full transcript
From the Ted Talk by C.K. Williams: Poetry of youth and age
Unscramble the Blue Letters
I tghohut I would read poems I have that relate to the sebjcut of ytuoh and age. I was sort of astonished to find out how many I have actually.
The first one is dedicated to Spencer, and his grandmother, who was shocked by his work. My poem is called "Dirt.".
My grandmother is washing my mouth out with soap;.
half a long century gone.
and still she comes at me.
with that thick cruel ylloew bar.
All because of a word I said,.
not even said really, only reapeetd.
But "Open," she says, "open up!".
her hand clawing at my head.
Open Cloze
I _______ I would read poems I have that relate to the _______ of _____ and age. I was sort of astonished to find out how many I have actually.
The first one is dedicated to Spencer, and his grandmother, who was shocked by his work. My poem is called "Dirt.".
My grandmother is washing my mouth out with soap;.
half a long century gone.
and still she comes at me.
with that thick cruel ______ bar.
All because of a word I said,.
not even said really, only ________.
But "Open," she says, "open up!".
her hand clawing at my head.
Solution
- yellow
- repeated
- youth
- thought
- subject
Original Text
I thought I would read poems I have that relate to the subject of youth and age. I was sort of astonished to find out how many I have actually.
The first one is dedicated to Spencer, and his grandmother, who was shocked by his work. My poem is called "Dirt.".
My grandmother is washing my mouth out with soap;.
half a long century gone.
and still she comes at me.
with that thick cruel yellow bar.
All because of a word I said,.
not even said really, only repeated.
But "Open," she says, "open up!".
her hand clawing at my head.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
ngrams of length 2
collocation |
frequency |
girl means |
2 |
Important Words
- age
- astonished
- bar
- called
- century
- clawing
- cruel
- dedicated
- find
- grandmother
- hand
- head
- long
- mouth
- poem
- poems
- read
- relate
- repeated
- shocked
- sort
- spencer
- subject
- thick
- thought
- washing
- word
- work
- yellow
- youth