This poem gives me the feeling of helping others for the same common goal, of getting that sled to the end of the track, and the tractor in one piece. I also have the feeling of the closeness of the crew in good times and in bad. The author used a lot of examples to get the point acrossed as I will use lots of examples in the paragraphs below.
I think the poem, “Full Pull’, is about tractor pulling because it has some clear examples in the poem. For example, “To the tractor rumbling there”, “They hitched the sled”, and also the title of the poem is “Full Pull’ that is a tractor pulling term for when the tractor can go the distance with the sled on.
I used some context in the poem to decide where I thought the poem took place. For example “Folks who fill the stands” and “In a hundred little towns”. So using these examples I think that this is either at a pro tractor pulling circuit, or a state fair, but most likely its at a county fair.
I think that the poem was very easy to interpret when it took place. For example “In the heat” “Twilight turns to night” “Evenings air”. Using these examples I think that these tractor pulls have to be on summer nights or evenings.
This poem showed a lot of character in the people involved for example, “axle broke” “hitched the sled”. The events in the poem involve hooking to the sled on a hot summer night, the hardships of breakdowns but your friends and family always got your back for the goal of getting the Full Pull, and also its not just about the prize or the trophy, it’s more about going the distance with the people that mean the most.
This poem also showed a lot of detail, I could really tell what the poem was saying, I visualized a lot in my head while reading. It also was helpful when you grow up in the setting of hearing the words, “tractor rumbling there” “from the stack, the smoke billowed out” The poem describes the tractor on a hot summer night, with the smell of unburnt diesel, and the black clouds overhead. Also the stands filled with fans, the dirt in the air, and all the helping hands pitching in to help.
One of the coolest things about this poem was the way that the family and friends were very close, and all for the same goal and interests. “It’s about a day spent with your dad” “you heard the shouts of your pals” “forty hands pushed in the mud” There is a lot of people involved, the fans, the officials, your crew, your family, your friends, and the towns themselves.
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