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Naturally, as in most poems, some of these words have figurative meaning.  After reading the poem twice, we discuss which nouns are used literally and which are used figuratively.  What does the use of these figurative nouns add to the poem?  Why use figurative language as a writer?  What does it add to the experience of readers? Brett Vogelsinger teaches freshman English students at Holicong Middle School in Doylestown, PA where he starts clas* with a poem each day. Sometimes I like to ask one of my students to read our poem aloud, but I always make sure to read “If I Were A Dog” to deliver the lines because, as most students will notice, there are no commas or periods. The only form of punctuation is the apostrophe. We might discuss that — the lack of punctuation and its effect of creating a doglike speaker whose thoughts run together. Actually, according to the second stanza of the poem, the speaker is a human, only imagining if he or she were a dog. The speaker uses the subjunctive to imagine a different reality. As a clas*, we might discuss what is “doglike” about the poem. Possible answers include the master, the stick, the licking, the peeing, the fetching. Usually, though, I let students drive most of the discussion: What did they We don�t always respond to a poem by writing, but �If I Were a Dog� cries out for imitation. I ask students to take the title and by Beyonc�) Here�s a fine example from one of my students. until I was found by a young man looking to buy a pack of gum then I�d be given as change to begin the adventure again One of my favorite (and perhaps the truest) quotes about poetry is from Marianne Moore and serves as the title of today’s post.  “Poetry is all nouns and verbs.”  Pick your favorite poem and look at it closely.  Your favorite words, the pieces that really make late elementary school.  Now we examine it in a different way.  After the first read, I ask them to count how many verbs they can find.  Following this initial census, I have the kids start calling