My Fathers By Luis Omar Salinas And Maya Angelou

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The two poems I will be discussing are My fathers is a simple man and Life doesn't frighten me. The authors of the poems are Luis Omar Salinas and Maya Angelou. The overall message that both poems are trying to get us the readers to understand is life is not always easy. Life throws things at you when you least expect it at times it would be good things or bad things. But we'll both poems are pretty much saying is that no matter what life throws at you and the obstacles you're going to face in life never give up don't let life itself let you fall don't let life itself let you feel like you can't do anything or be somebody because if you try so hard to make your life easier it's only going to get harder. but we'll both poems are trying to …show more content…

The author use personification in the poem because he sees but things will be easier to explain if he uses figurative language. The metaphor comparing to things without using like or as like when she said in the poem ´´Big ghost in a cloud´´ She used metaphor to give a better example of what she sees and what she sees Is cloud shaped as different animals or anything but in the poem she pretty much-seen cloud shaped as the ghost. She uses personification in this line ´´Mean old Mother Goose´´ She is describing how many people are Unfair and mean in this life but she doesn't want to give it away so she says mean old mother goose.In the poem life doesn't frighten me I feel like the author did put a lot of effort in her use of words and figurative language and also she described you really well but using figurative language by making the readers understand that life isn't easy and there's always going to be that obstacle that you have to face.In the poem My father is a simple man, Personification is used to Give the readers a better understanding of what's happening and explaining what his journey is with his dad and what he wants to see happen and what his dad wants to see his son become. By using personification he wants to get the readers to understand that he loves his dad and he's going to do whatever it takes in his power to make him happy and he wants to really understand his journey he's …show more content…

I chose the word determined because the way the girl describes herself in the poem is so poetic and the way she expresses herself. In the poem she talks about how life is going to be on Fair with you and life is not always there to give you what you want but you always have to make the best of it because just because life doesn't give you what you want doesn't mean you have to give up automatically. In the poem My father in a simple man, It has a similar tone to the poem life doesn't frighten me. My father is a simple man has a mood is sweet and kind. the poem is pretty much saying that no matter what happens everything will be okay in the end because he knows he has his dad by his side and he is realizing that he can make his father Proud by doing so many good things in the world. so both poems have a nice determined and kind tone and mood both poems share that bravery and that they're not scared of anything no matter what life throws at them they look at everything the way

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