Internment by juliets kono analysis
Theme.
The overall theme of this poem is to show that even through the most dark and painful moments or life experiences, it is crucial to hold on to hope and be....
"Internment" poem by Juliet S.Kono questions?
After you guys read this poem can you help me asnwer as much as possible the following questions
"Corralled, they are herded inland
from Santa Rosa.
After a long train ride
on the Santa Fe,
the physical exam,
the delousing with DDT,
the branding of her indignation,
she falls asleep,
Days later, she awakens
in an unfamiliar barracks--
Crystal City, Texas--
on land once a pasture.
Not wanting to,
not meaning to see beauty
in this stark landscape,
she sees, nonetheless,
through her tears--
on the double row
of barbed wire fencing
which holds them in
like stolid cattle--
dewdrops, impaled
and golden.""
Questions: 1/Describe the place where she finds herself upon walking?
2/What words in the first stanza have connotations that suggest that Kono is comparing imprisioned travelers to cattle?
"Corralled, they are herded inland
from Santa Rosa.
After a long train ride
on the Santa Fe,
the physical exam,
the delousing with DDT,
the branding of her indignation,
she falls asleep,
Days later, she awakens
in an unfamiliar barracks--
Crystal City, Texas--
on land once a pasture.
Not wanting to,
not meaning to see beauty
in this stark landscape,
she sees, nonetheless,
through her tears--
on the double row
of barbed wire fencing
which holds them in
like stolid cattle--
dewdrops, impaled
and golden.""
Questions: 1/Describe the place where she finds herself upon walking?
2/What words in the first stanza have connotations that suggest that Kono is comparing imprisioned travelers to cattle?
Find the simile in the second stanza that restates this comparison. How do these words help you to understand the girl's feeling?
3/What did the