like how you saw the humor in this poem even though it is about a scary event.
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