... is of particular importance. "Intact- (line 4) lands imply that the speaker's country was once pristine, untouched by the imperialists. "Silent peoples- (line 9), in-tuned with nature, inhabited the land. The diction of the phrases "shapers of pitchers- (line 10) and "workers of stone- (line 11) imply that a symbiotic relationship existed between the people and nature. The poem shifts abruptly to the ... beauty of America with the imagery of "felicitous seas-(line 77) and "archipelagos-(line 79), the speaker employs the metaphor of a star to explain the changing fate of Latin America. D...

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... underlying rape imagery suggests a parallel with man's ineptitude of self-control. The first berry is described as "glossy," conveying a sense of purity or virginity that the berry possesses. The speaker's diction shifts to carnal, as he uses words like "clot," "flesh," and "blood." The speaker has ravished the previously untouched berry in his quest to quench his "lust" and feed the ... ...

• Word Count: 383
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate