Walter Dean Myers Poem Summer

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Walter Dean Myers poem Summer is a literature piece that is made for the reader to enjoy. The overall theme of this poem is about enjoying life to the very fullest. Reading the poem provides a very laid back tone that lets the audience know that it's ok to have those days where you take life for what it's worth and enjoy what it brings you. Even the simplest of things such as the bugs buzzing, birds chirping, and the smell of the Summertime flowers can be appreciated. Within the poem, Myers uses several different types of figurative language to help convey his theme of enjoying life. The use of Onomatopoeia as well as repetition help the capture the readers attention. One of the first examples of figurative language comes when Myers chooses

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