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Coney Island

    Life is like a game. Full of challenges and problems you have to face. You only have certain amount of time to reach your goal before the buzzer beeps. It's full of ups and downs, twists and turns that make you spin out of control. That is what James L. Weil is trying to tell us in his poem "A Coney Island Life." Weil's poem is comparing life to a carnival. Life is a roller coaster that has many twists and loops until you reach the end.
    The poem states "having lived a Coney Island life on a roller of ups and downs." After stating that the quote means the "roller coaster of ups and downs" is life's proud moments and the disappointing moments. Weil also wrote "seen my helium hoops break skyward without me." The helium hoops are representing your goals in life. It's like watching your dreams float away just out of reach, not ever coming back down. The poem also says " I take perhaps my last ride on this planet-carousel and ask how many more times round I have to catch that bass ring before the game is up." The last ride on this planet-carousel is like how many days he has left before his time is up. The brass rings is referring to his goals and his dreams he's trying to complete before his "game is up". Throughout the poem, the poet compare's Coney Island to real life. Life is like a roller coaster that has many twists and loops until you reach the end.

My poem

Book

I am a book

Showing my story to many

I have different varieties

Up on the shelf

Living life amongst the others

Competing for that one spot

To hear me.

Hearing my story

Helping you escape the reality

Of the life that you have once lived

Wishing it was not a fantasy

To good to be true

Teaching you lessons,

I have learned from my past

I feel so wise

But then I realise that's my prize

Books have different covers

Some old some new

Some colorful or dull

Books are fragile

But once it's ruined,

They never go back to what it once was.

Books are unique

They are one of a kind

Coney Island Draft

In life you have one chance. That's what the poem is saying. The author is talking about life and how you face many challenges.  In the poem it talks about the journeys of life and the tasks you have to face
    Life is full of adventure and challanges. Life is a roller coaster and has its ups and downs. In life you have to face many challanges and lifes not easy just like how the roller coaster has its ups and downs so does life.
    In life you need to also set goals for adventure. You have to "catch the brass ring sun before the games up". This translates to having to take risks in life and how in life you have to set goals in order to achieve what you want.
    This poem talks about the struggles of life and explains how to look at the ways of life. It also shows the struggles that must be faced on the way. This poem is important to me because it shows the way of life and how it works. It also talks about how important life really is to the me and the people in society.

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