Question

For my English III class, I just need one more line to complete my poem and I need help with it. Here's my poem listed below :)

Answer 1

I am an American who cannot wait for the elections to come and wonder how long our nation will survive.
I wonder which two of the candidate will be president starting this November.
I hear a lot of controversy over the upcoming election.
I see a bunch of commercials about Obama and Romney.
I want the better of the two to be president.
I am an American who cannot wait for the elections to come.

I pretend that everything is going to be alright in our nation.
I feel that our government is not helping our nation advance and get better.
I touch (an imaginary touch)
I worry when our nation constantly spends money as if there was no limit.
I cry when I think about our country going to collapse.
I am an American who cannot wait for the elections to come and wonder how long our nation will survive.

I understand that everything our nation does will not be good in the long run.
I say that our country is slowly drifting away.
I dream that America will someday be as great as it was years ago.
I try my best to do anything I can for America.
I hope that America will survive and not crumble.
I am an American who cannot wait for the elections to come and wonder how long our nation will survive.

Answer 2

The only line I need help with is the- I touch (an imaginary touch)

Answer 3

what kind of help do you need?

Answer 4

I can't think of anything that would follow "I touch (an imaginary touch" that would match the poem, can't think of anything.

Answer 5

wait..you're looking for a line/s between

I touch (an imaginary touch)
I worry when our nation constantly spends money as if there was no limit.

?

Answer 6

K so my poem is an "I Am Poem" and there are certain guidelines for each line. My line that I need help has to do something about touching, and it's going to be above the "I worry when our nation constantly spends money as if there was no limit."

Answer 7

....so is I touch (an imaginary touch) supposed to be in the poem or not?

Answer 8

Heress an example from another poem:
I touch the sky, the stars, the moon, and all the planets as
representatives of mankind.
Perhaps you could do something similar..

Answer 9

No, that's just what I'm supposed to write about. I'm suppose to make a line that has to deal with touching something that relates to the poem.

Answer 10

*Here's

Answer 11

"Every day, politicians kill the nation with their touch of death"

does that work?

Answer 12

or maybe "Every day, politicians kill the nation slowly with their touch of death"

i think that sounds nicer

Answer 13

Wow that' nice, but sadly my line has to start out w/ "I touch.. then say something"

Answer 14

Uhm...
I am an American.

Answer 15

hmm okay...i think of something else

Answer 16

KC that's the topic my teacher gave us. we all had to start like that.

Answer 17

"I touch something, and the government takes it away from me"

How about that?

Answer 18

Lou. Do this. I know u have that line I am an American and all that at the beginning with that extra line on it. Which is fine. but lemme show u this...

Answer 19

...although does that count as imaginary touch? it's a metaphor....so does it count as imaginary?

Answer 20

I AM AN AMERICAN.
I am an American who cannot wait for the elections to come and wonder how long our nation will survive.
I wonder which two of the candidate will be president starting this November.
I hear a lot of controversy over the upcoming election.
I see a bunch of commercials about Obama and Romney.
I want the better of the two to be president.
I am an American who cannot wait for the elections to come.

I pretend that everything is going to be alright in our nation.
I feel that our government is not helping our nation advance and get better.
I touch (an imaginary touch)
I worry when our nation constantly spends money as if there was no limit.
I cry when I think about our country going to collapse.
I am an American who cannot wait for the elections to come and wonder how long our nation will survive.

I understand that everything our nation does will not be good in the long run.
I say that our country is slowly drifting away.
I dream that America will someday be as great as it was years ago.
I try my best to do anything I can for America.
I hope that America will survive and not crumble.
I am an American who cannot wait for the elections to come and wonder how long our nation will survive.
I AM AN AMERICAN, and i love my country.

Well i just tagged the love country part in. but i was gonna say start with I am an american and end with it

Answer 21

I touch a nation where, politicians slowly drown their own nation with words and promises thrown into thin air.

Hm i don't think this makes sense...

Answer 22

@karatechopper @Loujoelou said that he was supposed to follow a format though

Answer 23

Are you ending this? or continuing on?

Answer 24

I have to follow a format and lgba I like those lines.

Answer 25

But he said he had to have an "I am" at the end right? so...like. tell me what the main story you are telling about this poem. I know you are american. But is this on the government?

Answer 26

Ok sorry guys i have to go get ready for school!! Good luck Lou! and bye everyone!

Answer 27

It's okay thx for trying KC :)

Answer 28

Jazy I like that line, maybe if we can edit it a little, I can use it? :)

Answer 29

Of course!! sorry I had a cluster of thoughts...:)

Answer 30

no prob. :) It's just I have to go in school like in 5 minutes as well and yeah. :)

Answer 31

maybe a revision can be "I touch a nation where, politicians slowly drown their own nation with words and unfulfilled promises" or something like that

Answer 32

^^That"s nicer :)

Answer 33

although would be nice if it was fanceir...that sounds plain lol

Answer 34

Thx a ton both of you!! :) Gonna use this line and lgba it doesn't matter to me :)

Answer 35

how about "I touch a nation where, politicians slowly drown their own nation with words and promises marked on sand"

figures of speech are better =))

Answer 36

it still has same syllabication

Answer 37

Your welcome :) And @lgbasallote you have a lot of ideas in every subject! I gotta work on my courses now:) bye!

Answer 38

Thx to you both, and now I g2g :)