Poetry+Analysis

=Poetry Analysis on:= = An Apple a Day is Not Enough -by Taylor Mali  =

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~"The children of the country that’s wealthiest also be the children of the country that’s healthiest?" ~"Thinking of health as a skill." ~"People stop listening when they think they know what you’re going to say." ~ "The choices you make every day have the biggest impact in the biggest of ways." ~ "The future belongs to the healthy youth." **Theme:** Other than the obvious theme: to eat better, I think that Taylor Mali is also telling us the benifits of eating healthier, and how we should educate others, and value health more, because it is so important. Another good point that he made was not to rely on medications, but to actually improve yourself, yourself! **Poetic Devises:** ~Rhythym and rhyme ~Repitition **Reason for Choosing this Poem:** I chose this poem because I think that he makes several good points about our health. I also like the message he is saying, because we do need to eat healthier (and local), and stop relying on pills and "quick-fixes" to fix our problems. The only issue with what he is saying is that lots of people aren't wealthy enough to buy the healthy (and local) food, because it is more expensive due to heavy subisidisation of the other crap. **Lyrics/Words: ** //An apple a day is not enough // //don’t let me start preaching // //but shouldn't the children of the country that’s wealthiest // //also be the children of the country that’s healthiest? // //That makes sense, you’d think that would be true // //I know I would I’m just sayin’: wouldn’t you? //
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//But that’s not the case with our kids these days // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">kid’s health is declining in all kinds of ways. // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">we need to improve it, we can and we will // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">but it starts with thinking of health as a skill // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">a 21st century skill that you practice. // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Practice makes perfect // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">the unhealthy can’t hack this // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We’ve got to teach our kids by example every day // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">and it’s tough because people stop listening when they think they know what you’re going to say. // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Like drink more water, eat more vegetables (especially the dark leafy green ones), // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">eat less sugar, don’t drink soda! (especially the sugary caffeine ones), // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">stop watching tv, go play outside! // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">go for a run or a walk or a bike ride. // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Get your heart rate up every day of the week. // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Chew your food more, eat slower, // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">meditate, sit still, get your heart rate lower. // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Set yourself a health goal. // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It doesn’t have to be wild, // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">it takes a lot of things to raise a healthy child. // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">And healthy kids do better in school, they have better jobs, they lead better lives // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">they marry healthy husbands and healthier wives. // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Good health is a skill and teachers need to teach it. // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Now you’ve got me preaching so I might as well preach it //

//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Health is not a one-semester class you take in middle school // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">it should be a part of every subject, not the exception, but the rule. // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Learn about good health in math, in english, in social studies, // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">work on a project about nutrition in science with your buddies! // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">And parents to be involved too: teachers can’t do this alone // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">good health stats at home. // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We need to own this issue because the stakes are high // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">what does it matter if we try to increase our scores in math and reading, // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">if scores are dying before their time because they got fatter and fatter and fatter? // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Healthy students make wealthy earners, // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">not to mention better learners. // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The choices you make every day // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">have the biggest impact in the biggest of ways. // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Check it: why else would they say, // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">an apple a day keeps the doctor away? // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">But new solutions to old problems that’s the american way! // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Who cares about keeping the water clean and pure? // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">There isn’t a problem if they can’t sell you the cure. // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Don’t keep looking for new technology to be your medical saviour, // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">of course it’s easier to be saved by a miracle than it is to change your behaviour. //

//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">So we need to value health and education the way we value math and reading // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">we can’t keep feeding // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">our children the same old lessons, // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">like junk food, full of saturated fat, // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">sugar and chemicals, we can do better than that. // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We can and we will: That’s the truth, // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">because the future belongs to the healthy youth. //

//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Amen. //