Model Poem
Directions: Using both the original poem (and the model provided above), create a poem that includes the following features (both of poetry and of Romanticism) below.
Your poem (in the space below) must include the following elements:
* three stanzas
* the same rhyme scheme expressed in “The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls”
* each line needs to have between 7-9 syllables
* 3 stanzas
* about stars
Your poem needs to take an event in nature and romanticize it. In “The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls,” the poet romanticizes how something as simple as the tide rising and the tide falling symbolizes nature’s infinite existence in comparison to humanity’s. In the second example, the poet romanticizes a cow pooping to symbolize how seemingly incompatible elements of nature work together.
Under the Night, Above the Earth
Softly glowing in the darkened sky
Millions of stars, shimmering so high
Their light dancing, a celestial show
Beyond the reach of human desire
They ignite the night, sparks of pure fire
To the heavens, their brilliance will flow
The stars, the dreams of those who dare look
Each one a story, a page from a book
Mysteries untold, secrets they bestow
They guide, they inspire with gentle light
Embracing the world, sharing in its plight
Their beauty enchanting, like cupid’s bow
Infinite and boundless, they never fade
A reminder of the wonders nature made
Unseen but ever present, forever aglow