Megan

By:Dave Etter
 * Down by the Riverside**

Uncle Roy has done it again. He has sailed our bright orange kite with the long fancy tail into the summer sky. He will soon make it fly higher and higher. My sister Lucinda prances on spongy grass Our yellow dog Barney barks and barks his doggie approval. Mom and Dad have seen lots of orange kites dance in a warm breeze. Mom gulps a cold drink while Dad is busy at the grill cooking meat. Both of them leave us to our young joy down by the riverside.

What is your interpretation of the poem? My interpretation of the poem is that it is very descriptive. Can you identify any figurative language? ​ Yes, when it says "My sister Lucinda prances on ​ //spongy// grass, " that is a metaphor. I also found personification when it says "orange kites //dance// in the warm breeze." Does your poem fit a certain category? Tell me how it fits the category. Yes, it a free verse because it doesn't rhyme, and it is not a limerick. What is the mood of the poem? The mood of this poem is exciting. Why did you choose this poem? I chose this poem because i like how descriptive it is. I chose this picture because it has good colors and it is a riverside which is what my poem is about.

I chose this picture because it says they were flying an orange kite.

The author is Dave Etter. He was born in __ Huntington __Park, California on on 18 March 1928. His parents' names were Harold and Judith Etter. He earned a B.A. in history in 1953 at the University of Iowa when he was eighteen.



This is a picture of him.^