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Extra credit: create your own satirical “burden poem”Just as the Black Man’s Burden was a satirical response to the “White Man’s Burden,” I want you to create a satirical poem. Your poem will be critical of something in your life, and must illuminate the problem using various literary strategies. Y’all have stress and troubles and burdens: Female burden. Male burden. Sports burden. School burden. Teenage burden. Poor Man’s Burden. Rich Man’s Burden. Whatever mold you feel like you are forced into.Directions: Write at least three stanzas – four to six lines each – about your burden.Must rhyme, but you can be creative with your rhyming scheme (every other line, etc)Must have a titleDUE at the beginning of class on WEDNESDAY, NOV 13. Can be typed OR handwrittenThe Asian’s Burden, by MLPile on the Asian’s BurdenSeen only among themselvesWithin each heart already drownedThrough cries bit downYour expectations break us;Models through Ivy LeagueQuiet without any needs,Exclusion Acts, internment camps,Yellow peril, job stealers,Our past is behind us?The US has changed?Our morals remain the sameYou hid us through facades.--, by SWTake up the student’s burdenHomework late into the nightThen wake up nice and earlyBefore the sun is brightMake each class number one priorityAnd always get an ANever less than your best requiredEach and every dayTake Up The High School Burden, by EBSend more homework, please pile it onStay up til 1am, sorry teacher if I yawnFour tests today, what shall I do?Study for all, and still fail twoSocial interaction? Sure, why notBut with the little sleep I got, I’ll be sounding like a robotMy stomach growls for hours on edgeBut I’ll try not to pass out while saying the pledgeThe stress is killing meBut it’s okay, I’ll just let it beSo much of this I may never needBut that’s fine, as long as I get into an Ivy LeagueThe Teenage Girl’s Burden, by KV Take up the teenage girl’s burdenBeing told to act matureBut people only think you know about the latest coutureHave an interest in scienceWhile peers just your appearanceLiving in a world of assaultEven though all you want to know is your latest test resultTry every crazy methodTo do your bestEven though all they care aboutis the size of your chestTake up the teenage girl’s burdenTalk a walk in our lifeYou think their problems may be pettyBut to them they are quite heavyThe Freshman’s Burden, by SZ There is a burden all freshmen must bear upon their backsThen textbooks, five folders, and a binder, all in one sackWe must remember our schedules and master a quick strideWe must shoulder these burdens to uphold our prideDay and night at our desks we sitWe must swallow our stress and avoid having fitsFor, freshmen, we are strong and will face unafraidAny arduous obstacles that are thrown in our way--, by ZI Letters make up wordsOr do they create worlds?ABCDFRandom letters?Someone’s futureF for fun; F for failAll too complicatedI wish the only letter was SS for summerLetters don’t haunt kids during summer.This will drop your lowest homework grade (that has been turned in – not a missing assignment). ................
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