My Poem about Calpurnia

Poetry about Calpurnia:

Calpurnia, she was something else,
She was all angles and bones, near-sighted;
She squinted, and her hand was as wide as a bed slat,
And twice as hard.

Our battles were epic and one sided.
Calpurnia always won, mainly because
Atticus always took her side.

She had been with us
ever since Jem had been born,
And I had felt her tyrannical presence
For as long as I could remember.

When she was furious, her
Grammar became erratic.
Atticus once mentioned that she
Had received more education than
Most coloured folks.

She yelled, “Don’t matter who they are,
Anybody sets foot in this house’s yo’ comp’ny!”
Just you wait, I’d fix you:
One of these days, I’ll drown myself in Barker’s Eddy.

However, my first year of school had wrought
An unexpected change in our relationship.
Her tyranny, unfairness, and meddling in my business,
Had faded to gentle grumblings of disapproval.
I went to much trouble,
Sometimes, not to provoke her.

Book References:
Pg 40 Paragraph 1

State the lines that will be included in the poem:
1. “my first year of school had wrought a great change in our relationship”
2. Calpurnia’s tyranny, unfairness, and meddling in my business had faded to gentle grumblings of general disapporval.”
3. “I went to much trouble, sometimes, not to provoke her”
Pg 30


State the lines that will be included in the poem:

1. “She was furious, and when she was furious Calpurnia’s grammar became erratic”
2. “Atticus said Calpurnia had more education than most coloured folks.”
3. “Don’t matter who they are, anybody sets foot in this house’s yo’ comp’ny”
4. “I told Calpurnia to just wait, I’d fix her: one of these days when she wasn’t looking I’d go off and drown myself in Barker’s Eddy and then she’d be sorry”
Pg 11 & 12

State the lines that will be included in the poem:
1. “Calpurnia was something else again.”
2. “She was all angles and bones; she was near-sighted; she squinted; her hand was wide as a bed slat and twice as hard.”
3. “Our battles were epic and one-sided.”
4. “Calpurnia always won, mainly because Atticus always took her side.”
5. “She had been with us ever since Jem was born, and I had felt her tyrannical presence as long as I could remember.”