Working in a technical field I am constantly forced to analyze and evaluate technical writing; as a result I feel most comfortable when we were asked to analyze a reading based on facts or stated opinions. This skill set however is not well suited to poetry as poems are by their very nature open to interpretation and subjective analysis.
“Ending Poem” challenged me to understand the prose and the overall intent of the poem. After analysis, I felt that I successfully identified the poets presenting their message as the voice of two individuals conversing via the poem’s prose rather than one author speaking from a singular point of view.
A particular instance of this analysis that I felt identified my interpretation of this dual voice is reflected in the following statement: “In a macro sense, the poem is about reconciling their past and the mother’s cultural identity with the more Americanized identity of the daughter.”
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