Him and Her

Author's Note- I wrote this piece to show my understanding of figurative language. While reading this poem, look for figurative language and voice.

Him: strong as a soldier.                                           Her: weak as a weeping willow.

He’d be fine without her.                                           She’d die without him.

He’s a player.                                                             She’s a lover and fighter.

He’s out partying with his buds.                                She’s face down on the bed crying.

He’s chugging sodas.                                                She’s shoving her face full of ice cream.

Woo! He yells with his buds.                                     Ouch! She whispers to herself.

His smile, dancing in the sunset.                               Her tears, running down her face.

   Analysis:

The tone that the author sets in this poem is sympathy for  the girl. She's heartbroken, moping around feeling like she's going to die; while he is out with his friends having the time of his life, without a care in the world, not even a care for her. Based on the tone that is set, the readers mood is going to be sad, but not a "my grandma died" sad, more of a "heartbroken sympathy" sad.

Another tone that the author sets is hatred, toward the boy. The reader doesn't hate him necessarily, they hate how he reacted to their break up: careless.  He breaks up with his girlfriend and he's just carefree about everything. She's sitting there crying while he's out with his friends. Because of the tone that's set, the reader feels anger toward the boy while reading this. The reader wishes that'd he'd just care more about her and her feelings.