ELA Assignment
Hey, I'm a 12th grader who had to make a poem for a language arts assignment. I truly put a lot of work into making it and finding vibrant and descriptive words, but it got flagged for AI. I didn't use AI in this assignment, and I'm really really disappointed that it was detected as such. I received a 0 on the assignment, and I'm not sure what to do.
Here's my poem:
Five husbands buried
or nearly buried,
depends who tells the tale.
The road to Canterbury
shakes beneath my horse
like laughter in a tavern.
Men stare.
Let them.
Their eyes cling to my scarlet stockings,
my broad hat tilted toward spring sunlight,
my gap-toothed grin sharpened
like a needle pulling thread through cloth.
I know what they whisper
Too loud.
Too bold.
Too much.
And still I ride.
The Knight rides polished as a prayer,
the Monk jingles rich bells through muddy lanes
yet somehow
my laughter is the scandal.
Well then.
Let scandal sing.
I have crossed rivers wider than judgment,
kissed relics in Rome,
and learned this truth:
A woman survives
by belonging to herself.
The birds cannot keep quiet in April.
Why should I?
When my turn comes,
I will speak so loudly
even Canterbury’s stones
will remember my name.
What should I say to my teacher so then this hopefully gets unflagged and I receive a grade for this?