Gold+Rush+Poem

Read this poem below by Tom Hood. This poem is about the Gold Rush.


 * Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! **
 * Bright and yellow, hard and cold, **
 * Molten, graven, hammered, and rolled, **
 * Heavy to get and light to hold, **
 * Hoarded, bartered, bought and sold, **
 * Stolen, borrowed, squandered, doled, **
 * Spurned by the young, but hugged by old, **
 * To the verge of the church yard mold; **
 * Price of many a crime untold. **
 * Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! **
 * Good or bad a thousand fold! **
 * How widely its' agencies vary, **
 * To save- to ruin- to curse- to bless, **
 * As even its minted coins express; **
 * Now stamped with the image of Good Queen Bess, **
 * And now of a Bloody Mary. **


 * After you have read this poem, write your own poem about the gold rush with the template given to you. When you are finished with your poem, if you want, you may post your poem under the Discussion Question accompanied with this page. You may also comment on other classmate's poems too, but in a positive manner **

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