Paradoxical Commandments -by Kent M. Keith

Paradoxical Commandments

People are foten unreasonable, illogical,

and self-centered

Forgive them anyway

If you are kind,

people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;

Be kind anyway

If you are honest and frank,

people may cheat you;

Be honest and frank anway.

What you spend years building,

someone could destory overnight;

Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness,

they may be jealous;

Be happy anyway.

The good you do today,

people will often forget tomorrow;

Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have,

and it may never be enough;

Give the world the best you've got anyway

Analyze

TPCASTT

T-title: Paradoxical Commandments - this tells the story is paradoxcial

P- paraphrase: Even though other people don't acknowledge good deeds and honesty from the others, they should continue to do good deeds and be honest.

C- connotation: "What you spend years building, someone could destory overnight; Build anyway." Building doesn't literally mean that he is building a tower. It means he accumulates his achievements.

A- attitude: Tone is like poet teaches reader such as giving some lessons.

S- shifts: "People" is repetitive, and "Anyway" is repetitive. These are making rhymes.

T- title: Usually people do something which will helpful for them, but poet wants to do something which other people didn't acknowledge. This is paradoxcial. I think this is the reason why poet put the name, "Paradoxical Commandments".

T- theme: The theme of this peom is to do a good deed even if it will not helpful for us or nobody acknowledge it and to consider other people before we consider ourrselves.

But Not Forgotten

But Not Forgotten

-Dorothy Parker

I think, no matter where you stray,
That I shall go with a way.
Though you may wander sweeter lands,
You will not soon forget my hands,
Nor yet the way i held my head,
Nor all the tremulous things I said
You still will see me, small and white
And smiling, in the secret night,
And fell my arms about you when
The day comes fluttering back again.
I think, no matter where you be,
You'll hold me in your memory
And keep my image, ther without me,
By telling later loves about me.

Analyze by TPCASTT

Title - I think it's about something that will be remebered

Paraphrase - Wherever this person may go, his love will be remebered

Connotation - Rhyming

Theme - a good love is worth remebering

No Shift

Attitude - Remenecence

Love, like you've never been hurt ( Alfred D' Souza)

Love, like you've never been hurt.

Dance, like nobody is watching you.

Love, like you've never been hurt.

Sing, like nobody is listening you.

Work, like you don't need money.

Live, like today is the last day to live.

Reflexion

Analyze

: Author tried to told us that we always did our best, enjoyed our life, and had a confident to do

everything.

The reason why I choose this poem

: This poem was pretty short, but it was very meaningful. I always considered about other people while I did something such as asking problems which I didn't know for teacher. I always pretended to understand the problems. After reading this poem, I realized that I didn't have to worry about other people. It just disturbed my improvement. The poem also taught me that I always had to do my best. If I don't do my best, I will regret for it. This is the reason why I chose this poem.