WHAT MAKES A FRIEND?
A friend, What makes a friend? A friend, Is someone that everyone needs. A friend, Is that special one. A friend, Is someone you tell EVERYTHING. A friend, Is someone you never lie to. A friend, Can be a boy or a girl. A friend, Is someone that is always there. A friend, Will always listen to you. A friend, Always has input to give. A friend, Will never leave you in the dust. A friend, Will help you through the thick and the thin . A friend, Will always stand by your side. A friend, Will never let you down. A friend, Is someone everyone needs. What would you do if you didnt have a friend?
Analysis/ Review of the poem.
Let look into the analysis of the poem.
Let look into the analysis of the poem.
The poem “What makes a Friend? written by Ashley Olsonb is an explicit one. A poem of one stanze with rhyme scheme and rhythm. The poet tone is soft and calm. The theme of the poem answered the question of the title “what makes a friend? It is a clear that poet audience are the youths. It is not gender specific.
In answering the question posed by the title, the poet simply engage her audience in a critical dialogue. The poet stated her own view of what make a friend which becomes a model for readers to mirror and check themselves or their friends. The poet started by saying that “A friend is everyone needs” (line 3 & 4) which shows the importance or essnce of friendship. In life, we all need a companion who we share things/ secret with. Someone we tell everything without lying or hiding anything. Someone who will be a listening ear and who will make a great impact in our lives and will not forsake you in this journey, therefore we all need a friendship is will last for a life time.
In conclusion, the poet repeated the same statement in line four and close the poem with a question “What would you do if you didnt have a friend?. This is a question that will leave her audience guessing.
Looking at the poetic device or analysis used in the poem, it is obvious that Repetition is one of them. The phrase “A phrase” was repeated fourteen time in sequence order which gives the poem a rhythm. Enjambment which is seen as the running over of a sentence from one verse or couplet into another so that closely related words fall in different lines. From the beginning of the poem till the end of it, Enjambment was used throughout.