Comparison Poems

For this class, I brought in Ezra Pound's "In the Station of the Metro," to introduce the concept of comparison. It was really challenging for the students, but a teacher suggested that I bring in this or a similar poem toward the end of the year to gauge their progress, which I thought was a fantastic idea! Nevertheless, the kids did some really nice work!

Mrs. Rodriguez, 5th Grade

"In a Jungle of South America"
Samuel V.

In the jungle of South
America I saw a
jaguar and I touched the
fur and it felt soft. And
a clothing that is made
out of fur feels the
same.

"Things are alike"
Ryan V.

Birds and planes can both fly,
Like a monster my brother acts like one
Thunder is as loud as the lunchroom
And volcanoes erupt like my head does when I'm angry.

"In the Golden Gate Bridge"
Damian A.

The apparition of the mountains
against the bridge in San Francisco.
Tall in the sky, long like a railroad
track.

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Ms. McCormick
3rd Grade

"A snake at night"
Nelly Q.

A string is like a snake slithering thru
the night in a tree in a big
jungle they are the same because
a string is like squiggly and a snake is
squiggly too.

"Mountains in a pizza"
Isabel C.

Mountains are just like pizza.
They are both triangles.
The sun is just like an orange
They both are circles and are
orange.

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Omar N.

An apple is like a
red flower because
the apple is red like a
red flower and they are
both round.

...

Mr. K.
3rd Grade

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Aaron G.

Jaguars go fast like
a rollercoaster. People
will be dizzy, if a person
rides a Jaguar they will
be dizzy like
rollercoasters.

"Nature, Man-made"
Angel M.

A mountain and city. The mountains are big
the city is big. The bird flies and airplanes
fly. Both are shy. City is dome and mountain
is dome.

"Apparition"
April M.

A turtle is like stairs that move
because they are slow.

...

Ms. Breen
3rd Grade

"The Birds and Playground"
Veronica A.

Birds are like us see come you
can fly like birds. Birds can
fly home and we can see
like birds up home like
birds. Birds have nests and
people have houses and we sleep
and birds sleep too.

"The Grass"
Aries

The grass is like spiky
hair but the hair is not
green like the grass the
grass is not black like
the hair.

"Untitled"
Alejandro C.

Squirrels are like cars
They are both shiny
They both go fast.

...

Ms. Marfise
3rd Grade

"Monkeys are like kids"
Ginel G.

Monkeys are like kids
because they play so much
and watch TV every, every,
everyday, can you believe
it? Oh my God it's too much
and then they tell parents
do everything OK, thank you
and the parents get mad
and scream.

"Nature"
Elizabeth C.

The nature apples.
A banana is like a
moon.

"Lightning is like video games"
David F.

Video games are electricity
And so is lightning so it is
When you are playing video games it creates
electricity
So that electricity goes to lightning.
And when it rains and you are
playing you create it again.

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Ms. Sandoval-Johnson
3rd Grade

"Waterfalls"
Alejandra I.

Waterfalls are like slides
because waterfalls go down. Maybe
I will slide down a quiet
waterfall some day.

"The Cliffs"
Luis H.

Furniture are like cliffs because
if we were small furniture would
be cliffs for us and dogs would be
monsters like Godzilla.

"My house looks like a rocket"
Salvador I.

My house looks like a
rocket because my
house has a point on top
of it and I wish
that we could blast off but
when we were in space
I had to go to the bathroom.