Kicking the Habit (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Lawson Fusao Inada
- First Published: 1993
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Language or languages, Traveling or travelers, English language, Asian Americans, Japanese Americans
The Poem
“Kicking the Habit” is a poem of slightly fewer than one hundred lines written in free verse. Most of the lines are relatively short, averaging three to five words. The stanzas are irregular and break every few lines where the voice would normally pause or reach a full stop. Lawson Fusao Inada also indents several sections to indicate vocal emphasis in this poem, which, given its conversational language, was obviously intended to be read aloud. It is also obvious that the poem is meant to be read aloud specifically by the poet himself, who uses the first-person...
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