Summarize each stanza in a single stanza sentence. Then, combine the sentences into a paragraph. Use suitable transition words and phrases to make the paragraph more coherent. Remember to use your own words.
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Daniel George Trail
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Stanza 1: At one point in time, people smiled at him genuinely but now they no longer smile at him, they only look at him with jealousy and contempt
Stanza 2: they once shook his hand out of respect but now they do it so they can steal what he has earned
Stanza 3:At one point they used to him each other many times over however now he is only invited to shut doors
Stanza 4: He has now learned to change faces and behaviors so he can appeal and cope with the people that surround him while at the same time feeling differently
Stanza 5:He has also learned to greet people showing a persona of happiness even though he was deceiving them
Stanza 6: Nonetheless he wanted to return to being a genuine person like his son and not a fraud
Stanza 7:Now he asks of his son to teach him the ways of being a genuine person so he can return to being a person like him
ONCE UPON A TIME
ReplyDeleteSTANZA 1: The speaker is telling his son about before how people’s reactions used to be genuine and real and he compares it with nowadays where they have lost the genuine mentality and criticizes him.
STANZA 2: He expresses to his son that even shaking of hands has derived from the old genuine way where they were welcomed for who they are to being judged by status, financial status and how they can benefit from you
STANZA 3: He declares that they make you feel important and wanted by inviting you to come back into their homes but if your status isn’t right or they don’t benefit from you you’re not invited again and he is shut out
STANZA 4: He describes how who had to adapt or change himself to comply with them by wearing faces like dresses implying that he changed and switched personas all while smiling
STANZA 5: He also had to adopt the in genuine mentality and heartless handshakes and transparent smiles also deceiving people with his greetings and salutes with his false politeness
STANZA 6: He shows regret for his change and wants to regain the former innocence he possessed and the son now possesses he doesn’t want to uphold this culture and he wants to be able to react genuinely and with heart
STANZA 7: He admits to his son he wants to change ,to revert to his former self and he wants the son to show him how to regain his innocence and how to smile like before when society showed openness and where genuine as it where “once upon a time”
Alliyah Noel
ReplyDelete(1)Once,people used to laugh with genuine sense but now laugh with false interest they show no emotions while looking at you.
(2)All good impressions has fade away and being left alone feeling empty with no happiness.
(3)They will invite you in their home making you feel special and comfortable but when you do something that's unpleasant to them you're not welcome in their house anymore.
(4)Now his learning to show different impression for all dresses.
(5)He now became a part of the new culture.
(6)After all he miss the way things used to be.
(7)He's asking his son to help him regain his lost innocent.
Brant Edgar 4U EB
ReplyDeleteStanza 1: in the first stanza,the starting of the poem “they use to laugh with their hearts and eyes but now they only laugh with they teeth while their ice block cold eyes search behind my shadow” this phrase tells us that there is a change in the way people act showing that their laugh use to be genuine and heartfelt. However,their attitude has changed. The idea of “laughing with their teeth'' illustrates someone's interest. On the other hand “ice block cold eyes”is showing us that there is know emotion of feelings in the action.
Stanza: 2: tells us that all good intentions have gone.Everybody is only focusing on their own personal gain. The use of metaphor emphasizes how there is lack of trust as everybody is trying to use each other.however,the phrase of empty pocket means he is stripped of all genuine happiness and has been left feeling empty and alone.
Stanza 3: Okora shows the change in him as a man.”i have learned to say,too.\ to say “good bye” when i mean good residence meaning i don't want to hear from you again.
Stanza 4: Gabriel Okara said in the second line of stanza 4”I have learned to wear many faces”for different occasions. He went on saying some of those occasion and faces;office face,street face etc...Then he finally goes on to say '' like a fixed portrait smile” which indicates that all faces never change and is like a smile fixed for its own occasions. This stanza has been focused on how people tend to change their facial expressions for different occasions and how for each occasion people tend to have a different smile.
Stanza 5: the poet started out stanza 5 by signifying that he also has adapted to the environment around him.He then says “to laugh with only my teeth,which suggests that he has also learned how to laugh without happiness and to laugh only for the sake of laugh. The write even went on saying “i have also learn to say goodbye when i mean good riddance .\ and to say glad to meet you without being glad, this demonstrate that now he has also learned to say goodbye in a nice way,and not mean it in a good way at all.as he says,when i mean good riddance. He now says gladly to meet you without being pleased as he says, after being bored meeting the person.However, the writer is saying that there are known true emotions in his words and feelings.
