Choose your words carefully! Authors always do. Even word choices that don't seem important actually are. Check out this poem below.
What meaningful word choices is the author making here?
Black Box
by Devon Hope
In case I forgot to tell you,
I’m allergic to boxes:
Black boxes, shoe boxes
New boxes, You boxes -
Even cereal boxes
Boasting champions.
(It’s a lie.
I’ve peeked inside
And what I found
Were flakes.)
Make no mistake,
I make no exceptions
For Cracker Jack
Or Christmas glitter.
Haven’t you noticed?
I’m made of skeleton,
Muscle and skin.
My body is the only box
I belong in.
But you like your boxes
So keep them.
Mark them geek, wimp, bully.
Mark them china doll, brainiac,
Or plain dumb jock.
Choose whatever
Box you like, Mike.
Just don’t put me
In one, son.
Believe me,
I won’t fit.
Comparing and Contrasting
Watch these two versions of the same song.
How does each version change the way you understand the theme?
