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Monday, March 15, 2010

The Music of His Life

This poem is based off the novel The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks in the view of the father, Steve, who died of pancreatic cancer. This is my first time writing a poem responding to a book so I struggled a bit with it and it doesn't flow as well as I want it to. I try to tell a story but I don't know if it really worked out so let me know. Also, more about the book, is that Ronnie, the daughter, was a rebel and hadn't talked to her dad for three years until the summer she visited her dad. Her dad taught at Julliard and hopes that Ronne will one day play there herself. She stopped playing after her premiere at Carnegie Hall. Jonah, the son, is a ten year old boy who is mature for his age but is underestimated in his ability. This story had multiple themes, due to the varying in point of views, the theme of Ronnie is a teenager growing into a woman and finding her true self. Jonah was a young boy who, in one summer, finally realized what life was. Steve was a father who, in the end, forgave himself for all the failures in his life. Again, after you read the poem, please comment because I really want to know what I can improve on. Also, when you look at this either zoom out to 75% or 50%




2 comments:

  1. Wow, I loved it. It was well written and I thought it did flow, it just didn't rhyme. i think that some people mix those up (like me)but I still really loved it. is that the movie coming out with Miley Cyrus in it? Just curious because by thetrailer i saw on TV, i didn't know what it was about. Morgan, I think you should write poetry more often because you are so good at it.

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  2. Thanks Abby and yeah the movie has Miley Cyrus in it. Even though I'm not a big fan of her but I'm still going to see it because the book was so good.

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