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Rita Dove's Sonnet In Primary Colors
After reading Nikki Giovanni “Poetry”out loud several times I was able to make my son laugh. I used a energetic voice. With this poem I was able to bring hope and happiness to the audience. In this voice felt as though I was at a seminar or in front group of people. I was definitely a speaker or motivational speaker inspiring many about the love I have for poetry. At the part when I became to talk about the feelings I have after midnight and while I was sleep seemed to have brought them in closer to the poem. Even though they didn't quite understand all of the word choices.

After reading Rita Dove “Sonnet in Primary Colors” I choose to use an wicked voice. I thought of a fairy step mother when using this voice. Simply because of the picture
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