Entry1_Lê Thị Thu Hiền

Entry 1_ Lê Thị Thu Hiền

                                    

Item 1: Poem

                                     

Treasures We Own

Stacey Smith

When my hand is wrinkled so,
it's you that I will still want you know.
As my hair turns silver and gray
remember me as I was yesterday.
My long red hair blowing in the breeze,
we loved each other with ease.
Now in the park your hand I hold,
you keep me warm as it turns cold.
We sit on a bench and feed the birds,
not a single word needs to be heard.
Remembrances of years gone by,
we both smile...we both sigh.
Remembering our first glance,
and for hours how we danced.
The flowers you gave to me for no reason,
and the little things you did every season,
made me a believer in true love.
The kind that's been blessed from above.
Our children have grown and left our home,
all those memories we now own.
A treasure of love is between two hearts,
nothing has ever torn them apart.
Our love has stood the test of time,
we are still together our souls entwined.
Until the day we shall pass from here,
eternally we are one soul my dear.

Rhetorical devices:

·        Rhyme: so- know, gray- yesterday, hold- cold, by- sigh, glance- danced, reason- season, love- above, here- dear.

·        Metaphor: silver and gray ( become old ), smile ( be happy), sigh (be miserable), both smile and both sigh ( both share everything in the life ) , flowers( love),

·        Message: a real love can both share and come over the difficulties and challenges in life to have a happy family from the beginning to the end.

                                        Item 2: Cartoon Picture Story

                                             

                                                The Lion and Mouse

Rhetorical devices:

·        Metaphor: lion ( powerful person), mouse ( normal person), hunters  ( challenges )

·        Message: If you do something kind for someone, they’ll do something kind back because everything has its own value. People having different from each other at many respects  can become good friends.

Item 3: Story

Story Of Two Seeds

        

               

Two Seeds lay side by side in the fertile spring soil.

The first seed said, "My dream is to grow. I wish to send my roots deep into the soil beneath me, and thrust my sprouts through the earth’s crust above me. I want to unfurl my tender buds like banners to announce the arrival of spring. I want to feel the warmth of the sun on my face and the blessing of the morning dew on my petals."

And now she grew.

the second seed said, "l do not know what I want. I'm afraid if l send my roots into the ground below, I don't know what I will encounter in the dark. lf l push my way through the hard soil above me, I may damage my delicate sprouts. What if I let my buds open and a snail tries to eat them? And what if I was to open my blossoms, a small child may pull me from the ground. No, it is much better for me to wait until it is safe."

And so she waited.

A hen scratching around in the early spring ground for food found the waiting seed and
promptly ate it.

 Rhetorical devices:

                       

·        Metaphor: the fertile spring soil ( the same environment), Two Seeds ( two people, two choices), the dark ( the risks and difficulties ), grew ( succeeded) , was eaten

( failed)

·        Message: Those of us who have  goals and dreams will grow and prosper.
Those of us who refuse to risk and grow will get swallowed up by life.

Sources:

1.     Treasures We Own, Sweet Love Poem http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/treasures-we-own#ixzz2U1as9aQD
www.FamilyFriendPoems.com

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3.     http://willimhun.blogspot.com/2012/07/story-of-two-seeds.html