Depression Days (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Pat Mora
- First Published: 1995
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Discrimination, United States or Americans, Depression, economic, 1920’s, 1930’s, Poverty or poor people, Economics, Working class, Mexican Americans, Identity, Mexico or Mexicans, Latinos, Windows
The Poem
“Depression Days” is a short poem in free verse, consisting of thirty-five lines divided into seven stanzas. The title suggests not only a mood but also a specific historical period, 1929-1939. The Depression evokes a time of hardship and suffering because of a shortage of provisions and work. The poem, dedicated to Eduardo Delgado, focuses on the challenges presented to the main character by economic misery and racial discrimination. Pat Mora refers to him in the third person and does not specifically identify him by name until the fifth stanza, when she calls him...
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