| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Metaphor (Eve Merriam) | Everyday there are always new things to experience; new sheet of paper |
| Somewhere I Have Never Travelled (e.e. Cummings) | Unconditional, overpowering, compelling love; you open me petal by petal |
| I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud (William Wordsworth) | Learn to observe and cherish everyday things; the daffodils danced in the breeze |
| Sonnet 18 (Shakes.) | A love poem comparing the one who's loved to summer; You won't lose your beauty/change with the seasons |
| Sonnet 116 (Shakes.) | Love is always there even with it's many flaws; love is permanent and not shaken easily |
| Sonnet 43 (Elizabeth Barrett Browning) | Never-ending love; I love you in countless ways-lists ways |
| Hope Is The Thing With Feathers (Emily Dickinson) | Hope should never fade and can weather an storm; Hope never asks anything of us, yet it's always there |
| The Ant And The Caterpillar (Christopher Smart) | You shouldn't underestimate/judge someone because you might regret it later |
| Fire and Ice (Frost) | Love and hatred are powerful enough to cause the earth's destruction |
| For Once, Then, Something (Frost) | You have to look beyond yourself for truth, it sometimes changes or is lost but you have to try to restore it |
| The Road Not Taken (Frost) | Taking risks sometimes pays off; you have to give everything a chance before ruling it out |
| Mending Wall (Frost) | Why do you have boundaries/limits?; If there isn't anything that needs to be walled in or out, why build a wall? |
| After Apple-Picking (Frost) | Cherish your life opportunities/experiences; death is coming; apples=life experiences/opportunities |
| The Lion, the Fox, and Geese (John Gay) | political poem; head-honcho retires, the 'foxes' want to take over but the 'geese' say it isn't fair(geese are foxes prey) |
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