Poetry | Robert Service

what have you learnt about poetry from this poem?

Hey guys,
first thing first, I’m supposed to analyse a poem and reflect on it. so here’s the poem:
The Mother by Robert William Service
Your children grow from you apart,
Afar and still afar;
And yet it should rejoice your heart
To see how glad they are;
In school and sport, in work and play,
And last, in wedded bliss
How others claim [...]

Oral Interpretation

My piece for prose is The Nightmare at 20,000 feet by Richard Mathewson and my poetry piece is the cremation of Sam McGee by Robert Service. I don’t like the poem. Does anyone have any suggestions that i can replace it with.

It should have different characters in the poem so it can be a [...]

Oral Interpretation Pieces?

My piece for prose is The Nightmare at 20,000 feet by richard matheson and my poetry piece is the cremation of sam mcgee by robert service. i don’t like the poem that much since its not one that you can win with. does anyone have any suggestions that i can replace it with. It should [...]

Forensics Tournament:Oral Interpretation:poetry piece?

My piece for prose is The Nightmare at 20,000 feet by richard matheson and my poetry piece is the cremation of sam mcgee by robert service. i don’t like the poem. does anyone have any suggestions that i can replace it with. It should be lively, have lots of expression, different characters then giving me [...]

What is the meaning of the poem Nature's way by Robert Service?

To tribulations of mankind
Dame Nature is indifferent;
To human sorrow she is blind,
And deaf to human discontent.
Mid fear and fratricidal fray,
Mid woe and tyranny of toil,
She goes her unregarding way+
Of sky and sun and soil.

In leaf and blade, in bud and bloom
Exultantly her gladness glows,
And careless of Man’s dreary doom
Around the palm she wreathes the [...]

Oral Interpretation Poetry Piece for Speech?

My piece for prose is The Nightmare at 20,000 feet by Richard Matheson and my poetry piece is the cremation of Sam Mcgee by Robert Service. i don’t like the poem that much since its not one that you can win with. does anyone have any suggestions that i can replace it with. It should [...]

What are poetic devices in this poem by robert service " lottery Ticket'?

‘A ticket for the lottery
I’ve purchased every week,’ said she
‘For years a score
Though desperately poor am I,
Oh how I’ve scrimped and scraped to buy
One chance more.

Each week I think I’ll gain the prize,
And end my sorrows and my sighs,
For I’ll be rich;
Then nevermore I’ll eat bread dry,
With icy hands to cry and cry
And stitch and [...]

Robert Service