"Naming yourself" is usually an autobiographical poem. By using the theme of identity, this poem is not a meaningless title, but about the name of a person, which leads to ancestors of people. It defines who you are. She used the feminist's secondary theme and national pride in poetry to infer herself that she returned to her name and "protected" her name. The theme of feminism is reflected in the fact that she inquired about the actions of women who replaced their surname with their spouse and their name. Kingsolver in the poem uses the image "Pepper, Fiery Autumn" to provide the reader with a vivid environment. "Fall of fire" also symbolizes passion
This is a sort of poetry. "Searching for your own tongue" is a personal emotional poem about words and identity. The use of the personal pronoun "I" indicates that this concerns her own experience. Because her fear of losing her first language is an important part of the reason she became her, the identity is important in this poem. Metaphor and idea This poem uses your tongue in your mouth to explore the idea of having both your mother tongue and a second language: "If you have two tongues in your mouth you What do you do? "
• The one who gets lost in this verse is an oppressor. Why is this so important? • How do you discuss about identity issues in this poem? • These two poems are very influential, but how does the poet accomplish this goal? • Discuss the meaning of the words the poet chose. After studying these poems, the following topics will be discussed based on how students develop paragraph response to poetry: poets often use line breaks to provide specific break points . Talk with Duncan Mercredi's "over the land". Distribute a copy of the poet 's reaction quantifier and discuss it as a class. The next class will inform the students to react to one of the two poems.