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GENRE FPaomeitlyry
Poetry uses the sound
of words to show A family may have parents, brothers,
pictures and feelings. sisters, grandparents, cousins, and more.
People in a family visit one another and
TEXT FOCUS spend time together. Poets write about these
remembered times. Listen to the rhythm of
Rhythm is a pattern of these family poems as you read them.
beats, like music.
Everybody Says
Everybody says
I look just like my mother.
Everybody says
I’m the image of Aunt Bee.
Everybody says
My nose is like my father’s.
But I want to look like ME!
by Dorothy Aldis
62 EL A RL.2.4, RL.2.10
