Well my English teacher Mrs. Corona assigned our whole class a poetry project and we got into groups of three each member was responsible for their own work and I was responsible for the PowerPoint. So hope you like it!

9. “KING” Princess

13. The willow is like an etching, The willow is like a nymph with
Fine-lined against the sky. streaming hair;
The ginkgo is like a crude sketch , Wherever it grows, there is green and
Hardly worthy to be signed. gold and fair.
The willow’s music is like a soprano, The willow dips into the water,
Delicate and thin. Protected and precious, like the king’s
favorite daughter.
The ginkgo’s line is like a chorus,
With everyone joining in.
The ginkgo forces its way through gray
concrete;
The willow is sleek as a velvet-nosed Like a city child, it grows up in the
calf; street.
The ginkgo is leathery as an old bull. Thrust against the/metal sky,
The willow’s branches are like silken Somehow it survives and even thrives.
thread;
My eyes feast upon the willow,
The ginkgo’s like stubby rough wool.
But my heart goes to the ginkgo.

14.  Imagery: Willow & ginkgo being compared.
 Setting: Nature
 Symbol: Willow as perfection & ginkgo as simple.
 Mood: Calm, relaxed, contemplative.
 Repetition: None
 Speaker: Loves gingko’s and is a simple person.
 Stanzas: Four.
 Lines: Twenty – two.
 Allusion: Nymph
 Theme: Beauty isn’t always everything. Simplicity
sometimes matters.

15.  Etching: An impression, as on paper, taken from
an imprinted plate.
 Soprano: Highest of four standard singing voices.
 Nymph: Mythological spirit of nature.
 Thin & In, Bull & Wool, Hair & Fair, Water &
Daughter, Concrete & Street.

16.  The willow is like an etching, Fine-lined against the sky.
 The gingko is like a crude sketch, hardly worthy to be
signed.
 The willow’s music is like a soprano, Delicate and thin. The
ginkgo’s line is like a chorus with everyone joining in.
 The willow is sleek as a velvet – nosed calf; The gingko is
leathery as an old bull.
 The willows branches are like silken thread; The ginkgo's
like stubby rough wool.
 The willow is like a nymph with streaming hair.
 Protected and precious, like the king’s favorite daughter.
 Like a city child, it grows up in the street.

17.  The willow is like an etching.
 The willow’s music is like a soprano.
 The willow is like a nymph streaming with
hair.
 The ginkgo forces its way through the gray
concrete.
 My eyes feast upon the willow.