10 Things You Didn't Know About Louisa May Alcott:
1. She was born on November 29, 1832 in Germantown, Pennsylvania.
2. Her father, Bronson Alcott, was a philosopher and teacher.
3. She wrote the book Little Women.
4. She was a tomboy.
5. Her stories often became melodramas that her and her sisters would act out for friends.
6. Her career began with her writing poetry and short stories that appeared in popular magazines.
7. In 1854, Flower Fables, her first book, was published.
8. She was a nurse during the Civil War.
9. She published over 30 books and story collections.
10. She died two days after her father, on March 6, 1888.
MY DOVES by: Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) PPOSITE my chamber window,
On the sunny roof, at play,
High above the city's tumult,
Flocks of doves sit day by day.
Shining necks and snowy bosoms,
Little rosy, tripping feet,
Twinkling eyes and fluttering wings,
Cooing voices, low and sweet,--
Graceful games and friendly meetings,
Do I daily watch and see.
For these happy little neighbors
Always seem at peace to be.
On my window-ledge, to lure them,
Crumbs of bread I often strew,
And, behind the curtain hiding,
Watch them flutter to and fro.
Soon they cease to fear the giver,
Quick are they to feel my love,
And my alms are freely taken
By the shyest little dove.
In soft flight, they circle downward,
Peep in through the window-pane;
Stretch their gleaming necks to greet me,
Peck and coo, and come again.
Faithful little friends and neighbors,
For no wintry wind or rain,
Household cares or airy pastimes,
Can my loving birds restrain.
Other friends forget, or linger,
But each day I surely know
That my doves will come and leave here
Little footprints in the snow.
So, they teach me the sweet lesson,
That the humblest may give
Help and hope, and in so doing,
Learn the truth by which we live;
For the heart that freely scatters
Simple charities and loves,
Lures home content, and joy, and peace,
Like a soft-winged flock of doves.
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The controlling idea of the poem is that the doves are trusting creatures that are always happy and at peace and that the doves are always there and outlast friends. It shows that the doves are trusting in the poem when Louisa May Alcott writes "Soon they cease to fear the giver, Quick are they to feel my love". When she writes "For these happy little neighbors Always seem at peace to be." It shows that they are peaceful amd calm. In the poem it also says how even though her friends will come and go that her doves will come and visit her each day and leave "little footprints in the snow."
One literary device used in this poem was a simile, which is a comparison of two things using like or as. An example of when a simile is used in the poem is when the author wrote "Like a soft-winged flock of doves," because the author compared someone who "lures home content, and joy and peace," to the doves. I think the author used the simile to compare the doves to something giving and peaceful to give people an idea of how she perceived the doves.
THE MOTHER MOON by: Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) HE moon upon the wide sea
Placidly looks down,
Smiling with her mild face,
Though the ocean frown.
Clouds may dim her brightness,
But soon they pass away,
And she shines out, unaltered,
O'er the little waves at play.
So 'mid the storm or sunshine,
Wherever she may go,
Led on by her hidden power
The wild see must plow.
As the tranquil evening moon
Looks on that restless sea,
So a mother's gentle face,
Little child, is watching thee.
Then banish every tempest,
Chase all your clouds away,
That smoothly and brightly
Your quiet heart may play.
Let cheerful looks and actions
Like shining ripples flow,
Following the mother's voice,
Singing as they go.
The controlling idea of the poem is that the moon is the mother of the ocean, which is shown when Louisa May Alcott wrote "So a mother's gentle face, little child, is watching thee." This is also shown when she writes how cheerful expressions are like "shining ripples" that follow the moon.
An example of a literary device used in this poem is personification, which is when nonliving things are given human characteristics. Throughout the poem personification is used, like when Louisa May Alcott wrote about the moon "smiling with her mild face," and also when she writes about how the moon looks over the ocean.
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Website used: http://www.poetry-archive.com/a/the_mother_moon.html
I Write About The Butterfly
'I write about the butterfly, It is a pretty thing; And flies about like the birds, But it does not sing.
'First it is a little grub, And then it is a nice yellow cocoon, And then the butterfly Eats its way out soon.
'They live on dew and honey, They do not have any hive, They do not sting like wasps, and bees, and hornets, And to be as good as they are we should strive.
The controlling idea of the poem is that people should try to be as good as butterflies since, "they do not sting like wasps, and bees, and hornets." It also lives on "dew and honey," which references to the sweetness of the butterfly, and also hints that we humans should be sweeter like the butterfly.
A literary device used in the poem is a simile, which is a comparison of two things using like or as. In the poem a simile used is when she writes how the butterfly "flies about like the birds," because she is comparing the way the butterfly flies to birds.