Stanza 6: The poet describes how he used to feel.it seems like he is talking to a child or a young man,who has not yet experienced the change of heart who has not yet been influenced by the environment and the society in which he lives. In the first line in stanza 6 the poet says,”but believe me son”. Emphasizing with regret,”i want to be what i use to be”.\i want to unlearn all the muting things,this line described his description to go back to his old innocent ways,where he felt life was simple and his emotions were honest.
Stanza 7: in The last stanza he want the son to show him how to regain this lost innocence.
SABRINA ALEXIS
ReplyDeleteStanza 1: his father was speaking to him about how things used to be and how people used to laugh with their hearts and their eyes,but nowadays they only laugh with their teeth and the eyes are cold and looking for something other than the real person.
Stanza 2: the shaking of hands has also changed. In the past a greeting was genuine ,a person welcomed for who they were but nowadays people shake hands without hearts while their left hands search my empty pocket which simply means they greet each other according to their financial status
Stanza 3: people invite you to their homes making out as if you're important to them but if you are not up to their financial level you're not invited again
Stanza 4: his father describes to him how he had to change and learn in order to succeed.He uses a comparison "faces like dress"to highlight the various image he took on, all the while smiling
Stanza 5: he also has become an expert to laugh with only his teeth and shake hands without his heart.plus, he knows how trick people with his farewells and welcomes and false politeness.
Stanza 6: he is not happy the way he is ,he just wants to be like a child and he wants no part of this new culture. His father just wants to be a normal person and wants to relearn how to laugh
Stanza 7: he wants his son to show him how to laugh and smile like in the old days when he was young and carefree and the culture encouraged openness and honesty a pure identity
Renee Roberts
ReplyDeleteStanza 1: The speaker is telling his son about an older time when persons used to do genuine actions rather than the forced ones of people nowadays.
Stanza 2: He further explains that simple actions like shaking hands with friendliness were replaced with the shaking of hands to hide their true intentions.
Stanza 3: He expresses that persons nowadays make you feel welcomed in their homes and show false hope that you may come back.
Stanza 4: He also implies that to fit in with them he has to often switch personas while continuing to smile.
Stanza 5: He shares that he also had to follow their routine of fake handshakes, fake laughs, fake greetings and other fake gestures.
Stanza 6: As a result, he was not happy with his change and he missed being a genuine person like his son.
Stanza 7: Finally, he informs his son that he wishes he could revert to his old, genuine self and asks his son too guide him back into a world that is honest and genuine.
Ashida Thomas
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Stanza 1: In this stanza, the speaker says that they used to laugh with their hearts and their eyes which means they laughed genuinely and heartily but now they laugh for the sake of laughing and not genuinely while looking right past him with their ice-block-eyes.
Stanza 2: People used to shake hands willingly and out of joy but now they shake hands without any joy while their left hands search through his pocket looking for valuables to steal, but his pockets are always empty.
Stanza 3: He was told 'feel at home' and 'come again' by people but after coming once and twice and making himself comfortable there can be no third time as the doors are never open to him the third time, which goes to say that they don't mean what they say.
Stanza 4: He is saying to his son that after witnessing what he has he has learned to wear faces for different occasions just like how they would wear dresses, his facial expressions and smiles would change just like a fixed portrait.
Stanza 5: The speaker says that he has adapted to these ways he says things without meaning it for instance when he says 'It's been nice speaking to you' even though it hasn't been, he is saying there are no emotions in his words and when he laughs for the sake of laughing just like how they did to him.
Stanza 6: He tells his son that he wishes to go back to how everything was when he was his age before he learned all 'these muting things' as he refers to them and also relearn how to laugh, for his laugh in the mirror shows his teeth like a snake's bare fangs.
Stanza 7: He is asking his son to show him how to be genuine and happy again like he was when he was his age.
Paragraph: The speaker in this poem is saying that they used to laugh with their hearts and their eyes which means they laughed genuinely and heartily but now they laugh for the sake of laughing and not genuinely while looking right past him with their ice-block-eyes. Moreover, people used to shake hands willingly and out of joy but now they shake hands without any joy while their left hands search through his pocket looking for valuables to steal, but his pockets are always empty. He was also told 'feel at home' and 'come again' by people but after coming once and twice and making himself comfortable there can be no third time as the doors are never open to him the third time, which goes to say that they don't mean what they say. Here the speaker is saying to his son that after witnessing what he has he has learned to wear faces for different occasions just like how they would wear dresses, his facial expressions and smiles would change just like a fixed portrait. He says that he has adapted to these ways when he was influenced by it, he now says things without meaning it for instance when he says 'It's been nice speaking to you' even though it hasn't been, he is saying there are no emotions in his words and when he laughs for the sake of laughing just like how they did to him. He tells his son that he wishes to go back to how everything was when he was his age before he learned all 'these muting things' as he refers to them and also relearn how to laugh, for his laugh in the mirror shows his teeth like a snake's bare fangs. He is asking his son to show him how to be genuine and happy again like he was when he was his age.
