Poem Analysis: Ski Duck

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Reaction In the poem “Ski Duck” I really enjoyed how William Worhless made the poem about a small duck. I think that it represents how even if you are small you can go skiing and have fun, even if you like to go fast. Almost always the more you weigh the faster you can go, but not in some cases. I also liked that every thing that he talked about reminded me of all of the ski trips I have gone on. It also got me a little bit more excited for my ski trip that I am going on in Montana, over spring break. The poem had an A B rhyming theme that.really liked. I wanted the poem that I chose to rhyme so the fact that it rhymes made me happy. As he was talking about the duck skiing I could really see in my mind how the duck went down the hill, and

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