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Cousin Nancy by T.S. Eliot

Miss Nancy Ellicott Strode across the hills and broke them, Rode across the hills and broke them— The barren New England hills— Riding to hounds Over the cow-pasture.

Miss Nancy Ellicott smoked And danced all the modern dances; And her aunts were not quite sure how they felt about it, But they knew that it was modern.

Upon the glazen shelves kept watch Matthew and Waldo, guardians of the faith, The army of unalterable law.

In the poem above T.S. Eliot is literally talking about his cousin Nancy. He uses imagery to describe what she is doing in the poem. She is acting different than the most and he is describing peoples reactions.

Eating Poetry by Mark Strand

Ink runs from the corners of my mouth. There is no happiness like mine. I have been eating poetry.

The librarian does not believe what she sees. Her eyes are sad and she walks with her hands in her dress.

The poems are gone. The light is dim. The dogs are on the basement stairs and coming up.

Their eyeballs roll, their blond legs burn like brush. The poor librarian begins to stamp her feet and weep.

She does not understand. When I get on my knees and lick her hand, she screams.

I am a new man. I snarl at her and bark. I romp with joy in the bookish dark

The poem is about a dog that has eaten some poetry. He uses imagery to describe the image of the dog and the feelings of the librarian. He also uses an onomatopoeia when he says "I snarl at her and bark".

The Rose That Grew From Concrete by Tupac Shakur

Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's law is wrong it learned to walk with out having feet. Funny it seems, but by keeping it's dreams, it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else ever cared

Tupac uses personfication throughout the whole poem to describe himself proving people wrong. He was doubted his whole life and his chances of becoming famous were very slim. Though he proved everyone wrong and became one of the most famous music artists ever.