"Once upon a time"
ReplyDeleteStanza 1: Back then people's laugh had meaning but now they don't mean it.
Stanza 2: shaking hands in his days were being respectful but they do it to get the respect he has earned.
Stanza 3: they used to welcome him in make him feel at home but now they shut doors on him.
Stanza 4: he learnt how to interact with certain people.
Stanza 5: he learnt to greet people even thought inside had a totally different feeling about them.
Stanza 6: despite how things have changed he wanted to go back to who he once was.
Stanza 7: he ask his son to teach him to be the person he once was.
Jaden James (4U)
Afiha George
ReplyDeleteStanza 1:In this stanza,the speaker said that they use to laugh with their hearts and their eyes which simply means they use to laughed genuinely but now they no longer smile,they show no emotions towards him.
Stanza 2:Their were no longer genuinely warm towards him they are on the make,wanting to get something from him.
Stanza 3:People invite you round to their homes making out as if you're important to them but if you don't measure up socially or your status isn't quite right,you're not invited again.
Stanza 4:The speaker himself had to change and learn in order to comply.He uses a comparison "faces" to dress to highlight the various person as he took on,all the while smiling.
Stanza 5:He is saying that he has become an integral part of his new culture.It's been quite an education for him.
Stanza 6:What the speaker wants most is to be able to laugh in innocence he likens himself to a snake,his teeth hold something toxic,even dangerous.
Stanza 7: He comes clean.He wants the son to show him how to regain his lost innocence.How to laugh ans smile like in the old days when he was young and carefree and the culture encouraged openness and honesty a pure identity.
Kharim Lyons
ReplyDeleteStanza 1:
The speaker is explaining to his son how it used to be in the past how people used to laugh with their hearts and eyes in the past.But in todays society people laugh and smile but it is not genuine, The father is basically comparing the past to present
Stanza 2:
The speaker explains how hand shaking has changed saying in the past hand shakes were genuine but when people shake hands nowadays they shake hands without heart looking at you financial status
Stanza 3:
The speaker also says that when people invite you to their homes nowadays they act like you're welcomed but really they don't want you around
Stanza 4:
The speaker describes how he had to change his ways to deal with other people
Stanza 5:
The speaker learned how to act heartless like today's society
Stanza 6:
The speaker is unhappy he picked up the ways of today's society .He wants things to be like how they were in the past when people were more genuine
Stanza 7:
The speaker wants his son to help him regain his innocence.
The speaker kinda wishes he was his son when he was young and care free with a pure identity
Kharim Lyons 4U
30/3/20
Tarica Andrew
ReplyDelete1.The phrase illustrates the changes in the way people act showing that their laughs used to be genuine and heart ful however now their attitude have changed the description of laugh with their teeth illustrates someone showing false interest.
2.stanza 2 illustrates that all good intentions have gone and now it is every man for him, everybody is only focusing on their own personal gain,te use of a lack of trust as everyone is trying to use each other.
3.This stanza shows the change in him as man and have learned to say goodbye when he means "good riddance. Its shows that he has learned to be false.
4.Stanza 4 says that he has adapted to using different faces for different occasions when he goes on saying some of those occasions and their faces office face,street face etc,it is focused on how people change their facial expression.
5.This stanza signifies that he also has adapted to the environment and around him and that he has also picked up the bad habits that are hovering around him.
6.This stanza proves that he wants to be what he used to be he wants to unlearn these muting things, these lines describe his desperation to go back to his innocent ways where he felt life was simple and his emotions were honest it also describes his hope and desire to unlearn all the bad habits he has picked up.
7.he was pleading to his son for him to teach him how to smile and do all the other things he used to before.
stanza 1.At one point in time people used to greet him with a genuine smile but now all the authenticity is lost and they judge and criticize him.
ReplyDeletestanza 2.They shook his hands before as a warm welcome but now they shake his hands while judging him based on his assets and successes.
stanza 3."Come again" and "feel at home they said but when you come again and feel at home once and twice when he comes back a third he is welcomed by a shut door.
stanza 4.Sooner or later he adopted the behavior of the persons around him learning how to change his character to suit the specific crowd.
stanza 5.He to has learned to be less genuine.
stanza 6. He does not like the new habits that he picked up and just wants to be his old self again.
stanza 7.He calls on his son to show him how to be genuine again.
