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    “Looking for Judas” by Adrian Louis
    This poem is so sad but it has beautiful language that I believe makes it more sad yet inspiring. I think this poem is about hunting and killing deer. Because the author uses words like “sparking blood” and “moonlight” and “shimmering in eternal nakedness”. I just think that imagery like this makes the poem sound so beautiful even though it is talking about something that is generally so unhappy and inhumane. There is also imagery that makes the poem sound really nature-esk like the ”old barn in the bright sparkling” I also like this poem because the author notes an excuse that people say to ensure themselves that it is okay to kill deer. They say that the spirit of the deer “would live in our flesh”. I also like the last line “Or something like that” because that sums up the poet’s believes of how he thinks deer killing is wrong. On structure, the poem is all in one stanza with numerous lines. There is no specific rhyme scheme yet the poem still flows with the overall tone of the poem. This poem has correct grammar usage but the line breaks are random which is maybe so that the lines will not seem as long.
     “To the Stone-Cutters”
     This poem is also one stanza with about ten lines in it total. Some of the lines are short while the other ones are rather long. Nothing in this poem rhymes at all. Each new line is capitolized and the line breaks are not complete sentences. Before I looked at the year the poem was created, I could tell that it was written not recently because of the tone and the language usage in the poem with words like “foredefeated” and “thaws”. I actually think that I like this poem a lot because I think it is about monument builders or tomb stone builders. I really like the last line even though I am unsure about it what may mean: “The honey peace in old poems”. I like it only because it sounds cool.
      “Counting the Mad” by Donald Justice 
       This particular poem has three stanzas with six lines in each. This poem also does not have anything in it that indicates a rhyme scheme. This poem is one of the first poems that I have seen that have a refrain: “And this one cried No No No No/All day long”. That line repeats in all three of the stanzas. I like this poem a lot because it is obviously about a man who is crazy and they put him in a straight jacket and send him to a home but he doesnt eat anything and sees things that are not really there. Sometimes he thinks things that hes not like a dog or a fish. I actually think this poem is really sad because it shows the reality of the life of someone who is crazy. The line breaks in this poem do not seem to be random but instead separate thoughts. If the line breaks where any different, I think that it would take away from the intensity of the poem and maybe the full idea of what the author is trying to get across. 
      “Poetry” by Marianne Moore
      This poem is really interesting because it is broken into six stanzas but the line breaks within the stanzas are so weird and unproportional. I have never seen a poem that looks like this. it sort of reminds me of an outline for a study guide. I think that since the poem is called “Poetry” the author may be poking fun at how line breaks in poems are so random and how she may not truly understand why they are there. I dont think that there is a particular rhyme scheme but it would be hard to find since the line breaks are so weird. You are more focused on the line breaks than the context or anything else. Aside from the line breaks, this poem is really interesting because it has a fun imagery like “a wild horse taking a roll”. This poem actually I think tries to define poetry in a poem. I do not like it though just because I think it is too distracting.
      “A Strange Beautiful Woman” by Marilyn Nelson
       I think that this poem is so cute. It is only one stanza but with seven lines. If it werent for the line breaks I think this poem would only be one to three lines. It is very short and but the line breaks seem e appropriate. They divide thoughts from each other and dwell on each line because it has its own importance. I like it because it is so succinct but I also like it because of the context. It is just a simple poem about how a woman looks in the mirror, asks who the pretty woman is and then the mirror asks the same thing back. I just think that it is really cute. It doesnt rhyme or have any refrains yet it just sounds so adorable.

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