Poem Analysis: Basket By George Ella Lyon

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The books I check out at the LRC were interesting. The first Books I read were “Basket” by George Ella Lyon. I thought this book was fitted for young school aged children. This book would be categorized as a narrative poem. The author seems to tell a story about her grandmother and her basket that she always has with her. An example from the book would be “my grandmother had a little white oak basket, left from the farm, from years of keeping chickens, gathering eggs. My mama says it was her kitchen basket when they moved to town. It might have peaches in it, pot holders, roses, scissors in the bottom sometimes.” At the very end of this book was a little story the grandmother sang to her. It is like a verse that rhymes and repeats. “Spool of thread, spool of thread, thimble-ful of flour-will make my bread. Spool of thread, spool of thread, we’ll all dine on a dar-ning egg. Spool of thread,…show more content…
This book includes poems that rhyme, have similes, and have sonnets. An example from the book on a simile; Twirling “Curls twirling, like water whirling, swirling; chasing racing curlicues”. I would rate this book as clearly outstanding because of all the literally qualities discussed. The book is thriving with similes, personification, and sonnets. An example of the sonnet from the book “BLUE. It’s a wonderful blue: not the blue of a cool lake, where rowboats glide into waves that greet them, splashing against the sides like high-fives. Not the blue of a ripe blueberry about to join its cousins in a plump blueberry pie, with all the berries snuggling up against each other, not the blue of the sky on a hot, windless summer day, when even the trees and the grass are caught napping. Its own blue, a wonderful blue, BLUE. This would very appropriate for children but not very young children. It has good language and flows well. These poems would be a good idea in the

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