Race Gender And Class Essay

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Poetry Connected with Race, Gender, and Class
Poetry is a universal language; like music or love. In poetry there are many themes, like; Race, Gender, and Class. Each poem can be different from the message of pointing out the themes. There are two poems that clearly show the themes; Race, Gender and/or Class. The poems are; “The American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act,” written by Lucie Brock-Broido and “The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica,” written by Judith Cofer.
“The American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act,” written by Lucie Brock-Broido intended to use the theme; race throughout the poem. Lucie Brock-Broido is able to capture the reader’s eyes by the title and then continue to keep the reader in tune with how the poem contains questions within every line and how it makes the reader think with each question. The writer wanted the readers to realize that these are the possible questions that someone who is coming into the United States from another country that is foreign to America. The theme race definitely plays a part in this poem. “The American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act,” written by Lucie …show more content…

This poem has painted a picture in each reader's mind of a latin deli in the United States. In each stanza, Judith Cofer described the latin deli, like a home that is from a decent memory for each customer that comes through the doors. As the reader reads the poem and imagines the latin deli, there are mixed feelings of sadness and happiness as the poem continues on. The theme race plays a part in the poem by being a different ethnicity and how this culture has a place in the United States to call home when the customers aren’t actually home in their own country. These people had to leave their homes for different reasons, but they are still able to keep the memories that they had of their home when they came to the United

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