Slam+Poetry

__**"The The Impotence of Proofreading" by Taylor Mali.**__

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I chose this poem by Taylor Mali, because it had a few poetic devices, and it also had a good meaning, that could help you during school, and later on in life. One of the first pieces of poetic devices I found in this poem is repitition (when the same word is used more than once), "You¹re the one with your hand on the mouth going clit, clit, clit." The meaning of this poem, is that you shouldn't trust a computer or spell checker to fix all of your mistakes, because it could possibly make your writing even worse and confusing. By proofreading it yourself, you will most likely catch all of the mistakes you have made, and fix them, so that you will get a better grade, and so that your teacher won't think you are dumb. I can relate to this poem, because I used a spellchecker one time, but once I had read it after, it turned out that it had made quite a few mistakes, so then I decided to stay focused and proofread it myself; and it helped afterwards. That is what I think the poem is all about.

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