Poem Analysis Of Suicide Note By Janice Mirikitani

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Suicide Note, written by Janice Mirikitani, is a poem in which a girl apologizing to her parents and expressing herself and her actions. The poem is well constructed and the author describes many of the feelings using metaphors. The author’s purpose was to show people how many kids felt in her days. Although there is no reason for a person, who chooses to fail and pity themselves, to end there life, let alone write about how they pity themselves. I hate these kinds of poems because they are stupid for such stupid actions, but I guess the author had a reason. No matter the circumstances, not child or adult should take their own

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