English IIXL / Shakely
Date _____/_____
Log #____ (do not number until Quarterly collection)
PV Log: (circle one) Poem / Movie / Picture / Lyric
Title ___________________________________
Author / Director / _________________________________
Context (Where Found / Viewed / Read?)
Content / CD / Summary / Precis (Say? “Plot? Setting/Situation? Key lines/phrases scenes, etc? )
This poem is truly very simple. It talks about someone eating plums from an icebox. The
plum-eater knew that the owner of the icebox wanted to eat them, but the plum-eater thought
they were to good to resist.
Content / CM / Meaning? / Theme(s)?
The themes of this poem are temptation and pleasure. This simple act of stealing
fruit had little repercussion and was actually rewarding because the plums were so
good.
Form (Diction? Construction Terms? Symbolism?)
This poem is super simple and the language is easy. It appears like a written note.
Commentary (What do you want to say? Why like? Questions? Synthesis / Allusions-Connections /
Relevance to personal experience, to literature, 20Q’s? etc.)? “Poetic” Traits?
To me, this poem shows amazing similarity and can work as a modern day
version of the Adam and Even story with the forbidden fruit. The "I know I
wasn't supposed to" and the "Now I have and it was good" aspects are very
much like the Old Testament story. This poem is poetic because it is simple;
says nothing, and everything at the same time.
over (do not mix logs; e.g., no poem log in front, and movie log on back)