Anna Ransom Comments

“Trees” Summary:

The poem “Trees” describes different aspects of trees and goes into great detail about them.

“Trees” Response:

I enjoyed reading this poem Anna. It’s very descriptive and I think that’s great. I love how you describe how the tree looks in every season. My favorite description is when you compare the tree to a musician in the fall because the wind whistles through the branches. I also like your spring description when you write, “finger tips adorned with jewels ready to burst.” Your descriptions give the reader a very vivid idea of what the trees look like in the different seasons. I love the beginning when you write, “Elegant and poised, arms reaching to heaven.” The first sentence and the last sentence, “Nevertheless confined to give, not take, coolness, frolicking beckoning beauties,” help to give the poem an overall tone of peacefulness and beauty. If I were to change one thing it would be in line eleven when you describe dead leaves as “wax paper treasures.” When I picture a dead leaf I just can’t see it as being waxy, I picture it more as crumbled up and decaying. Overall I thought your poem was very good.

“Love is a Season” Summary:

The poem “Love is a Season” compares a woman’s love for a man to the different seasons of the year.

“Love is a Season” Response:

I like how you’re keeping with the nature theme as in your first poem. You do a very good job of comparing love to the different seasons. My favorite comparison is when he first enters your life in the spring, “He sauntered in like a breeze, cool, refreshing, bringing with him blossoming love.” When you describe love in the spring it changes the mood of the poem from the loneliness of the cold winter to something a little warmer and refreshing. I love the phrase “blossoming love.” I think it’s a perfect way to convey love as a season. The same is true of your sentence, “His arms, lazy, warm.” If I were to change one thing it would be the wording in line eight. You write, “Then I fell. It was fall.” I would make it clear to the reader that you fell in love, not down the stairs. It’s a very good poem, I really enjoyed reading it.