Guns
and bullets
Bombs
and fires
Injuries
and deaths
It
once was peaceful here
Silent
Serene
It
felt like home
But
they broke the silence
The
guns
The
bombs
The
screams and cries of the soldiers
It’s
like a nightmare I can’t wake up from
A
horror movie that I have to rewatch
over and over
over and over
They
ruined it
They
destroyed my home
Blood
on the streets
Smeared
on clothes
Fear
visible in every person's face
Screams
echoing throughout the city
Bodies
scattered on the ground
The
odor of blood strong in the air
Soldiers
die on both sides
Never
going home to their families
Losing
their life for their country
But
for the remaining,
We
still clap
We
cheer
Because
they saved our citizens
While
killing the others
It’s
time to stop
We
can stop the guns
The
bullets
The
bombs
The
fires
The
injuries
The
deaths
It
has to stop
But
it won’t
-Matea
Bardhi
Nice job! I liked how you used imagery to bring the scenes to life. For example in the fourth stanza, "Screams echoing throughout the city Bodies scattered on the ground" helped me invision the scene, and understand the mood of intense helplessness that these people would be going though. Good Job!
ReplyDeleteThis poem was really good! I really liked how you described what was occuring, where the war was happening, and how the people who weren't in the war felt. I think the central idea was pacifism and the message was, we don't need war to solve our problems. Also that war is always a lose - lose situation. I think the message really appeared with the lines, "Soldiers die on both sides Never going home to their families,Losing their life for their country." Also, "We cheer Because they saved our citizens While killing the others." Great job!
ReplyDeleteThat was a very impactful poem! The central idea of the poem is violence, and the message based on the central idea is that violence is harmful and unnecessary. The line "We can stop the guns
ReplyDeleteThe bullets
The bombs
The fires
The injuries
The deaths" implies that we can live without violence and that violence is detrimental to many people.
The mood of the poem is dark and violent. The author establishes this with vivid imagery. One notable description from the poem is "Blood on the streets, Smeared on clothes Fear visible in every person's face Screams echoing throughout the city". This description supports the mood because it paints a violent battlefield, covered with blood and death.
ReplyDeleteThat was a great poem! The central idea of the poem was war. A message which I got from the poem was that there is always a bad and good side for everything. A line which which portray this message is, "Soldiers die on both sides / Never going home to their families/ Losing their life for their country/ But for the remaining/ We still clap/ We cheer/ Because they saved our citizens/ While killing the others".
ReplyDeleteWow! This poem is very good! The poem has a very serious mood, but this is great because it helps understand what the main problem(in this case war)really is. "Never going home to their families" and "Losing their life for their country" help set the mood. There are many poetic devices, such as allusion in the lines "Blood on the streets, smeared on clothes." Another is irony in "We still clap," then later saying "because they saved their citizens, while killing others."
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