There are lots of things
They won’t let me do —
I'm not big enough yet,
They say.
So I patiently wait
Till I’m all grown-up;
And I’ll show Them all,
One day.
I could show Them now
If they gave me the chance,
There are things I could do
If I tried.
But nobody knows,
No nobody knows, that I’m
Really a giant,
Inside.
Irene Yates
The word POETRY originates from a Greek word meaning TO MAKE. A poet is thus a maker and the poem something that is made or created. No single definition of poetry is possible but some characteristic features of poetry may be mentioned. Poetry has a musical quality with rhythm, pitch, metre and it may use figures of speech such as simile and metaphor. While quite a few poems in this selection are in traditional forms, the unit also includes modern poems that are free from formal restrictions.
They won’t let me do —
I'm not big enough yet,
They say.
So I patiently wait
Till I’m all grown-up;
And I’ll show Them all,
One day.
I could show Them now
If they gave me the chance,
There are things I could do
If I tried.
But nobody knows,
No nobody knows, that I’m
Really a giant,
Inside.
Irene Yates
The word POETRY originates from a Greek word meaning TO MAKE. A poet is thus a maker and the poem something that is made or created. No single definition of poetry is possible but some characteristic features of poetry may be mentioned. Poetry has a musical quality with rhythm, pitch, metre and it may use figures of speech such as simile and metaphor. While quite a few poems in this selection are in traditional forms, the unit also includes modern poems that are free from formal restrictions.
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