My Homework
Sometimes my homework is small
Sometimes my homework is long
But whenever i do my homework
My homework is always wrong
Sometimes I do my homework at a slow pace
Sometimes I do my homework in the fast lane
But however I do my homework
my homework is still a pain
Sometimes my homework is easy
Sometimes my homework is hard
But whenever i can’t do my homework
I feel like a retard
-Michael Rawlinson
Yes, I know this is a silly poem, but it was perfect for how I feel right now. I’m getting sick and it was so hard to get out of bed just to do this post. I also noticed a very unique pattern to this poem though that I thought was kind of cool. Every third line of each stanza ends in the word ‘homework’ and every 2nd and 4th line of each stanza rhymes. I think by leaving the 1st line of each stanza out of the pattern it almost throws the rhythym off, but captures the reader’s attention. Also every 1st and 2nd line starts with ‘sometimes my homework…’ except for the 2nd stanza, where the reader again changes it up as if to catch the reader’s attention yet again. It’s a silly poem, but it also feels so true; it hits all the angles of how homework can be. Another small, but funny thing I noticed about the poem is that whenever Rawlinson is talking about doing or not being able to do his homework (line 3 of stanzas 1 and 3), the ‘i’ is not capitalized. Maybe this goes as a symbol to show that he has trouble doing homework whether it’s hard or he’s just doing it, it never seems to be just right. As simple sounding and silly as this poem seems, it is also very creative in the way that he wrote it.
ninjadrock said,
October 5, 2008 @ 7:43 pm
Yes, very silly indeed. Though I agree with you, I am not sick but it is paper season in the history department so I have a paper due Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday this week, four in total. To see this poem really lifted some of the weight off of me. The poem seems to flow very well what with the word repetition and rhyme scheme. Rhyming can always make a poem great for me.
farfromfalling said,
October 5, 2008 @ 11:36 pm
Silly poems are the best poems. I laughed at the line “My homework is always wrong” I always feel like I did the assignment wrong as soon as i hear another student explain theirs. The rhymes are funny and simple but they still make a lasting impression. I hope you feel better but none the less you still managed to do a great post.
mastersloth said,
October 12, 2008 @ 2:07 pm
I like this poem for two reasons. The first reason is that the poem just rolls right off your tongue and this is due to the rhyme scheme. Nothing is better than to be able to read a poem out loud and have it flow so smoothly. The second reason why I like this poem is that I can agree with the last two lines in the poem, “But whenever i can’t do my homework I feel like a retard”. I know that when I can’t do my homework and everybody else in the class can, I often feel like I am “retarded”. This is the main reason why I always do my homework, so that I don’t look like the idiot of the class. Great poem, I usually skip my homework when I’m sick. Good job.
incognitos16 said,
October 13, 2008 @ 2:01 am
This is a great poem. Not to say anything bad about Rawlinson, but it seems like such an immature poem for a poet to write and actually have it be published. It seems like it was written by a high schooler who just doesn’t want to put up with homework any more. It’s 2:00 AM in the morning. I have 6 more hours before this homework is due, so right now I can relate.
killah617 said,
October 14, 2008 @ 10:28 am
This poem is silly but so meaningful at the same time. I felt just like the author for the better part of my school career because I battled with ADD and Learning Disabilities. These struggles are still apart of my life and I still sit at the edge of my bed sometimes feeling like a “retard” because I can’t do my homework just like Rawlinson. However, what I learned to do is appreciate the struggle, because when I finally can do my homework, even though it may have taken me an hour a problem, I have completely mastered the information I needed to process. This poem is great, as soon as I finished I just said..Can he say that? But I am really glad he did and I am really glad you decided to post it, despite it’s silly yet truthful lines.
poetryprof said,
October 14, 2008 @ 11:08 am
Hey, good job with the analysis of the structure of the poem! And sorry you’re sick!