POL: Part for the Whole

The poem that I have chosen for the Poetry Out Loud competition is "Part For the Whole" by Robert Francis. I found this poem by randomly selecting three poems out of the poems that started with the same letter. I didn't pick this poem because of length or difficulty, I chose the content in which it stands for. Robert Francis usually makes shorter poems but includes meaning to him and the world he lives in. The basic picture you get from this poem is the sun. Each stanza shows how the sun is view from all places. The poem is trying to tell the reader a section of what you need, is all you need. Sometimes beauty can blind what you really need; the natural effect is all you need, and not covered by removable beauty. This meaning could also go along with the theme of the movie/book, The Princess and the Frog. The main theme for that movie/book is, only want what you need. Poems such as this one, relates to me by demonstrating how everyone takes too much than really need. From kids to elderly adults, they still have their times when one is too selfish to another. It happens daily to everyone.

My poem could sound happy, could sound sad, or could sound crazy. Everyone will have different tones for their poems, but if the whole class did the same poem, you could see people may interpret the tone or meaning differently as others. I'm not going to recite my poem as a whimsical tone or expressions. I'm also not going to be somber, I decide I will use an explanatory voice with dramatic emphasis. My face will show one emotion only, a leap of faith. The poem is trying to tell what is happening with burst of light, and I don't want to say the poem having a happy voice. The poem includes the word, "catch" twice. I will look up to the ceiling and pretend to catch something firmly in my hand. For this line in the poem, "Echoes the western sky, and even less" I will project my voice on the word echoes and bring my voice to a whisper when I say the western sky. "Part for the Whole" poem may be using the sun to imagine the meaning but sometimes it is recited without a bright voice.