Echo
By: Henriqueta Lisboa
By: Mikey Leidig
Theme
We often let our minds wander and over react to the situation at hand.
Sound Devices
"Sides startle" (10,11)
this shows how loud the screams of fear over nothing are
"Steely screams" (12)
shows how intense the screams are that the birds are creating
"shrill screams" (2)
shows how loud the screams are
Imagery
"green parrot" (1)
helps describe the color of the parrot
"shrill screams" (2)
shows how the screams sounded like
"steely screams" (12)
shows how the screams are heard
Figurative language
"rocks in sudden anger replied" (3,4)
shows how the rock made the echo
"uproar invaded"
shows how the uproar of the birds came about
"thousands of parrots" (3,4)
shows that there were a lot of perrots
Why i liked this poem
I liked this poem because it illustrative how we work ourselves up over nothing. It has a good meaning to it as well. More often then not, we let our worries get the best of us and this causes us to not want to do things.