Write a Poem from the Mountain's Point of View: a lesson in Personification
“I” Poem
The narrator of an “I” poem can be a person, place, or object – such as Everest. Use the plot of the novel to help Everest talk through the poem. Make the mountain come alive as you assign strong, descriptive, and sophisticated words to each of the “I” lines of the poem. The poem can rhyme but it is not necessary. The most important characteristic is that the poem is written in the “first person” point of view. Create the rest of the prompt AND then use a new format to create a different type of “I” Poem at the bottom of this page.
I am… Everest
I see…
I want…
I know…
I am…
I wonder…
I feel…
I touch…
I am…
I worry…
I cry out…
I understand…
I want…
I understand…
I say…
I am…
Example: You try:
I am the cave, I am the mountain, Everest,
Cool and dark,
Where she finds trouble, heartache, death
As natural forces fight the Barons of Evil
A crystal world weeping
Sorrow seeping
Yet hope flows through the stone
Rescue?