Unique Individual
Unique Individual
All of us leave our own impression on the world, and no one could be quite like us. In the poem, "Thumbprint" by Eve Merriam, she talk about the theme of how everyone is unique, and no one will ever be just like us. She uses alliteration and metaphor to expound on her theme. I have also reached a time in my life where I appreciate my uniqueness. The poem "Thumbprint" discloses the festivity of being a unique individual. The poet demonstrates the speaker’s thumb’s separateness by using alliteration like “whorls, whirls, wheels." These descriptions show us how the thumbprint is unique unto it, and permit the reader to actually depict it. The poet also uses metaphor to evaluate the speaker’s emotion of happiness and sadness to the words of "my own sun and rain." She wants to explain how she is in charge of her emotions. This poem is in fact an extensive metaphor because the thumbprint is compared with the personality of the person. A person has a thumbprint that classifies who they are, and at the same time, it also shows how everyone is different. As the speaker states, it is "mine alone" this highlights the sense of delight she feels for her distinct qualities. The poem illustrates the speaker’s festivity of her existence.
Like the poet, I have observed my existence, and valued my differences. It was not always this because when I was younger, I felt inadequately that I didn’t fit in. I sought to be part of the in crowd, yet in my heart I did not share their values. That did not prevent me from departing out with people who eventually bore or surprised me given the different circumstances. When I went to the sixth grade, I finally recognized that it was satisfactory to be myself. I established in my youth that the truer one is with oneself the more tranquility a person feels. I no longer feel like a news reporter trying to keep up with the daily interests, for I now follow my own interests. I truly treasure my separateness, and I value my life
All of us leave our own impression on the world, and no one could be quite like us. In the poem, "Thumbprint" by Eve Merriam, she talk about the theme of how everyone is unique, and no one will ever be just like us. She uses alliteration and metaphor to expound on her theme. I have also reached a time in my life where I appreciate my uniqueness. The poem "Thumbprint" discloses the festivity of being a unique individual. The poet demonstrates the speaker’s thumb’s separateness by using alliteration like “whorls, whirls, wheels." These descriptions show us how the thumbprint is unique unto it, and permit the reader to actually depict it. The poet also uses metaphor to evaluate the speaker’s emotion of happiness and sadness to the words of "my own sun and rain." She wants to explain how she is in charge of her emotions. This poem is in fact an extensive metaphor because the thumbprint is compared with the personality of the person. A person has a thumbprint that classifies who they are, and at the same time, it also shows how everyone is different. As the speaker states, it is "mine alone" this highlights the sense of delight she feels for her distinct qualities. The poem illustrates the speaker’s festivity of her existence.
Like the poet, I have observed my existence, and valued my differences. It was not always this because when I was younger, I felt inadequately that I didn’t fit in. I sought to be part of the in crowd, yet in my heart I did not share their values. That did not prevent me from departing out with people who eventually bore or surprised me given the different circumstances. When I went to the sixth grade, I finally recognized that it was satisfactory to be myself. I established in my youth that the truer one is with oneself the more tranquility a person feels. I no longer feel like a news reporter trying to keep up with the daily interests, for I now follow my own interests. I truly treasure my separateness, and I value my life