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match each piece of text from a personal narrative essay to the section of the essay where it belongs.

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thinking back on that day, i’m glad grandma made me do it. entering that spelling bee changed my life. standing in front of hundreds of people wasn’t easy. but to grandma, i no longer have stage fright.

have you ever done something that scared you? have you ever done something that you can’t believe you did after it was over? i have. when i was in 5th grade, i participated in the school spelling bee.

grandma and i quizzed each other on difficult spelling words every night. we even made a list of favorite words that we had never heard before.

“tell me o swan, your ancient tale” by kabir “the swan” by rilke “spanish dancer” by rilke “your laughter” by pablo neruda “birthplace” by shaffarzadeh “it’s this way” by nazim hikmet “counting small-boned bodies” by robert bly choose two poems that you would like to write about. analyze each poem. study the perspective, or point of view, of the speaker in each of the two poems that you select for this assignment. consider these questions: who is the speaker in each of these poems? what is the speaker’s tone? is there a conflict? is there a message? what does each of the poems have in common? what is different about each of the poems? which literary devices are used in the poems? are these literary devices found in both of the poems? what does the speaker hope to achieve in each of the poems? how are these achievements/goals been met? directions: using the two poems of your choosing, write a clear, concise, two hundred and fifty word essay that compares and contrasts the two poems. make sure you include at least two of the following to support your thesis: tone, point of view, literary devices, and meter.