Rejection at its Finest

A smile bright as fields of sunflower

Melodious voice which holds a special power
Your heart is made of precious jewels
They say love is for fools- I say that’s a dumb rule
Your teeth-yellow as butter
Your voice is so raspy, I hear nothing but clutter.
Your heart is made hard as stone
I can see you old and alone
Your eyes sparkle like the stars
Hair flows so smooth have me on Mars
They say what goes up must come down
Sorry, sorry for being a clown

Looking in your milky eyes

I want to fly away like the birds saying their “goodbyes”
The gravity of it all
I want you gone by Fall
As we walk this rocky road,
I continue to carry this heavy load
I was hoping you stay the course
It doesn’t have to end in a divorce

I plan to in it for the long haul

But carrying this burden makes me want to withdrawal
It’s harder to stay when I feel out of place
I must follow my flock to be free from your face
Stanza
A smile bright as fields of sunflower
Melodious voice which holds a special
power
Your heart is made of precious jewels
They say love is for fools- I say that’s a
dumb rule
Your teeth-yellow as butter
Your voice is so raspy, I hear nothing but
clutter.
Your heart is made hard as stone
I can see you old and alone
Your eyes sparkle like the stars
Hair flows so smooth have me on Mars
They say what goes up must come down
Sorry, sorry for being a clown
Looking in your milky eyes
I want to fly away like the birds saying
their “goodbyes”
Historical Characteristics Poetic Devices
Idealism- Lines 1 and 3 ( your smile can Simile- comparing her smile to sunflowers
be wide but can not reach the vibrant Metaphor- comparing her heart to
color of a sunflower. Your personality trait precious jewels
can make your heart seem tender or
charming as jewels but can’t ACTUALLY
be made of jewels
Nature- lines 1 and 3 (fields of sunflowers
and jewels)
Rhyme- AABB: sunflower, power; jewels,
rule
Realism- Lines 1, 2, 3 ( Someone’s teeth Simile- comparing his teeth to being the
can be yellow as butter due to the build of color of butter
plaque. When someone’s voice is raspy Metaphor- comparing his heart being hard
you can hardly understand what their as stone
saying, so it sounds like the clattering of
clutter
Nature- Line 3 stones
Rhyme- AABB: butter, clutter; stone,
alone
Idealism- Lines 1,2( Simile- comparing her eyes to the stars
Nature- Lines 1 & 2- stars, mars Allusion- line 3 is explaining the force of
Rhyme-AABB: stars, mars; down, clown gravity
Realism-Line1 ( your eyes can have a Metaphor: comparing their eyes to having
hazy look to where they can look similar same color and hazy reflection as milk
to milk Simile: comparing the migration of birds to
The gravity of it all
I want you gone by Fall
As we walk this rocky road,
I continue to carry this heavy load
I was hoping you stay the course
It doesn’t have to end in a divorce
I plan to in it for the long haul
But carrying this burden makes me want
to withdrawal
It’s harder to stay when I feel out of place
I must follow my flock to be free from your
face
Nature- Lines 2,3,4-birds, gravity, Fall how she would like to get away
Rhyme- AABB: eyes, goodbyes: all, fall Imagery: seeing the color of his eyes, the
girl waving goodbye as if she was a bird
Personification: allowing birds to “say their
goodbyes”
Idealism- Lines 1, 2 ( you can’t actually Imagery- Line 1: you can imagine a dusty
carry a load with your bare hands through dirt road filled with rocks as he walks
the path of a dirt road along his journey
Nature- Lines 1 and 2 ( rocky road and
course
Rhyme- AABB: road,load; course, divorce
Realism- Lines 1, 3 ( you can intentionally Imagery: Line 4 ( following a flock birds)
plan to stay through the tough times, but
when you feel as if there is better for you,
you tend to want to find where you feel
belonged
Nature- Line 4-flock
Rhyme- AABB: haul, withdrawal; place
face