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MOMMY,

MOMMY

by Anastacia-Reneé

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TODAY WE WILL

Read a poem
Have a discussion
Brainstorm
Write a poem
Share out

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Let’s start by reading “Mommy, Mommy, Mommy” by Anastacia-Reneé.

When we’re done, briefly discuss the shift in tone. Where does it take place? What was the tone before the shift? And after? How does the shift contribute to the meaning of the work as a whole?

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Choose an issue that you’d like to explore, discuss, or provide commentary on. Then think of a way you can structure your narrative to start to build upon one idea/concept, then unexpectedly shift into something else to illustrate a larger point.

Take a few minutes to brainstorm.

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“Shifts”

Today, compose a poem similar in structure/style to “Mommy, Mommy, Mommy” in which you initially construct your narrative to build upon or focus on one idea then unexpectedly shift into something else to illustrate a larger point.

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SHIFTS

In the poem, Anastacia-Reneé is able to compound the emotional potency of their message by focusing heavily on the “annoyances” the mother faces in the first part of the poem. The repetition of “mommy, mommy, mommy” serves to illustrate the mother’s exasperation, so the tone shift at the end of the piece, in effect, undercuts such triviality and emphasizes matters of real importance. So, in your poem, consider structuring your text in a way - like “Mommy, Mommy, Mommy” - that lends the latter part of it a stronger sense of poignancy.