Merissa


 * "Window-Shopping"

Grandma shops For groceries. She doesn't need My expertise. And yet I tag along. We pass a jeweler's On the way. I slow to paw The store window And eye a bracelet Thick with charms. "Come on," Says Grandma, Yanking me away. "No window-shopping today."

The next week Grandma breaks her rule And bakes a pie Though it's not Christmas. She places a tiny Gift beside it. "Well, go on! Open it," She says, Gruff as ever. I tear into the box,**
 * Find a familiar**
 * Golden bracelet**
 * Noisy with charms,**
 * Gleaming like the light**
 * In Grandma's eyes.**

1 My interpretation of this poem is that the girl's grandmother decides to buy her granddaughter the charm bracelet. 2 I found a simile in the last stanza, "gleaming like the light in grandma's eyes". 3 I think that this particular poem is a free verse poem. Although a few of it's lines rhyme, I think that it's coincidental. 4 I think that the mood of this poem is wanting, for the girl wants the charm bracelet, and the grandmother's mood is excited to see her granddaughter open her gift that the granddaughter wasn't expecting because in stanza one grandmother states, "n o window-shopping today."


 * I chose this poem because it reminds me of //my// grandmother, who passed away almost three years ago. She loved to give me the simplest things, that now, mean so much. :)))
 * I chose this picture because grandmother loves her granddaughter (as does the girl), and gives her the charm bracelet to show her feelings toward the girl. [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:3wKjpAWUD0V3dM:http://z.about.com/d/graphicssoft/1/0/N/1/5/bp_vhart_013.png width="43" height="42" link="http://poetryred5-7.wikispaces.com/imgres?imgurl=http://z.about.com/d/graphicssoft/1/0/N/1/5/bp_vhart_013.png&imgrefurl=http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/freedownloads/ig/Free-Valentine-s-Day-Graphics/Red-Heart.htm&usg=__AZ8SstlB-tC2qWsbf_VYwmm9luI=&h=318&w=389&sz=69&hl=en&start=11&itbs=1&tbnid=3wKjpAWUD0V3dM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=123&prev=/images?q=red+hearts&hl=en&gbv=2&tbs=isch:1"]] **
 * ** I chose this picture because it is representing the girl and her grandmother. ** [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:W5ozaM6VldEytM:http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/1557/PreviewComp/SuperStock_1557R-265016.jpg width="80" height="120" link="http://poetryred5-7.wikispaces.com/imgres?imgurl=http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/1557/PreviewComp/SuperStock_1557R-265016.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.superstock.com/stock-photos-images/1557R-265016&usg=__siCUbxoLkjO_jss-hbwv0kv70SA=&h=350&w=233&sz=97&hl=en&start=5&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=W5ozaM6VldEytM:&tbnh=120&tbnw=80&prev=/images?q=grandma+and+girl+african+american&um=1&hl=en&tbs=isch:1"]]


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