Ballad: The Sprite

For our literature class, we were learning about ballads.


ballad |ˈbaləd|
nouna poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next as part of the folk culture.
So our class had a "battle of the balads." Here is mine :) See if you can figure out what it means.

The Sprite

Shots of golden hue, I thought

Scared at first of what I saw

It was a dream, was it not?

This thought that came at midnight

Gone at once, this sight so new

The fiery golden shine

Throughout my mind, the thought flew

The thought of the gleaming sight

The flash returned, oh so swift

Flickering it’s spangled glow

Decorated like a gift

I alleged it was a sprite

Closer the shine fluttered

It had a look of pleasure

A tune it tried to utter

Those blue eyes shone with delight

The song seemed bright and merry

Until she skipped in panic

The melody was scary

And I was concealed in fright

If I could, I would have hid

That song nearly pierced my ears

But I woke before it did

Ending my dream from last night

The HUNGER GAMES

     As most of you probably know, there is this new movie called The Hunger Games. It comes out tomorrow at midnight and my friends and I are super excited to see it during the midnight premiere! It is actually based on a book series called The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, that everyone who is anxious to see the move should review and read first. The story takes place, well, I think sometime in the future in a country called Panem. The capitol of Panem strictly runs everything, everybody, and every event; one event is called The Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is an annual event that involves kid's (age 12-18) names being drawn to compete in a fighting for their lives in an arena. There are thirteen districts; one being destroyed long ago by the capitol because of the start of a rebellion. Now there are only twelve, and every year, two names, one male and one female, are draw out for every district to determine who fights in the arena until there is only one tribute left.
     That is how the story starts, so if you are going to read the books, I'm not going to spoil it for you. Although many are strongly against their kids reading this series, we can't exactly blame them. The plot is disturbing and children are being killed. I'm not going to disagree with you there. But there are also good points people tend to miss because of being biased against whatever violence the book might possibly have. The books gives lots of examples of courage, overcoming fear and achieving bravery, never giving up, having hope and be willing to die for good, standing up against what is wrong and protecting lives, protecting their country, protecting what is good, destroying evil, and more. Yes, it is violent, but there is so much more to look for in this book than ignoring it all together because of an idea. The actual games is, believe it or not, is only part of the book. Within the second and third book, a whole new idea comes into action. Although the book contains some violent scenes, it is not graphic.

     As you now know the movie is coming out, my friends and I are very excited to attend the midnight showing. Just a couple weeks ago, we went to a cast, question and answer and got some pretty good pictures too. 

We saw Gale (Liam Hemsworth)

 Rue (Amandla Stenberg)

Thresh (Dayo Okeniyi)

 Glimmer (Leven Rambin)

 and Marvel (Jack Quaid)

Here is the whole cast (well the part that we saw)