Aaryan Dave

I turn on my console

The power button glittering like and emerald

It starts

A bright, shining star

Fortnite

The loading screen

Displaying the heroes

Standing tall as a skyscraper

It shows the dreaded “Loading…”

Beep, beep

We’re off

I jump

Soaring like a magnificent eagle

Soon, my glider deploys

I glide in smoothly

A professional

I see a chest

Light oozing off like lava from a volcano

I open it

Out pops a gold Scar and a Chug Jug

God has shined his light upon me

I am luckier than a 7 leaf clover

Wait,

I can hear something

Aaaaaaaaaaaa!

Another chest

Destroying walls frantically like a massive wrecking ball

I find it

Its soft glow,

A beacon of light in this dark, desolate world.

Reflection:

1. I published and ode

2. I chose Fortnite as the subject of my poem because it is something that I enjoy a lot.

3. The tone of my ode is excited.

4. The theme of my poem is that Fortnite brings enjoyable adventures to its players.

5. “Soaring like a magnificent eagle”

This figurative language is a simile and it contributes to the tone and theme by showing how the game intrigues the players.

“Destroying walls frantically like a massive wrecking ball”

This example is another simile and it contributes to the tone and theme by displaying my excitement to find the chest in the game.

6. Revision 1: Changing “Shining in all its glory” to “A shining star”

I chose to do this change because it allows the reader to envision the screen with Fortnite on it for themselves.

Revision 2: Changing “dark, desolate game” to “dark, desolate world”

I made this revision because the first phrase made the game seem scary and negative and an ode is to make the subject seem positive. The second phrase just describes the way the game is played as dark, not the game itself.

7. I found it relatively easy to write this poem because Fortnite is something that I enjoy a lot and saying positive words about it was not tough.

8. I am very content with my final draft as it went through multiple edits and revisions so that I could display my work to the best of my ability.