Favorite Things A FAVORITE THINGS poem describes someone

Favorite Things A FAVORITE THINGS poem describes someone using a list of detailed & highly descriptive METAPHORS. Consider the following examples. You’re the most beautiful purple sunset sinking into the sea You’re the blackberry juice stained around my mouth You’re the moonlight sonata quietly seeping out of a piano The bubbling of pure spring water. You’re the wild music of marshy rushes A scrap of green linen caught on barbed wire You’re the gentle breeze ruffling my scruffy hair Without you, I wouldn’t be. - Nancie Gynn MOM You’re a red lipped flower, The bit of butter melting on my potato, You’re the hot water in my bath, rushing around me. You are God talking quietly to horses, A rainbow in the sky. You’re the moment I get my sums right Lauren You’re a new daisy that’s come up at night, Your skin the liquid smoothness of A silken sari laid against my cheek You’re a moon drifting through frozen air, the lady who helps me when I’m hurt. You are cream just whipped. -George Larsen -Barry Turrell Before creating a list of possible metaphors, compose a list of favorites. Use this list to get you started. Remember that in this situation, you may have more than one “favorite” favorite weather favorite day of the week favorite month favorite holiday favorite superhero favorite color favorite music favorite food or drink. favorite fabric clothing favorite place favorite feeling or emotion favorite activity favorite show or movie favorite book favorite song favorite sound

FAVORITE THINGS ASSIGNMENT ROUGH DRAFT REQUIREMENTS: FIRST DRAFT: 1. Create a list of favorite things. 2. Choose someone in your life that is important to you. 3. Compose 10 to 15 descriptive metaphors comparing your someone to several of your favorite things. 4. Develop the metaphors based on your 5 senses. 5. Combine the metaphors into a rough draft of a poem. REVISED DRAFTS: 1. Revise the poem for … a) Vivid figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole) b) Images c) Precise word choice d) Poetic Sound Devices (alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia) e) Parallelism (repetition of key words or phrases to create a rhythm or pattern). f) Poetic enjambment g) Rhythm 2. Try putting your metaphors in different orders. 3. Try different stanza breaks. FINAL DRAFT REQUIREMENTS: 8 to 14 detailed, descriptive metaphors multiple stanzas Incorporation of purposeful poetic enjambment poetic sound devices Vivid imagery The FINAL DRAFT must be typed or written neatly on the form provided or centered on its own clean sheet of paper. The FINAL DRAFT must have all the other drafts attached.