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"The City is So Big" poem
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We read this poem (among others) in class as an introduction to personification.  The students were asked to listen to the poem and then read it individually.  As they read it individually, the students were asked to underline or highlight examples of personification in the text.  Students then shared their responses with the whole group.

“The City is So Big” by Richard Garcia

 

The city is so big

Its bridges quake with fear

I know, I have seen at night

The lights sliding from house to house

And trains pass with windows shining

Like a smile full of teeth

 

I have seen machines eating houses

And stairways walk all by themselves

And elevator doors opening and closing

And people disappear

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