Country Music
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We read a poem by Arnold Adoff titled, “Street Music,” in our novel Love That Dog. This poem is full of the sounds from a big city. Since our students mostly live in a rural setting, you get to write a poem about “country” music - the sounds from our country streets.
Assignment:
- Brainstorm the sights and sounds (maybe smells) from the streets you are familiar with in your composition book.
- Write a rough draft in poetry format (it should look like a poem).
- Make sure it has real sentences with correct punctuation and capitalization.
- Try to use a couple of poetic devices (alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, simile, repetition)
Street Music
by Arnold Adoff
T h i s c i t y:
t h e
a l w a y s
n o i s e
g r i n d i n g
up from the
s u b w a y s
u n d e r
g r o u n d:
slamming from bus tires
and taxi horns and engines
of cars and trucks in allv o c a b u l a r i e s
street music.
of
clash
flash
screeching
hot metal l a n g u a g e
c o m b i n a t i o n s:
as p l a n e s
o v e r h e a d
r o a r
an
o r c h e s t r a
of rolling drums
and battle blasts
assaulting
my ears
w i t h
t h e
a l w a y s
n o i s e of
t h i s c i t y: