Nicholas, the fifth-grade author of this model, uses repetition effectively in a poem about a young Native American facing the realities of his time.

I Am Attean

I am a swift hunter and a polite young man.
I wonder if I can find my manitou.
I hear my lost mother calling.
I see my gone father hunting.
I want to learn the white man’s signs.
I am a swift hunter and a polite young man.

I pretend to hunt moose.
I feel the wind behind me.
I touch the rattling water.
I worry about the white man's trap.
I cry to see my camp leave.
I am a swift hunter and a polite young man.

I understand I must go hunt.
I say there should be peace.
I dream of unity with the white man.
I try to be brave.
I hope to see my camp again.
I am a swift hunter and a polite young man.