Actions Speak Louder Than Words By Andrea Dietrich

The first poem I chose was “Actions Speak Louder Than Words” by Andrea Dietrich. The poem is about how your actions and choices you make speak louder than words the words you speak. Dietrich expresses this by starting each line in the poem a letter in the phrase and each stanza is a word. “Actions Speak Louder Than Words”. The poem starts off describing different actions people make. It goes into talking about how even though words can be impactful and get your point across. The actions you make can be more effective and be “louder” than the words you speak. My theme is shown in this poem because it talks about the different choices that people make. Whether it is to choosing to speak or act, each person chooses what to do to and what to say.

A symbol in this poem is words. Every person speaks words but in this poem, words are given more meaning and truth. They are seen like every person speaks the truth and they represent people. The words represent people because they are a mirror of their personalities and actions. The poem developed as it was written, it starts off describing the different actions that people make and how the words people say don’t mean that much. Toward the end of the poem it starts to say that people's words do matter and effect people, but it's the actions that speak “louder” and that people appreciate actions more than empty promises. This author does not have any information on her background. But from this poem, you can tell that she had learned the hard way that actions speak louder than words. I am inferring that she either was trying to show someone, she was hurt because of empty promises, or someone she knows isn’t using their actions to show their feelings or who they are.