Mi Abuelo Poem Literary Devices

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Rios’s poem “Mi Abuelo” has a strong imagery throughout the entire poem; it is not divided in stanzas and does not have a rhythm pattern. This poem has an autobiographic background. As he was a Chicano, born in Arizona and his live was linked by diverse cultures, he talks about his grandfather, who he describes as an Indian native. The poet tries to let the reader know that we, as human beings, independently from culture, made up some idealizations of our greater ancestors, but when we grow up and profoundly explore the past of everyone, we can realize that all of us are just humans, with virtues and faults. Those things don’t change the love and the respect that family should have for each other. In the first part of the poem, we can know …show more content…

Keats was born into a working-class family in London, England in 1795. His narrative poem Endymion (1818) received poor reviews, but he was totally committed to his work. Keats' career in medicine never truly took off. In 1819, Keats wrote this poem “Bright Star”. This poem expresses poet’s desire to be like a star. He begins with the use of apostrophe, by addressing the star. “Bright star! Would I be steadfast as thou art”? this means that his desire is to be the impossible, unchanging like a star. Although he understands that a star is “sleepless”, he acknowledges this as a positive trait being “patient”. He also recognizes that the star is alone, giving the impression of the bittersweet existence of the star. Moreover, the author is also talking about his love, being reborn or purified. He related his poem that his love is not changeable; he does not want to leave her not even sleep. He wants to spend all eternity with his head lying on his girlfriend's breast. And if he can't spend all eternity like that, he'd rather die. He ends the poem by saying that he would like to live as a star “or else swoon to death”. It is apparent that Keats understands the sacrifices of living as a star, but acknowledges its benefits as

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