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    Ladies and Gentlemen, prepare yourself for my poem: "The Days Gone By" by; James Whitcomb Riley.  I initially picked this poem because it reminds me of when I was younger and free.  For instance, in the first stanza, James begins with, "O the days gone by! O the days gone by! The apples in the orchard, the pathway through the rye; the chirrup of the robin, and the whistle of the quail. As he piped across the meadows sweet as any Nightingale; when The bloom was on the clover, and the blue was in the sky, and my happy heart brimmed over in the days gone by." This reminds me of a scene in Shrek 2, where Gingy was running through the pedals, no care in the world. This is what I want to do, but you can't really do that in Washington. I think this poem means the remembering of passon about priceless moments where things are really beautiful, and you just smile. This poem relates to me because I'm very cheery, and I make other people happy. This poet is a kids writer, so I can see where he comes from, and I'm curious to know whether he has had that moment before.  When it is finally my turn to present my poem, I plan to use the poems energy to my benefit. In the first few stanza's I'll wow the audience by presenting my poem to the class.  Then I'll start off slow. After the first sentence, I'll say the next, but more cheery, looking wistful, using my imagination, to help paint a mental picture.  Then I'll begin the new sentence, looking even more confident as before, I'll give them the animals a sense of life, rather than reading monotone. I'll paint them a flower, with my words rather than pictures. Then as the sentence ends, I'll quickly go to the next sentence to show energy, scoring a few extra points.  I'll begin the next stanza with new enthusiasm, renewing the audiences attention. I'll once again paint a mental picture, and include small body movements. Then repeat what I did before except try to keep a rhythm rather than off beat words. As I end the 2nd stanza and enter the 3rd, I'll take a pause. Let them absorb the information, I gave to them. Slowly and gradually end the poem, wow-ing them with my awesomeness.