What the work shows
b Literature: The student produces work in at least one literary genre that follows the conventions of the genre.

The student organized the poem using a series of metaphorical images to describe dreams. These images are followed by the noun from the preceding metaphor and an adjective which extends the image, conveying feelings of peacefulness and happiness. For example, "Los sueños son el sol, sol que calienta mi corazón." (Dreams are the sun, sun that warms my heart.)

The student demonstrated an understanding of the conventions of poetry through the use of a variety of poetic techniques, such as:

metaphor;
alliteration;
sensory imagery; and
personification.

The student used:
the repetition of “Los sueños” at the start of the first, third, etc. lines;
the repetition of the noun from the metaphor as the first word in every other line;
straight rhyme (rima consonante); and
slant rhyme (rima asonante) to create the rhythm of the poem.

The student chose images from the celestial world and from nature and incorporated them into the poem in a calculated way to form a pattern (stars, people, flowers, the sun, the heart, roses, and fantasy).

The work demonstrates the student's ability to manage the conventions of the Spanish language with minimal errors.