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Select three writers from this list. For each, read their biographical information and one of their poems:

  1. Olive Senior
    Read this biographical information and the poem "Meditation on Yellow"
  2. Langston Hughes
    Read this biographical information and the poem "Theme for English B"
  3. Garrett Hongo
    Read this biographical information and one of Hongo’s poems: "Coral Road” or “A Child’s Ark"

  4. Richard Blanco
    Read this biographical information and the poem “América"


After reading poems by two authors from this week’s list, chose the most important line in each piece and explain each line's significance. Your post should be based on your analysis/opinion. For example, why does this line stand out amongst the rest in the piece of literature and what does the line express? Support your explanation of each line’s significance by using at least two literary terms that you have learned in this course.

In your post, be sure to quote each work at least once. As in all of your writing for this course, remember to be original in your writing. Do not simply retell information you learned from this week’s sources.

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Meditation on Yellow by Senior Olive
Senior reflects the Caribbean culture and history during the colonial period. The poem
represents the racism and colonialism present in the Caribbean both in the past and contemporary
time by describing the period of the dawn of colonialism and neo-colonialism of tourism. The
color yellow symbolically represents the greed that plagued the colonist and how they viewed the
indigenous people as the inferior race based on the biological differences. Yellow remains their
plight as they struggle to reclaim their identity.
The most important line that stands out in this poem goes “and I have reached the stage
where I have to say: lump it or leave it I can’t give anymore (Senior, 1994). The phrase shows
the internal thirst of the persona...


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