1. She was born on November 29, 1832 in Germantown, Pennsylvania.
2. Her father, Bronson Alcott, was a philosopher and teacher.
3. She wrote the book Little Women.
4. She was a tomboy.
5. Her stories often became melodramas that her and her sisters would act out for friends.
6. Her career began with her writing poetry and short stories that appeared in popular magazines.
7. In 1854, Flower Fables, her first book, was published.
8. She was a nurse during the Civil War.
9. She published over 30 books and story collections.
10. She died two days after her father, on March 6, 1888.
website used:
http://www.louisamayalcott.org/louisamaytext.html
MY DOVES
by: Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)
On the sunny roof, at play,
High above the city's tumult,
Flocks of doves sit day by day.
Shining necks and snowy bosoms,
Little rosy, tripping feet,
Twinkling eyes and fluttering wings,
Cooing voices, low and sweet,--
Graceful games and friendly meetings,
Do I daily watch and see.
For these happy little neighbors
Always seem at peace to be.
On my window-ledge, to lure them,
Crumbs of bread I often strew,
And, behind the curtain hiding,
Watch them flutter to and fro.
Soon they cease to fear the giver,
Quick are they to feel my love,
And my alms are freely taken
By the shyest little dove.
In soft flight, they circle downward,
Peep in through the window-pane;
Stretch their gleaming necks to greet me,
Peck and coo, and come again.
Faithful little friends and neighbors,
For no wintry wind or rain,
Household cares or airy pastimes,
Can my loving birds restrain.
Other friends forget, or linger,
But each day I surely know
That my doves will come and leave here
Little footprints in the snow.
So, they teach me the sweet lesson,
That the humblest may give
Help and hope, and in so doing,
Learn the truth by which we live;
For the heart that freely scatters
Simple charities and loves,
Lures home content, and joy, and peace,
Like a soft-winged flock of doves.
The controlling idea of the poem is that the doves are trusting creatures that are always happy and at peace and that the doves are always there and outlast friends. It shows that the doves are trusting in the poem when Louisa May Alcott writes "Soon they cease to fear the giver, Quick are they to feel my love". When she writes "For these happy little neighbors Always seem at peace to be." It shows that they are peaceful amd calm. In the poem it also says how even though her friends will come and go that her doves will come and visit her each day and leave "little footprints in the snow."
One literary device used in this poem was a simile, which is a comparison of two things using like or as. An example of when a simile is used in the poem is when the author wrote "Like a soft-winged flock of doves," because the author compared someone who "lures home content, and joy and peace," to the doves. I think the author used the simile to compare the doves to something giving and peaceful to give people an idea of how she perceived the doves.
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Website used:
http://www.poetry-archive.com/a/my_doves.html
THE MOTHER MOON
by: Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)
Placidly looks down,
Smiling with her mild face,
Though the ocean frown.
Clouds may dim her brightness,
But soon they pass away,
And she shines out, unaltered,
O'er the little waves at play.
So 'mid the storm or sunshine,
Wherever she may go,
Led on by her hidden power
The wild see must plow.
As the tranquil evening moon
Looks on that restless sea,
So a mother's gentle face,
Little child, is watching thee.
Then banish every tempest,
Chase all your clouds away,
That smoothly and brightly
Your quiet heart may play.
Let cheerful looks and actions
Like shining ripples flow,
Following the mother's voice,
Singing as they go.
The controlling idea of the poem is that the moon is the mother of the ocean, which is shown when Louisa May Alcott wrote "So a mother's gentle face, little child, is watching thee." This is also shown when she writes how cheerful expressions are like "shining ripples" that follow the moon.
An example of a literary device used in this poem is personification, which is when nonliving things are given human characteristics. Throughout the poem personification is used, like when Louisa May Alcott wrote about the moon "smiling with her mild face," and also when she writes about how the moon looks over the ocean.
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Website used:
http://www.poetry-archive.com/a/the_mother_moon.html
I Write About The Butterfly
'I write about the butterfly,It is a pretty thing;
And flies about like the birds,
But it does not sing.
'First it is a little grub,
And then it is a nice yellow cocoon,
And then the butterfly
Eats its way out soon.
'They live on dew and honey,
They do not have any hive,
They do not sting like wasps, and bees, and hornets,
And to be as good as they are we should strive.
The controlling idea of the poem is that people should try to be as good as butterflies since, "they do not sting like wasps, and bees, and hornets." It also lives on "dew and honey," which references to the sweetness of the butterfly, and also hints that we humans should be sweeter like the butterfly.
A literary device used in the poem is a simile, which is a comparison of two things using like or as. In the poem a simile used is when she writes how the butterfly "flies about like the birds," because she is comparing the way the butterfly flies to birds.
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