About the poem

1. Explain each literary device you used in your poem (You should have 5 different examples).
a. What is the literary device?
<1>Alliteration: the letters in red

<2>Flashback: the second and the third stanza

<3>Repetition: the sentence in purple

<4>Simile:
"You huddled yourself up on the dark-green bench cautiously,

like a poor pussy cat that was abandoned by its heartless master"
I compared "you" to "a poor pussy cat"

<5>Personification:
"Darkness reached its hands out and closed around you"

<6>Imagery:
"rain"; "dark-green bench"; "pussy cat"; "lips"; "door"; "step"; "sun"; "ocean"; "A broken bike"; "an obsolete bench"; "a sad boy".

c. Why did you use it (Create mood? Create tone? Create rhythm? Create meaning?)
Use 3-5 sentences to explain the example.

2. Using 12-15 sentences, explain the insightful and mature meaning of your poem.

3. What is your poem about?

4. How do you represent the Canadian landscape in your poem? Use 3-5 sentences.

5. Imagine you are an explorer and sent this poem to your King or Queen, how would they feel about the Canadian landscape?

Summertime, and after summertime

Poem by Jessie Liu

Changes were coming your way,

when the endless summertime hadn't gone yet

You had forgotten how inconsolable you were


At that time

It rained on and off all day

You huddled yourself up on the dark-green bench cautiously,

like a poor pussy cat that was abandoned by its heartless master

You lips could hardly frame any words


At that time

It rained on and off all day

You swept silently and sat on the cold step outside the door,

heard nothing but the sound of silence

You were scared beyond words


The sun was gone

The day was done

At that time

Darkness reached its hands out and closed around you,

the night was longer than the day


Changes were coming your way,

when the endless summertime hadn't gone yet

You had forgotten how you desired to be melted by the turbid air,

which almost suffocated you

You had forgotten how you longed to keep away from the wicked world,

which nearly murdered your trueness

You thought you have passed the most horrific customs barrier

All because you had forgotten how inconsolable you were


Nevertheless,

summertime too swiftly flown away

The real season just started

You sunk fast into an ocean full of darkness,

slept deeply, floated on the surface

Darkness reached its hands out and closed around you again,

You knew, again and again

You lost your senses and rode your bike so fast,

when the rain was teeming down

However, as you knew

Whatever you did, you couldn't get away of it at all

——the circle of darkness

The real season just started


After summertime,

the street was like it used to be:

A broken bike, an obsolete bench, and a sad boy


The night was longer than you imagined

The disappointed season is always longer than you imagined

C'est La Vie? (This is life?)

No one, no one could understand you at all.