2014년 2월 21일 금요일

Lorna Dee Cervantes 시 작품 분석(영문)

Lorna Dee Cervantes 시 작품 분석(영문)
Lorna Dee Cervantes 시 작품 분석(영문).docx


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Brief introduction of the poem and the poet
Refugee Ship Lorna Dee Cervantes
Poem Analysis
Impressions


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Brief introduction of the poem and the poet
“Refugee ship” is a poem about the poet’s identity which is one of the main topic of chicano American potery.
From a young age, she was discouraged from speaking Spanish and only taught English in order to protect her from the racism that pervaded her time.This loss of language and a struggle to find her true identity helped inspire her poetry later on in life
While traveling with her musician brother to Mexico City when she was 20 years old, she performed for the first time to the Theater of the People of San Jose at the Quinto Festival de los Teatros Chicanos with the reading of Refugee Ship. Her poem and presentation appeared in a Mexican newspaper, along with other journals and reviews.
Refugee Ship Lorna Dee Cervantes

Like wet cornstarch, I slide
past my grandmothers eyes. Bible
at her side, she removes her glasses.
The pudding thickens.

Mama raised me without language.
Im orphaned from my Spanish name.
The words are foreign, stumbling
on my tongue. I see in the mirror
my reflection: bronzed skin, black hair.


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e poet
“Refugee ship” is a poem about the poet’s identity which is one of the main topic of chicano American potery.
From a young age, she was discouraged from speaking Spanish and only taught English in order to protect her from the racism that pervaded her time. This loss of language and a struggle to find her true identity helped inspire her poetry later on in life
While traveling with her mus
 

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