Read the sentences from the "ellis island oral history
project" excerpt
and theyd hear that music coming out, you know, they'd
call us "foreigners" and things like that because of that
music, and i used to go home and tell my mother, "shut it
off," or "stop that music, everybody thinks we'" and
that i distinctly remember because we didn't want to, and i
love that music now myself but at that time, you know, they
always think you're, they always looked upon you as being
not native, you know

“tell me o swan, your ancient tale” by kabir “the swan” by rilke “spanish dancer” by rilke “your laughter” by pablo neruda “birthplace” by shaffarzadeh “it’s this way” by nazim hikmet “counting small-boned bodies” by robert bly choose two poems that you would like to write about. analyze each poem. study the perspective, or point of view, of the speaker in each of the two poems that you select for this assignment. consider these questions: who is the speaker in each of these poems? what is the speaker’s tone? is there a conflict? is there a message? what does each of the poems have in common? what is different about each of the poems? which literary devices are used in the poems? are these literary devices found in both of the poems? what does the speaker hope to achieve in each of the poems? how are these achievements/goals been met? directions: using the two poems of your choosing, write a clear, concise, two hundred and fifty word essay that compares and contrasts the two poems. make sure you include at least two of the following to support your thesis: tone, point of view, literary devices, and meter.