Learnstars Literary Smack down!

1. Break-ups:After Love By: Tamryn Taylor

2. Poem: After Love There is no magic any more We meet as other people do, You work no miracle for me Nor I for you. You were the wind and I the sea- There is no splendor any more, I have grown listless as the pool Beside the shore. But though the pool is safe from storm And from the tide has found surceaseIt grows more bitter than the sea, For all its peace

3. Theme Breaking up leaves you with the feeling that there is no reason to love and that everything is gone now that your significant other is gone

4. Tone Morose: Negative/ Neutral

5. Literary Devices Simile- I have grown listless as the pool Personification- It grows more bitter than the sea Hyperbole- You work no miracle nor I for you

6. Restatement You were the wind and I the sea- There is no splendor any more, I have grown listless as the pool Beside the shore. Without you, life is valueless, there is nothing to live for.

7. Wow Factor:Two halves of a heart- Poem with Two voices MEBOTHYOU I miss my other half I left my other half Alone I stand wondering why I was blinded by love I was smothered by love I thought this relationship would be different It felt so right It felt so wrong If this wasn’t love what was it I thought everything was I guess everything wasn’t Perfect. (Based on first stanza; Tamryn Taylor)