My favorite poem

Daffodowndilly

She wore her yellow sun-bonnet,
She wore her greenest gown;
She turned to the south wind
And curtsied up and down.
She turned to the sunlight
And shook her yellow head,
And whispered to her neighbour:
"Winter is dead."

I. About the Poem

This poem was wirriten by Alan Alexander Milne in 1924. This poem in a collection titled When We Were Very Young. This nursery rhymes was wirriten for A.A.Milne's son, Christopher Robin Milne, consists of 44 poems.

Works Cited （参考文献）

"ぼくたちがとてもちいさかったころ." - Wikipedia. WIKIMEDIA, 7 Sept. 2013. Web. 07 May 2016. https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%BC%E3%81%8F%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%81%8C%E3%81%A8%E3%81%A6%E3%82%82%E3%81%A1%E3%81%84%E3%81%95%E3%81%8B%E3%81%A3%E3%81%9F%E3%81%93%E3%82%8D.

II. About the Poet

Alan Alexander Milne (January 18, 1882 - January 31, 1956) was born in British. He is a very popular juvenile literature writer. Especially, he is known for Winnie The Pooh's wiriter (1926). Disney's movie is based on this work. Winnie The Pooh was made for Christopher Robin Milne, who is A.A.Milne's son. He wrote another kind of works, for example, poems, non-fiction, screenplays and plays.

Works Cited （参考文献）

"A. A. Milne." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 1 May 2016. Web. 09 May 2016. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._A._Milne>.

III. My Reaction

A. Reaction Point - Personification(擬人化)
In this poem use Personification. Personification is givinghuman characteristics to something non human.
This poem's hero is a daffodil. It is a plant. Petals are yellow-bonnet and a stem is green gown. The daffodil's actions are like human, for example, "shook her yellow head" and "wispered to her neighbour".

B. Reaction Point - Imagery(想像)

Imagery is visually descriptive language that creates pictures in one's imagination.

This poem doesn't  say "There are two daffodilly. They are talking about spring come." but, we can imagine two plants. And, we can understand winter had gone, spring has come. However, we can't understand these are daffodilly.

 

C. Reaction Point - Theme(テーマ・主題)
This poem's theme is coming spring. Theme is the central idea of a work of literature. 
Last sentens of this poem "Winter is dead." After winter, next come to spring, so daffodilly feels sun, breeze, warm.

D. My General Opinion

I think this poem is written in winter, because winter is long and we can not wait come to spring. Daffodillies are winter's plants so, one daffodilly told her neighbour to "Winter is dead." I think this mean is we will die. This poem's theme is bit sad, but I like this poem because I think spring is something new. I think wiriter, A.A.Milne, liked spring, too!