Emily
4/14/13
A poem that spoke to me was Table Manners by Gelett Burgess. I liked the humor in it and how he painted a picture of the family. The family sounded as if there was a lot of kids and they didn’t have good manners. I noticed there was an alliteration in the poem during the line “they spill their broth on the tablecloth” because there was a th sound in broth and tablecloth. I also noticed a reputation with the name Goop because it kept repeating. I also liked how the author at the end of the poem stated that he was not a Goop but then he asked his readers if they were ones. It leaves the reader thinking about their lives and their manners and if they need to change their ways or if they're on track with their manners. I enjoy reading simple poems like this one.
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