Literary Response
Beauty
by E Yeh Shure
Beauty is seen
In the sunlight,
The trees, the birds,
Corn growing and people working
Or dancing for their harvest.
Beauty is heard
In the night,
Wind sighing, rain falling,
Or a singer chanting
Anything in earnest.
Beauty is in yourself.
Good deeds, happy thoughts
That repeat themselves
In your dreams,
In your work,
And even in your rest.
Responses to the poem “Beauty”
• Read each response carefully
• Decide whether the response addresses the
question asked
• Is there a clear thesis?
• Is there evidence from the poem to support
the thesis?
• Is there a closing sentence?
• Grade the response on a 0-2 scale
RESPONSE #1
Beauty is in sights, sounds, and yourself. He is
trying to tell you that beauty should be cherished
everywhere, like everything you can see and
touch.
Indians love nature, Pueblos especially.
Nature is beautiful to him. He likes nature sights,
sounds, and himself.
I think that you can find beauty anywhere and
in any way. I think that everything can be
beautiful if they try.
Response #2
“Beauty” by E Yeh Shure is trying to tell us that
everyone and everything has beauty and that it’s
shown in many ways.
Beauty is shown in many ways, such as seeing or
hearing it. The author says that “Beauty is seen in the
sunlight, the trees, the birds, corn growing, and people
working.” The author also says “Beauty is heard in the
night, wind sighing, rain falling, or a singer chanting.”
This poem makes me feel happy and peaceful because
of all the imagery. It uses lots of descriptive words.
Beauty is shown in many ways and everyone has
beauty.
RESPONSE #3
The poem was affected by his background
because of how he grew up. Indians usually
farmed and danced to worship their gods.
They would also be one with nature and
thought all nature is beautiful. The poem was
effected by the author’s background because
of the culture when he was young.
Response #4
The author is saying that beauty is
everywhere you look and go you see beauty. The
author is saying you can hear, see, and in your spirit
you will always have beauty in you.
The author sees beauty in the sunlight, in the
trees, in the birds, and the corn growing. You hear
beauty by the wind sighing, rain falling, or a singer
chanting. Beauty is in yourself, good deeds, happy
thoughts and in your dreams and even in your rest
and in your work.
The author gives examples on what beauty
really is.
Response #5
In the poem “Beauty” by E Yeh Shure is about
how beauty is everywhere and can be found in
anything.
E Yeh Shure is trying to tell the readers that
you can turn anything beautiful. He probably wants
everyone else to see things like that too and have a
good attitude.
In the poem the author, E Yeh Shure is telling
us beauty is in everything and is everywhere.
Response #6
I think that beauty is all the good and happy
things inside a person. In the poem “Beauty” by E Yeh
Shure, the author is trying to tell us that beauty is
what is inside of someone because in the poem he
states “Beauty is in yourself.”
“Beauty is in yourself. Good deeds, happy
thoughts.” I think that the author is correct when he
states beauty is found in good deeds. The author’s
message is that beauty is what is on the inside, not the
outside. I really like this poem because it states the
true meaning of beauty.
In the poem, “Beauty”, the author is telling us
that beauty is found on the inside, not on the outside.
Many people think the opposite but this poem stats
the true meaning of beauty.
Response #7
The poem Beauty by E Yeh Shure is about
the beauty of nature and the beauty in yourself.
My evidence is that it is talking about
sunlight and trees and birds, wind, rain and
singers chanting. That is the nature part then
they talk about how people are so beautiful for
example it says that beauty is in yourself and I
think that it means that your soul is beautiful
and you yourself is beautiful.
The poem “Beauty” by E Yeh Shure is
about the beauty in nature and the beauty in
yourself. That is my thought.
RESPONSE #8
Beauty to me is smelling fantastic smells, hearing
awesome sound, and seeing wonderful sight. The author,
E Yeh Shure, of Beauty, is trying to tell us that beauty can
be found anywhere.
The author is trying to tell us that beauty can be found
anywhere because in the poem he states that beauty is
seen in the sunlight. Also, Shure states that beauty is
heard in the night. One last piece of evidence the author
states is that beauty is in yourself when you are happy or
even sleeping.
The author’s message in this poem is that beauty can
be found anywhere. This poem is a very good one. I
relate to the author that beauty can be found anywhere. I
also think that this poem can be very inspirational because
it says that beauty ccan be found anywhere. Overall, this
poem is great.
Response #9
The author is trying to tell us that beauty is all
around us. The author states that beauty is seen,
heard, and in yourself. The author says things like
“sunlight, trees, birds” and that gives you images in
your head. I do agree with the author in I think
beauty is all around us being seen and heard. The
message of the poem is beauty is all around us.
The author is trying to tell us that beauty is all
around us. The author states many things like
images and evidence to support my main idea.
Response #10
The poem “Beauty” by E Yeh Shure tells many
places where beauty can be found. The poet is trying
to tell you that beauty comes in many places and
forms.
The message of “Beauty” is that there are many
forms of beauty. The poet lists many places beauty
can be found, such as, “…sunlight, the trees, the
birds”, “ rain falling,” and, “good deeds, happy
thoughts.” All are different and all are beautiful.
I agree with the poet that there are many forms
of beauty and you can find beauty almost anywhere.
All you have to do is look.