My poem is "The Arrow and the Song" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. To me, this poem somewhat represents life. In life people make mistakes no matter what, it is inevitable, and it happens. To me this poem is saying if you make a mistake and you lose yourself, "It fell to earth, I knew not where", someone always has your back and you will always have someone else's "I found again the heart of a friend". I think it represents the genuineness and kindness of your heart.
As for conveying my understanding, there's parts where I would need to get louder ("It fell to earth") or where I need to get quitter ("I knew not where"). Places like "For, so swiftly it flew, the sight", the commas would be a big thing to pause on for the effect. At the question ("For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of a song?") would be a good place to show a little bit of emotion and make it sound like a question, not just another line of the poem.
As for conveying my understanding, there's parts where I would need to get louder ("It fell to earth") or where I need to get quitter ("I knew not where"). Places like "For, so swiftly it flew, the sight", the commas would be a big thing to pause on for the effect. At the question ("For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of a song?") would be a good place to show a little bit of emotion and make it sound like a question, not just another line of the poem.
