Elegy for the Giant Tortoises
By: Margaret Atwood

Billy, Dalton, Alex
English Honors 12
April 26, 2014

"I WILL CONFINE MYSELF TO MEDITATION"

Metaphor: Baby Sea Turtle
It reminds me of a baby sea turtle because no matter of all the new visions in the world it still has to concentrate on getting to the ocean.

I visualize in the poem the baby sea turtles hatching and going to the ocean to start their journey.

S- steps
T- turtles
E- eggs
P- pathway
S- sea

I see this poem as being a person who just moved out of his parents house.
He is trying to find his way like the turtle to the ocean
A young person
He is optimistic
He is happy but nervous about being alone

I'm adventurous
I want to find my own way
I will make it there

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Splash
Diving into a new world
Swimming through obstacles
The turtles finally reaching the ocean

A Thousand Miles-Vanessa Carlton
MAKING MY WAY DOWN TOWN WALKING FAST FACES PAST AND IM HOME BOUND

POEM THEME

• A baby turtle trying to get to the ocean
• Seeing new things
• Knowing that you can't stop
• You have to get to your goal