After searching the Poetry Out Loud Website and researching through the Poetry Out Loud book, I finally have decided on presenting the poem "Up-Hill" by Christina Rossetti. This poem is a conversation between two people. The first person tone sounds insecure and unsure while the other calmly answers all his/her questions. To me, the meaning seems complex. There is a young gentleman or lady that is unsure about taking the journey of life. He/she is unsure about what it will be like or what will happen when they get to the top. While the second person seems older and experienced on what the journey is like. This speaker says that yes the journey will be hard, but once your journey ends then you will have a good place to rest or stay. (The resting place means Heaven).
My connection - what I like about this piece is that it really applies to me right now. I am at a point where, yes, college is a reality and it is fairly close. I, like the first speaker, am not sure about the journey ahead. I know that it won’t be easy, there will be little rest and more fatigue, but once I get to the top I hope that I am happy about how that journey went. It will be hard traveling "up-hill", but I know that I will learn and grow from the experience.
I am thinking that I will demonstrate this meaning mostly by changing the tone of my voice. I am going to try to portray what the authors characters sounded like. For every question from the first speaker, I will sound unsure or uneasy, and with the second speaker, who is always responding, I will be confident. I want to articulate certain words and make sure that it is not too loud, but not to quite. My hands will be to my side the most of the time except for a few subtle motions such as when I say: "Yea, beds for all who come." This is the plan, however; when I am standing in front of a whole bunch of people I really don't know if I will end up doing it.
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