Trip To Michig Poem Analysis

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First I want to talk about the title and how I can relate to it. Awhile ago when I was about nine maybe even ten years old my mom, dad, sister, and I went on a little trip to Michigan. The reason we went was because we were going to pick up a new camper from a guy that lived in Michigan. After we got the camper we frequently stopped at campsites on our way home. One of them was near lake Michigan. Before it got dark we went to lake Michigan to go swimming on the beach. It was amazing how much it looked like an ocean. Where we were at you could not see land on the opposite side across the water. Both my dad and sister were swimming with me as my mom just spectated from the beach. This was probably one of the most terrifying moments of my life. I was on my way out to deeper water to swim with my sister and my dad and as I was on my way I went to plant my foot and I sunk down into a drop-off. At the same time a giant wave swept over me. I thought I was going to drowned as did my mom she got up very quickly from the spot …show more content…

However, I always tried to be a menace and scare my sisters with firecrackers. Other times I would get our three horses all riled up by throwing firecrackers in at them or in their water trough. The most disgusting thing I did though was probably when I blew up frogs. I would go down to our slew and catch a lot of frogs and place them into a bucket. Then when I got back up to the house I would stick firecrackers down their throats and then light the fuse and blow them up. It sounds gross but it was actually very very cool because there usually would be nothing left. Sometimes you would find a leg here and there but that was very rare. My brother (who is nine years older than me) and I would also catch gardner snakes and place them into a cooler and feed frogs to them. This was crazy because you could see the frog moving down the snakes body as it was eating

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