Blert's English Journal

Turn a part of your novel or Animal Farm into a comic/script/poem. How does the meaning/content change after you have completed this?

It was a dark stormy night,
And Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm,
had locked the hen-houses for the night,
His drunken presence was on show,
Which gave the animals quite a fright,
The problem was, Mr. Jones, drunken procrastinator,
Had not locked, but had loosely tided an incorrect knot,
This gave the animals the perfect time to plan there plot.

This is a short extract of poem that could last a couple of verses. This style of writing however, takes the certification out of the story and turns it into uneducated banter that would keep the attention of a 5 year old.

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  1. joelbnorth Avatar
    joelbnorth

    Blert,
    Uneducated Banter? Are you too harsh on yourself? There is something to be said for audience and purpose. We have been discussing implied readers over the last two lessons; it seems you have identified who this group would be for your poem. There is some interesting vocabulary here (presence, procrastinator).

    Consider for next time:
    1) Did you write a plan? If you feel the flow is too easy, then I would write a plan but also set yourself the challenge of breaking your rhyme and using punctuation and syllables to experiment with rhythm.

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