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Forgive Me, I Meant to Do It
False Apology Poems
By LEVINE, Gail Carson
- ISBN
- 978-0-06-178725-6 978-0-06-178726-3
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Harper
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2012 | Grades 5-up
Gr 4–6—Levine fashions her introduction to the topic after a poem by William Carlos Williams—"This Is Just to Say"—in which he 'fesses up to having eaten some plums from the icebox ("Forgive me/they were delicious/so sweet/and so cold"). The "false apology" poems (Levine's designation) include three four-line stanzas. The first states the offense; the second describes it; the third lays out the false apology (based on what came before). In a note on creating this nove...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2012
Levine unapologetically riffs on William Carlos Williams's poem "This Is Just to Say" in this collect...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
Levine unapologetically riffs on William Carlos Williams's poem "This Is Just to Say" in this collection of light verse that shows readers...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on April 1, 2012
Kids will respond to the mischievous tone of this witty collection. Many of the poems reference fairy tales and nursery rhymes—with a wickedly funny twist—such as Rapunzel loppin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
