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Summary Of To This Day

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In the poem “To This Day” by Shane Koyczan the author writes about how words aren’t just forgotten, but how they can stick with someone for as long as possible. The kids in this poem feel lonely lost and depressed The kids need someone to help them as they are too afraid to speak up. The word ugly is a symbol of what other kids are saying to the girl about her appearance and how the ugly words surrounded her. In the picture the only people in the photo are a girl and a boy and there is no one else. This represents how they can relate to feeling lonely and as if no one is on their sides other than themselves. In the picture the overall color is red and this represents the anger they had inside, for not being able to stand up for themselves
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