Fifteen, Maybe Sixteen Things to Worry About
Written by:
Judith Viorst
My pants could maybe fall down when I dive off the diving board.
My nose could maybe keep growing and never quit.
Miss Brearly could ask me to spell words like stomach and special.
(Stumick and speshul?)
I could play tag all day and always be "it."
Jay Spievack, who's fourteen feet tall, could want to fight me.
My mom and my dad--like Ted's--could want a divorce.
Miss Brearly could ask me a question about Afghanistan.
(Who's Afghanistan?)
Somebody maybe could make me ride a horse.
My mother could maybe decide that I needed more liver.
My dad could decide that I needed less TV.
Miss Brearly could say that I have to write script and stop printing.
(I'm better at printing.)
Chris could decide to stop being friends with me.
The world could maybe come to an end on next Tuesday.
The ceiling could maybe come crashing on my head.
I maybe could run out of things for me to worry about.
And then I'd have to do my homework instead. (Poetry Soup).
Comparing: This poem is similar to Catalyst because the point of view of the character is just like Kate`s point of view because Kate never knew the other side of the story. The poem also is similar because the main character also wants and imagines something wonderful to them but someone stops them; in the poem the characters teacher, parents, and other kids can stop the character from doing what he or she wants to do. This happens in Catalyst also. When Kate wants to get into the college, MIT, but she can`t because her application was not accepted, stopping her from what she really wants to do is when the book connects to this poem. The poem is in the point of view of a kid who wishes to have fun and freedom, but the adults disagree. Which is just like Kate and how she wants to go her own way to MIT.
I Felt a Funeral in My Brain
Written by: Emily Dickinson
I felt a funeral in my brain, And mourners, to and fro, Kept treading, treading, till it seemed That sense was breaking through. And when they all were seated, A service like a drum Kept beating, beating, till I thought My mind was going numb And then I heard them lift a box, And creak across my soul With those same boots of lead, again. Then space began to toll As all the heavens were a bell, And being, but an ear, And I and Silence some strange Race Wrecked, solitary, here. (Poetry Soup).
This poem is connected to the book because of the funeral there was for Mikey. It is related because the feelings described in the poem are much like how Teri and Kate felt during the funeral for Mikey, even for Kate`s dad because he was speechless for a while before he started to start the event. There was many mourners in both the poem and the book. This poem relates most to Teri because it was her own son that had died that was born because of her father, she had so many problems and scary situations and then her son died to make everything even worse. In both works of literature it describes the pain and the comprehension someone has during a funeral, it`s like everything is in slow motion.
Written by:
Judith Viorst
My pants could maybe fall down when I dive off the diving board.
My nose could maybe keep growing and never quit.
Miss Brearly could ask me to spell words like stomach and special.
(Stumick and speshul?)
I could play tag all day and always be "it."
Jay Spievack, who's fourteen feet tall, could want to fight me.
My mom and my dad--like Ted's--could want a divorce.
Miss Brearly could ask me a question about Afghanistan.
(Who's Afghanistan?)
Somebody maybe could make me ride a horse.
My mother could maybe decide that I needed more liver.
My dad could decide that I needed less TV.
Miss Brearly could say that I have to write script and stop printing.
(I'm better at printing.)
Chris could decide to stop being friends with me.
The world could maybe come to an end on next Tuesday.
The ceiling could maybe come crashing on my head.
I maybe could run out of things for me to worry about.
And then I'd have to do my homework instead. (Poetry Soup).
Comparing: This poem is similar to Catalyst because the point of view of the character is just like Kate`s point of view because Kate never knew the other side of the story. The poem also is similar because the main character also wants and imagines something wonderful to them but someone stops them; in the poem the characters teacher, parents, and other kids can stop the character from doing what he or she wants to do. This happens in Catalyst also. When Kate wants to get into the college, MIT, but she can`t because her application was not accepted, stopping her from what she really wants to do is when the book connects to this poem. The poem is in the point of view of a kid who wishes to have fun and freedom, but the adults disagree. Which is just like Kate and how she wants to go her own way to MIT.
I Felt a Funeral in My Brain
Written by: Emily Dickinson
I felt a funeral in my brain, And mourners, to and fro, Kept treading, treading, till it seemed That sense was breaking through. And when they all were seated, A service like a drum Kept beating, beating, till I thought My mind was going numb And then I heard them lift a box, And creak across my soul With those same boots of lead, again. Then space began to toll As all the heavens were a bell, And being, but an ear, And I and Silence some strange Race Wrecked, solitary, here. (Poetry Soup).
This poem is connected to the book because of the funeral there was for Mikey. It is related because the feelings described in the poem are much like how Teri and Kate felt during the funeral for Mikey, even for Kate`s dad because he was speechless for a while before he started to start the event. There was many mourners in both the poem and the book. This poem relates most to Teri because it was her own son that had died that was born because of her father, she had so many problems and scary situations and then her son died to make everything even worse. In both works of literature it describes the pain and the comprehension someone has during a funeral, it`s like everything is in slow motion.