Interview+Poem

So much to do so little time Swimming across the pool Feeling the cool rush of water Getting each dance step Carefully executing each step Spiking that volleyball The adrenaline flowing all over Now it's time for church Amen With all these things to do What's a student supposed to do? Look on the bright side of course Enjoy the time with family and friends

2. What elements of quality are present in this piece? How did you achieve them? How do they add to the effectiveness of the work? Some of the elements of quality i think are in this piece are voice, word choice, and audience awareness. This poem was about another person so voice is very important in this piece. The person i was interviewing was someone who was very busy but always was looking on the bright side. So to present that I decided to give the poem a more rushing feel by making all the lines short and concise. Because all the lines were short, word-choice was very important becuase i had to make every word count. Lastly, because I had to present this in front of an audience, I had to make it catchy so that it wouldn't bore them.

4. Compare this piece of work to another piece of work. Do you notice similarities? Differences? How has your thinking or writing or reading improved between the two pieces? Compared to my first poem, this is a great improvement. My first poem was also very short like this one, but my word choice was lacking. A similarity was that both of these pieces did have good voice in them.