After reading the poetry for Monday's class, I was a bit surprised. I think I was expecting the poems to be pretty similar, but they were all vastly different from each other. They only thing I could find in common about them was that they were all in free verse. Each poem had a very distinct tone, view of America, and imagery. Some of the authors viewed America as free while the others were disillusioned.
The last poem, Sailing to America by Gregory Djanikian, was my favorite. It was more of a story than reflections of America - and I like stories. The imagery was imaginative, and it came from a child's tone of voice, rather than an adult. The way I interpret it is that they have not yet made it to America, but it is their final destination after seeing the rest of the world.
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