The poems below describe children playing and then one of them getting hurt by the door. Although the first poem starts on a cheery note, it ends with a sad mood because the child needs tending and the games stop. The poems are connected based on the content because both Poem 1 and Poem 2 are discussing children who were having fun until one of them is hurt. The writer was watching them playing and was happily listening to them until the accident occurred.
Poem 1 uses rhyme to establish the form and to help readers memorize and recite it. The poem contains rhyming words such as “open” and “broken”, “creating” and “fainting”, and “ended” and “defended”.
Curled up on my bed, book open,
Lost in the intricacies of the world painted in words,
Listening to the children, joyful noises creating.
Quickly my thoughts are broken,
When I hear a little one screaming and fainting.
One of them, hand jammed in the doorway,
Whimpering in pain, playtime has ended.
No more time for horseplay,
All the little ones need to be defended.
Poem 2 also has rhyming words such as “warm” and “norm”. However, the structure mainly portrays the writer’s tone of sorrow because a child is hurt and playtime is over. The inclusion of words such as “Oh, my little ones, what pain your tears now bring me” shows the writer’s feelings. The particular choice of words and sentence pattern of figurative language makes the readers see the loving connection between the writer and the children.
No more frolicking to and fro like wind,
No more screaming with joy, only with pain unfeigned
Oh, my little one, what pain your tears now bring me.
Instead of a jacket so cozy and warm,
It is a bandage that is now the norm.
I long once more for the sweet laughter in your voice,
And the warm cuddles as you eat some corn.
Generally, the first poem is describing how the children’s playtime ends when one of them gets injured and requires medical attention. The first poem starts with a cheerful mood but ends with a gloomy one, and the sadness is evident throughout the second poem. The poems are characterized by rhyme and tone to demonstrate the writer’s feelings towards the children described in both poems. Ultimately, they make the readers visualize and feel the deep connection which exists between the writer and the children.