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Yusef KomunyakaaKomunyakaa employs a lot of playful, joyful structural (formal) and stylistic choices in this poem to express the speaker's joy in basketball. Regarding the poem's style, Komunyakaa uses bright,...
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Yusef KomunyakaaThe poem “Blackberries,” by Yusef Komunyakaa, deals with a number important social issues and life experiences. Two of the most significant of these are work as well as economic and social...
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Yusef KomunyakaaWhile both the short story "Two Kinds" and the poem "Happiness" address the theme of growing up, each takes a different point of view. In "Happiness," the narrator of the poem is a child of...
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Yusef KomunyakaaIn terms of Yusef Komunyakaa's poem, "Blackberries," the social issue I recognize is racism, and the aspect of life related to the issue is that of hunger. I lean toward racism because Komunyakaa,...
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Yusef KomunyakaaThe poem "Fog Galleon" is chock full of figurative language! One might say Yusef Komunyakaa meant this poem to be a feast for the senses, both literary and beyond. Let's go line by line in the...
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Yusef KomunyakaaIn 24 lines, Yusef Komunyakaa writes with unveiled disgust of the pollution caused by commerce and industrial waste. He clearly condemns the filth and poison that floats in this dreary, swampy...
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Yusef KomunyakaaYusef Komunyakaa's poem "Facing It" is not broken into stanzas; however, here is a brief analysis of the poem in its entirety. The speaker of the poem is at the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in...
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Yusef KomunyakaaA thesis is an answer to a good question, so you need to start with a good question. For this poem, it might be something along the lines of: "What is Komunyakaa arguing for/against?" The poem is...