Practice Reading these poems.
Write in your ELA books a paragraph explaining what these poems are about and how they should make you feel. Please also copy the poems into your ELA books. Then re-read them out loud in a way that will help the listener feel what you think they should feel. For example, if it makes you feel sad, read with a slow, low voice. Read faster if it is exciting. Practice reading until the listener feels what you want them too
In Full Conceit
A little ant was working hard
atop his little mound,
and thought that he was taller
than anything around.
A weasel saw that little ant
but didn't make a sound,
and thought that he was taller
than anything around.
A groundhog saw that weasel near
his home there in the ground,
and thought that he was taller
than anything around.
My dog was not the least amazed
and for them, he was bound.
He knew that he was taller still
than anything around.
I was the man who saw them all.
I shook with scoffing laugh.
In full conceit I stood there tall.
Behind me? A giraffe.
atop his little mound,
and thought that he was taller
than anything around.
A weasel saw that little ant
but didn't make a sound,
and thought that he was taller
than anything around.
A groundhog saw that weasel near
his home there in the ground,
and thought that he was taller
than anything around.
My dog was not the least amazed
and for them, he was bound.
He knew that he was taller still
than anything around.
I was the man who saw them all.
I shook with scoffing laugh.
In full conceit I stood there tall.
Behind me? A giraffe.
A Poem Called 'Don't Read This'
Children,
I told you not to read this but you're reading anyway,
and do you disobey when Satan tells you it's okay?
Are you enticed by cunning words that sound like violins
that sing so sweetly to your wants they tempt you into sins?
Do your eager ears tickle when you hear of something odd
and make you disobey when you aren't list'ning to your God?
Do you think you are stronger and that you can break the chains
of sins that claim they're better than the God who gave you brains?
If not, then when you see temptation lurking at your door,
just tell yourself it's wrong and you won't give in anymore.
Do not be that old dog that only chases sins of sticks,
because it learned bad habits and no longer learns new tricks.
So many men thought they could change at anytime they wished,
but sin got full control of them and they got fully squished.
So don't read this and don't obey if you are smarter than
the selfish, grumpy, lying cuss who's now a crass old man.
For God so loved the world that He has given you His Son
and Comforter to guide you through the life that you've begun.
I pray that you will live your life in good and special way,
so everyone around you will see Jesus ev'ry day!
I told you not to read this but you're reading anyway,
and do you disobey when Satan tells you it's okay?
Are you enticed by cunning words that sound like violins
that sing so sweetly to your wants they tempt you into sins?
Do your eager ears tickle when you hear of something odd
and make you disobey when you aren't list'ning to your God?
Do you think you are stronger and that you can break the chains
of sins that claim they're better than the God who gave you brains?
If not, then when you see temptation lurking at your door,
just tell yourself it's wrong and you won't give in anymore.
Do not be that old dog that only chases sins of sticks,
because it learned bad habits and no longer learns new tricks.
So many men thought they could change at anytime they wished,
but sin got full control of them and they got fully squished.
So don't read this and don't obey if you are smarter than
the selfish, grumpy, lying cuss who's now a crass old man.
For God so loved the world that He has given you His Son
and Comforter to guide you through the life that you've begun.
I pray that you will live your life in good and special way,
so everyone around you will see Jesus ev'ry day!