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Identity - Julio Noboa Polanco
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What is YOUR definition of individuality?
Let them be as flowers,
always watered, fed, guarded, admired,
but harnessed to a pot of dirt.
I’d rather be a tall, ugly weed,
clinging on cliffs, like an eagle
wind-wavering above high, jagged rocks.
To have broken through the surface of stone,
to live, to feel exposed to the madness
of the vast, eternal sky.
To be swayed by the breezes of an ancient sea,
carrying my soul, my seed,
beyond the mountains of time or into the abyss of the bizarre
I’d rather be unseen, and if
then shunned by everyone,
than to be a pleasant-smelling flower,
growing in clusters in the fertile valley,
where they’re praised, handled, and plucked
by the greedy, human hands.
I’d rather smell of musty, green stench
than of sweet, fragrant lilac.
If I could stand alone, strong and free,
I’d rather be a tall, ugly weed.
Thank you!
Any second thoughts about this poem?
Senses
Sight:
- “Harnessed to a pot of dirt”
- "I’d rather be a tall, ugly weed, clinging on cliffs, like an eagle wind-wavering above high, jagged rocks."
Touch/ Feel:
- “Where they’re praised, handled, and plucked by greedy, human hands.
- "To feel exposed to the madness of the vast, eternal sky."
Smell:
- “I’d rather smell of musty, green stench than of sweet, fragrant lilac.”
Figurative Meaning
Poetic Devices:
Simile: "Let them be as flowers"
-1st stanza
- illustrates plants by giving them characteristic traits and perception.
- contrasting between something beautiful and something unappealing.
- author delivers himself to the audience about the type of person he would rather be.
- For example the very first line of the second stanza “I’d rather be a tall, ugly weed”
Metaphor: "Always watered, fed, guarded, admired, but harnessed to a pot of dirt."
- 1st stanza
Imagery: "I’d rather be a tall, ugly weed,
clinging on cliffs,"
-2nd stanza
Theme
- Individuality
Tone / Mood / Emotion
- Expressive , Determined, Confident
- Freedom
Significance
- contrast between flower & weed
What do you think this poem is about?
Julio Noboa Polanco
- year of birth 1980
- hispanic american
- parents from Puerto Rico
- immigrated to New York