Steve Kowit Taught Me Well

Imaginative Writing is such a technique to learn from. In our book, there is a poem called The Grammar Lesson written by Steve Kowit that taught me real well about the basics of learning correct and precise grammar. What really interested me with this poem is that it was not boring for me. In fact i found it to be actually pretty funny and an entertaining read. Personally, I will just say that i am not a big fan of poetry, however, Steve Kowit's ability to keep me focused and slightly amused whilst reading his words were quite surprising for me. The first line reads:

A noun's a thing. A verb's the thing it does. 

An adjective is what describes the noun. 

In "The can of beets is filled with purple fuzz"

Steve then began to break down the use of correct grammar in this sentence word by word and explaining why we use a preposition, followed by a noun, which is then followed by a verb. He employs quite a few poetic techniques that allow him to get his lesson across the paper to us. He uses a lot of consonance and assonance in his last verse such as:

See? There's nothing to it. Just

 memorize these rules...or write them down!

A noun's a thing,  verb's the thing it does.

The can of beets is filled with purple fuzz.

There really wasn't much that I did not understand about this poem other than why he chose the example he did, I mean he thinks about a can of beets anyway? It has purple fuzz in it. Gross.