The speaker of the poem appears to be a woman who is both a Navajo Indian and a mother to a young daughter. At the beginning of the poem the woman feels rather homesick and yearning for her Navajo roots, as shown by this section of the poem.
"I am hoping for a deep restful sleep./In the woods below teenagers are laughing/and the whine of the cicadas rises loudly./'What is it?' she asks. 'What's wrong?'/There are no English words to describe this feeling./"T'aa 'iighisii biniihaa shil hoyee," I say.
This is one of the more telling stanzas of the poem, as the mother's feelings are so strong they cannot be translated into English. Instead she tells her feelings in her own native tounge, which symbolizes what she wants and feels. -Maddy F.
The speaker of the poem is the mother. The speaker is home sick and wants to be with her daughter. She over comes her homesickness by calling her mother and needing her Navajo origins. ""I am hoping for a deep restful sleep./In the woods below teenagers are laughing/and the whine of the cicadas rises loudly./'What is it?' she asks. 'What's wrong?'/There are no English words to describe this feeling./"T'aa 'iighisii biniihaa shil hoyee," I say. This stanza shows how strong the mothers feelings and they cannot be translated into english. Evan Marchetta
The speaker in the poem is the mother. The author is with their daugther and experiencing the time of night and morning with the fireflies. "I walk inside the house and phone my mother." The author is talking to her mother. It shows that she misses home and everything it brings, such as the traditions and the customs that they used to participate together. Their mother to mother conversation showed a connection and then it reveals the mothers sadness. Her telling the story emphasizes the Native American culture and their homelife, with the music and traditions. Also, she emphasizes the sadness in the poem but then something as simple as fireflies that can encourage her and make her happy in some way Jasmin
The narraotr is not just one persion is 3 people because one is the woman, the daughter, and the mother on the phone and talking about all of there expierences. The roll of tehspeaker is mainly talking about what is wrong but most importantly "I wonder how I will get throught another day meaning she is homesick and there is a problem. The significense of him is great because he takes on so many roles and talkes about little details like the druming and screaming from the teenagers but also just talking a bout how the mother is alone because there are not many reservations left. Also in the daughter roll she brings up the song and the feelings of that by saying there are no words to describe I just want to go back and see it with my eyes because that is the only this can be cured.
The Speaker in the poem is a mother who misses her daughter because they are miles away from each other. They are miles away from each other because her daughter is in a native american reserve and she got seperated from her mother. When the mother is saying "T'aa 'iighisii biniihaa shil hoyee," it describes how misserable she is feeling because she can't see her daughter. Also by her saying there are no english words to describe her missery it shows that she is feeling a great emptyness
The speaker of the poem is the mother. The mother is very significant to the poem because she shares her feelings of sadness throughout the poem. The woman who is the speaker of this poem changes throughout.
The poem gets happier at the end of the poem. The speaker changes her mood at the end.
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The speaker of the poem appears to be a woman who is both a Navajo Indian and a mother to a young daughter. At the beginning of the poem the woman feels rather homesick and yearning for her Navajo roots, as shown by this section of the poem.
ReplyDelete"I am hoping for a deep restful sleep./In the woods below teenagers are laughing/and the whine of the cicadas rises loudly./'What is it?' she asks. 'What's wrong?'/There are no English words to describe this feeling./"T'aa 'iighisii biniihaa shil hoyee," I say.
This is one of the more telling stanzas of the poem, as the mother's feelings are so strong they cannot be translated into English. Instead she tells her feelings in her own native tounge, which symbolizes what she wants and feels.
-Maddy F.
The speaker of the poem is the mother. The speaker is home sick and wants to be with her daughter. She over comes her homesickness by calling her mother and needing her Navajo origins. ""I am hoping for a deep restful sleep./In the woods below teenagers are laughing/and the whine of the cicadas rises loudly./'What is it?' she asks. 'What's wrong?'/There are no English words to describe this feeling./"T'aa 'iighisii biniihaa shil hoyee," I say. This stanza shows how strong the mothers feelings and they cannot be translated into english.
ReplyDeleteEvan Marchetta
The speaker in the poem is the mother. The author is with their daugther and experiencing the time of night and morning with the fireflies. "I walk inside the house and phone my mother." The author is talking to her mother. It shows that she misses home and everything it brings, such as the traditions and the customs that they used to participate together. Their mother to mother conversation showed a connection and then it reveals the mothers sadness. Her telling the story emphasizes the Native American culture and their homelife, with the music and traditions. Also, she emphasizes the sadness in the poem but then something as simple as fireflies that can encourage her and make her happy in some way
ReplyDeleteJasmin
The narraotr is not just one persion is 3 people because one is the woman, the daughter, and the mother on the phone and talking about all of there expierences. The roll of tehspeaker is mainly talking about what is wrong but most importantly "I wonder how I will get throught another day meaning she is homesick and there is a problem. The significense of him is great because he takes on so many roles and talkes about little details like the druming and screaming from the teenagers but also just talking a bout how the mother is alone because there are not many reservations left. Also in the daughter roll she brings up the song and the feelings of that by saying there are no words to describe I just want to go back and see it with my eyes because that is the only this can be cured.
ReplyDeleteBen Brossi
The Speaker in the poem is a mother who misses her daughter because they are miles away from each other. They are miles away from each other because her daughter is in a native american reserve and she got seperated from her mother. When the mother is saying "T'aa 'iighisii biniihaa shil hoyee," it describes how misserable she is feeling because she can't see her daughter. Also by her saying there are no english words to describe her missery it shows that she is feeling a great emptyness
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The speaker of the poem is the mother. The mother is very significant to the poem because she shares her feelings of sadness throughout the poem. The woman who is the speaker of this poem changes throughout.
ReplyDeleteThe poem gets happier at the end of the poem. The speaker changes her mood at the end.
- Kristina D.
Especially strong post by Maddie
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