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FlintBy: Christina RossettiAn emerald isas greenas grass,A ruby redas blood;A SAPPHIRE shinesas blueas heaven;A flint lies in the mud.A diamond is a brilliant stone,To catch the WORLD's desire;An opal holds a fiery spark;But a flint holds a fire.I chose this poem because it contains a plethora of imagery. I can clearly see in my head what Rossettiwas imagining as she wrote. I was originally captivated by the comparisons of gem stones to things towhich they are similar. For example, when I look at a sapphire, it does make me think of the sky.Personification: giving nonliving thing human-like QUALITIES. For example, “An opal holds a fiery spark”.An opal cannot hold a fiery spark, but the color of an opal would suggest otherwise. A flint, on the otherhand, can literally hold a fire This says that while gems might be physically appealing, they don’t havethe same powers of something ‘ugly’ (a flint in this case).Simile: Using like or as for comparison. In the first stanza, emeralds, rubies, and sapphires are comparedto things that they are similar to. It gives the reader a picture in their mind of the physical color of thestone.Where the Sidewalk EndsBy: Shel SilversteinThere is a place where the sidewalk endsAnd before the street begins,And there the grass grows soft and white,And there the sun burns crimson bright,And there the moon-bird rests from his flightTo cool in thepeppermint wind.Let us leave this place where the smoke blows blackAnd the dark street winds and bends.Past the pits where the asphalt flowers growWe SHALL walk with a walk that is measured and slow,And WATCH where the chalk-white arrows goTo the place where the sidewalk ends.Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,