This stanza due tomorrow!
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:
POETRY
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Copy the lyrics below to your Poetry Notes. Then label as many poetic devices as you can.
"Firework"
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag
Drifting through the wind
Wanting to start again
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag
Drifting through the wind
Wanting to start again
Do you ever feel, feel so paper-thin
Like a house of cards
One blow from caving in
Like a house of cards
One blow from caving in
Do you ever feel already buried deep
Six feet under screams
But no one seems to hear a thing
Six feet under screams
But no one seems to hear a thing
Do you know that there’s still a chance for you
‘Cause there’s a spark in you
You just gotta
‘Cause there’s a spark in you
You just gotta
Ignite the light
And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the Fourth of July
And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the Fourth of July
‘Cause baby, you’re a firework
Come on show them what you’re worth
Make them go, “Oh, oh, oh”
As you shoot across the sky
Come on show them what you’re worth
Make them go, “Oh, oh, oh”
As you shoot across the sky
Baby, you’re a firework
Come on let your colors burst
Make them go, “Oh, oh, oh”
You’re gonna leave before they know
If you only knew
What the future holds
After a hurricane comes a rainbow
What the future holds
After a hurricane comes a rainbow
Like a lightning bolt
Your heart will glow
And when it’s time you know
Your heart will glow
And when it’s time you know
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
It’s always been inside of you, you, you
And now it’s time to let it through
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
It’s always been inside of you, you, you
And now it’s time to let it through
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