Teaching classes all day
For money does not grow on trees
One more time I say as the crowd keeps moaning
They have been working since 8
We would be done already if they would point their feet
The counts are simple 5, 6, 7, and 8
Show is in 2 days
No way we will be done in time
No talking, sit up, straight legs and pointed feet
I have told you more than once
No more asking for water
I am dying of thirst myself
Again, again, keep turning
How did I become the bad guy
Good example of what not to do
One more time again
In my poem “The Ballet Class” , I created a story in which the speaker is the dance teacher. The dance teacher is mad because he is tired and no one is doing the steps right. I got this theme by looking at the girl on the piano who is aching and thinking that the dance teacher is saying again, again. I used a few poetic techniques, such as a metaphor. For example in the second line I say “money does not grow on trees”. I also used an Hyperbole. In the 12th line he says “I’m dying of thirst myself” when he is actually not dying. I used a little rhyme in the 1st and 3rd line. I rhymed day and say. This painting reminds me of my dance classes and how we are all tired and want to go home. I also thought of how whenever a dance teacher says one more time most of the time they don’t mean one more time.