English B Assignment- Kaelene John-4E
ReplyDeleteStanza 1. The first line suggests that this poem is going to be based on a story. The speaker is addressing his son, so this could well be a father beginning to explain how things used to be, how people 'they' used to laugh with their hearts and eyes. Back in the past. However, nowadays, people laugh with their teeth and not of a pure heart, almost as if they’re seeking for something. So the present is being judged by the past and by the looks of it the speaker rather the past and shows that there is a negative change presently.
Stanza 2. The way people shake hands in the past to now has also changed for the worst. In the past a greeting was genuine, persons use to accept persons as they were but now persons shakes hands based on their status (financial status). Nowadays persons are shaking hands to see if they get something in return.
Stanza 3. People invited persons to their home making you feel like you’re somewhat important but however if your status isn’t on point you’re not invited again. It shows how persons now are artificial and only focuses on your outward appearances and not the person him/herself. Also the change in culture.
Stanza 4. This fourth stanza describes how the speaker himself had to change and learn in order to comply. He uses a comparison - faces to dresses - to highlight the various personas he took on, all the while smiling.
Stanza 5. He also became adapted to the false handshakes and pearly smiles plus he knows how to trick people with his farewells and welcomes and fake politeness.
Stanza 6. But he is unhappy being a conformist. He wants to regain a former innocence he son has. He doesn’t want to be part of this new culture.
Stanza 7. He comes with little or no pride. He wants the son to show him how to get back this lost innocence. How to laugh and smile like in the old days when he was young and carefree and the culture encouraged openness and honesty a pure identity.
Paragraph. “Once upon a time”, is about a man who has experienced a negative change in his country’s culture. However he is unhappy about it and doesn’t want to be part of it. He then explains to his son about “how persons use to shake hands genuinely” but now persons shake hands depending on the status of the individual. Also, he goes on to say that individuals in the past, smiled with their hearts but now smiles with only teeth and of a bitty heart. The man is not happy about all of this change but he is however stuck and adapted to the negative changes. He finally asked his son “to show him to regain his innocence and get back to the old way of doing things.”
Chloe Williams
ReplyDeleteEnglish B. Assighnments 4E 3-4-20
1.The speaker is telling his son that in pass people use to be genuining and smile with their hearts and laughing but now they smile with they teeth their don't be genuining anymore and laughing at the person instead of laughing with the person.
2.The speaker says that in the past a shake hand was genuine and a warm welcome but now it is not that anymore they shake hands with someone to get something in return.
3.Persons will get invited to a home to feel important and cared for without looking at whether they rich or poor but now but now you're just invited because you have alot of money if you don't have you are not invited in the house anymore.
4.The speaker had to change and learn in order to comply.He compares faces to dress because he see the different personalities of the people he had to deal with whiles smiling.
5.He also adapt the bad ways of the people he will act exactly how the person will act with him.he will smile and laugh with the person but in reality he didn't even want to laugh.
6.He feels really felt bad for himselves for adapted the ways of the people he wants to be happy and smiling again of the old ways when he was innocent.
7.He want his son to teach him how to be happy ,smiling and laughing again he don't like the negative way he change he always like being care free and be nice even if they always be fake towards him and didn't like him.
Good Chloe😁😁👊
DeleteTyrell McDonald
ReplyDeleteStanza 1: "Ounce upon a time son they used to laugh with their hearts" this goes to show how heartless the people are. "Ice cold block eyes search behind my shadow" they look at him with jealousy and they search to see what they can get from him
Stanza 2: "there was a time indeed they used to shake hands with their hearts" He is agreeing that there was a time they used to shake hands happily, but not anymore, now they shake hands without love in their hearts. And they only talk to him when they can get something from him
Stanza 3: "feel at home come again" they want him to feel that there are his friends when they well know that their not. "And when I come again and feel at home ounce, twice there will be no thrice for then I find the door shut on me" when the decide that he comes to much they shut the door on him pretending that's there is no one there
Stanza 4: "I have learned to wear many faces like dresses" he have learned how to switch his face expression for different places and occasions. And he learns how to make the faces look real.
Stanza 5: Since every one treated him with fake emotions he decided to treat them the same way as well, now he shakes hands without his heart, he says goodbye when he means good riddance meaning he does not want to see them again, he says it was good talking to you after being bored.
Stanza 6: He wants to unlearn all the muting things that he had learned. "I want to be what I used to be when I was like you" he is telling his son this showing that his son still does this things and he is remembering what he used to be like when he was younger, but he says the most important thing he wants to relearn is how to laugh with his heart.
Stanza 7: "show me, son how to laugh " he is asking because despite of how the world change his son did not he stayed the same and his father asking him to teach him what he has forgotten. He cant stand to see how much he changed