from "understory" by Craig Santos Perez by Katie Bowers

kbowers54_1 — 2024-11-13 17:39:48 UTC

How does the author use the structure of the poem to convey the theme?

2024-11-14 15:46:19 UTC

The structure of the poem moves at a group of two stanza each time, symbolizing the theme that your children grow up as the environment changes at a steady rate.

2024-11-14 15:46:36 UTC

He walks us through his thoughts and fears on what is happening to the land around him and his thoughts on how it will effect his unborn child and the life and land around him.

2024-11-14 15:46:58 UTC

The use of 2 line each and em dashes creates a weird atmosphere around the poem. It sort of contributes to the overall feeling of sorrow that surrounds the ideas in the poem, but also leaving us with hopefulness by ending many lines with dashes.

woodardjakylah — 2024-11-14 15:47:05 UTC

He walks us through his thoughts and fears on what is happening to the land around him and his thoughts on how it will effect his unborn child and the life and land around him.

2024-11-14 15:47:25 UTC

Throughout the poem, the author expresses his worry and concern of the future of the world for his upcoming child. This helps the readers feel a connection and possibly wish to change for their own possible kids H.U.

2024-11-14 15:47:28 UTC

I think that since throughout the text there’s references to nature the structure is a reference to nature and the environment as well. Since the structure is unique or “orgnanic” I think it relates to the environments unexpected change just like the unexpected structure.

-Jada Robinson

2024-11-14 15:47:43 UTC

carefully arranging lines stanzas and rhythmic patterns

2024-11-14 15:47:57 UTC

The author shares fears and thoughts about the environment being ruined, and how it will affect the future generations greatly.

2024-11-14 15:48:11 UTC

The father of this unborn child is worried about his daughter which is very serious. In the poem its set up where it stops after two lines which helps to create that serious atmosphere because it emphisises specific words.

2024-11-14 15:48:17 UTC

The author uses the structure of the poem to convey the theme by using two lines for each stanza and em dashes.

Start with the em dashes. Em dashes are not typically used to end a sentence, so it means that something is not done yet. The em dashes convey that if we keep doing these things to the environment, it will affect our next generation greatly.

Now, let's move on to the "two lines for each stanza" structure. This structure helps to create a serious atmosphere due to it emphasizing specific words.

To sum things up, the structure of the poem helps emphasize how serious the theme is to our people.

2024-11-14 15:49:16 UTC

The structure of the poem shows how important the environment is and how it affects people. According to the poem, it shows how the environment can affect people: "open air pesticide drift, affect our unborn daughter".

2024-11-14 15:49:23 UTC

The author uses the structure in the poem to show us that if we don't take better care of the environment it won't be there for future generations. The author uses metaphors to detail the deterioration of the environment.

2024-11-14 15:49:23 UTC

it arranges the lines, and stanzas and it makes the author share thoughts about the environment