2/17 post 2

The Deep Blue Struggle

Splash! The coolness of

the water hits me and runs up my spine.

I wait for others so I can go down.

It's time

I'm sinking.

The peaceful water rushes over my head as I go down

I feel cooled and relaxed, I'm weightless down here 

I'm carefree

I start the long leg strokes that propel me forward each time

each time becoming harder than the last

over time my breathing becomes faster 

I struggle to keep my legs moving and start to feel heavy

we are getting close to the boat

I start to slow, I can't keep swimming with the same speed as everyone else

They are all so much bigger and more experienced, they have been in this situation so many times 

I just can't keep up.

We're there

we start our way back up

we're up. Finally

I inflate the vest and let the current bring me into the boat, the instructor helps me into the boat, I drop the gear onto the seat

first dive down 

only one left

2/17 post 1

http://www.paulsimon.com/us/music/graceland/you-can-call-me-al

    In this song there are a few pieces of figurative language. There is assonance in the song.
The assonance is the repetition of the long O sound from a lot of the words. One paragraph in particular has it multiple times.He says, “Why am I soft in the middle now?

Why am I soft in the middle?
The rest of my life is so hard
I need a photo opportunity
I want a shot at redemption
Don’t want to end up a cartoon
In a cartoon graveyard”
Bonedigger, bonedigger
Dogs in the moonlight
Far away my well-lit door
Mr. Beerbelly, Beerbelly
Get these mutts away from me
You know I don’t find this stuff
Amusing anymore.