Another installment of our Weekly Poetry Project: every week someone chooses a public domain poem (not too long) and posts it on the forum under Readers Wanted/Weekly Poetry. Everyone is encouraged to record a version of it.
Last week ago we chose:
LV: The Song My Paddle Sings, by E. Pauline Johnson
And here is the randomly-chosen weekly poetry podcast:
Patricia Oakley reads:
The Song My Paddle Sings, by E. Pauline Johnson. A beautiful reading!
You’ll find thirteen other versions on our catalog page.
Check the forum for our next Weekly Poem and join the fun!
Hey there!
Can i ask you a couple questions on the poem.. The song that my paddle sings?
1. Who is the speaker in this poem?
2. What is the purpose of this poem?
3. What the the theme of the poem?
4. Any formal devices in the poem?
5. Sound devices? Ex. alliteration.. onomatopia
6. Any figurative imagery?
7. Choose well put words in the story and explain why they were put in it.
8. What is the mood of the poem?
9. Is the expierence of paddeling a canoe described accuratley in the poem?
Please get back to me tonight! Thanks so much! Natalie*
Hi Nathalie, I was wondering the same thing… maybe you can help us answer some of those questions? … if you post here your reactions, we could discuss it.