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Should We Turn This Poem Into A Picture Book?
I appreciate you coming to me for a professional opinion on whether we should turn this poem into a picture book.I'm glad to help avoid another disaster as shown in the past. Although these amazing poems that have shaped how we speak and write to this day some aren’t always appropriate. I think we shouldn’t turn this poem into a child’s picture book. This soliloquy wouldn’t look good in pictures. Some kids do not need to see what it says in the poem. Honestly, this poem is kind of provocative. The word choice the metaphors aren’t appropriate. For example, in line 5 it states “Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms” (line 5) Although it's talking about a nurse taking care of a baby the fact that the baby throws up on her. No one or no child wants to see that. It's not going to make them laugh it's more like going to gross them out. Parents would not want a picture book that is about a baby throwing up. They aren't going to find it cute. The company may look at this as a joke when babies get sick. …show more content…
In the poem also on line 5, it states “Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel And shining morning face creeping like a snail ”(Line 5). How would we draw a kid with a snail on his back? Personally, I think it would terrify the kids having to see a snail shell on the back of a kid. Also showing that the kid is sad to go to school doesn't set the right message about school. A school is a place where it's supposed to be fun to learn not a place where a kid will be upset to go.Without an explanation of what is going on in the pictures, it could be a total disaster Although some kids will feel this way at sometimes we should encourage them to be ready to

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