Assignment: Mid-term Exam

HUM15A Q1
2014-08-15T00:49:14Z

Due:

Well now the rain washed back yesterday

Bringing thoughts of wasted time

And the water it brought flowed swiftly through your mind

Opening your eyes to the stars just to pray

Hoping more rain will wash your garden away

But your flowers just bloom

Ever bright ever proud

Screaming I hate you so loud

Sister! sister tell me will you ever bow

To what grows in your garden now

Yes the weeds of consequence get more day by day

Of decisions you have better made

Paper flowers sparkle by an old tree butt

Just remember even paper flowers cut

Your garden shakes with the wind

But it will not fall down

Scattering seeds all around

Sister! sister tell me will you ever bow

To what grows in your garden now

Somewhere on the landscape lies

A place next to your heart

But the grass grows wide and even

And soon that too will be torn apart

Over bounds sprinkling seeds to the ground.

Your garden shakes with the wind

But it will not fall down

Scattering seeds all around

Sister! sister tell me will you ever bow

To what grows in your garden now.

Answer the following in about 250 words per item.

1. Discuss the Formal elements of the poem.

2. Identify and discuss the central image of the poem.

3. What is the universal truth about life expressed in the poem? Explain.

Well now the rain washed back yesterday

Bringing thoughts of wasted time

And the water it brought flowed swiftly through your mind

Opening your eyes to the stars just to pray

Hoping more rain will wash your garden away

But your flowers just bloom

Ever bright ever proud

Screaming I hate you so loud

Sister! sister tell me will you ever bow

To what grows in your garden now

Yes the weeds of consequence get more day by day

Of decisions you have better made

Paper flowers sparkle by an old tree butt

Just remember even paper flowers cut

Your garden shakes with the wind

But it will not fall down

Scattering seeds all around

Sister! sister tell me will you ever bow

To what grows in your garden now

Somewhere on the landscape lies

A place next to your heart

But the grass grows wide and even

And soon that too will be torn apart

Over bounds sprinkling seeds to the ground.

Your garden shakes with the wind

But it will not fall down

Scattering seeds all around

Sister! sister tell me will you ever bow

To what grows in your garden now.

Answer the following in about 250 words per item.

1. Discuss the Formal elements of the poem.

2. Identify and discuss the central image of the poem.

3. What is the universal truth about life expressed in the poem? Explain.