Summers Coming by Sophie Shaw 9/10/09
In my head I hear a humming,
Summer, summer summer's coming,
Soon we're going on vacation,
But there is a complication,
Day by day the problem's growing,
We don't know yet where we're going,
Mother likes the country best,
That's so she can read and rest,
Dad thinks resting is a bore,
He's for fishing at the shore,
Sister says swimming's cool,
Swimming in the swimming pool,
I don't care,
I'd be happy anywhere,
In my head I hear a humming,
Summer, summer, summer's coming,
Soon we're going on vacation,
But we have a complication,
Day by day the problem's growing,
Where oh where will we be going?
1. The poem Summers Coming is about a family planning to go away on vacation but they can’t decide on the place to go.
2. This poem’s theme is about summer and not being able to decide on a holiday destination.
3. This poem is full of happiness and excitement of summer vacation. By the end of the poem the mood is still happy but the boy just wants to pick a place and go there for a holiday as soon as possible.
4. This poem is structured in the three stanzas. The first and last stanzas are almost a repeat except for the last line. The second stanza is where all the important information about the complication the person is talking about. There are some very emphasising sentences in this poem which creates an image in your head of the family almost ready for vacation like: day by day the problems growing, we don’t know yet where we’re going? Dad thinks resting is a bore; he’s for fishing by the shore. This poem has made use of rhyming which has given the poem a happier and more excited felling overall. The rhyming pattern is as follows: AA, BB, AA CC,DD,EE ,FF AA,BB,AA
5. In this poem there are no signs of onomatopoeia or alliteration being used.
6. The poet Sophie Shaw has achieved its purpose of entertaining you with the one of the worries of planning holidays. The impact of the poem for me the use of words to cleverly bind the sentences together.
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