"IF YOU WALKED A MILE IN MY SHOES"

"If You Walked A Mile in My Shoes..."

The next poem you will write will be a personal poem in which you reveal something about yourself. Thematically, this poem can include family, personal triumphs and/or challenges, dreams, etc.

We will be looking at several models in class from which to bridge our own work.

Here are the requirements:

1) 8-10 stanzas
2) 4 lines min. per stanza
3) Each stanza should begin with the anaphoric "If you walked a mile in my shoes..." or something comparable. Please see me if you are planning on using something different.
4) Use of literary devices, such as metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, irony, etc.
5) Poem should be typed.

NOTE: Remember, this poem will accompany your shoe art. In other words, it will be showcased to the public, so you really want to consider this as you're composing this ambitious work.