Brownie Blog #4

This was the first time that Dr.Smith taught us how to analyze a poem. It is still strange for me to understand a poem. The first challenge is language, from the poem I cannot clear to know what the ‘Brownie’ means. In dictionary, there are several means for it, such as a elf, a cookie and a junior division of the girl. However, I thought this poem was talking a story of a elf who wants to protect a kid. And the elf tried to play a game of hide-and-seek with the kid to make him/her happy. I saw a happily poetics from this poem. It also showed a child’s simplicity from the word ‘quite certain’, ‘quickly’. Be honest, I couldn't understand this poem. I will do my best to improve my reading skill and writting skill.