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"My black face fades,
hiding inside the black granite.
I said I wouldn't,
dammit: No tears. 
I'm stone. I'm flesh.
My clouded reflection eyes me
like a bird of prey, the profile of night
slanted against morning. I turn
this way—the stone lets me go.
I turn that way—I'm inside
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
again, depending on the light
to make a difference.
I go down the 58,022 names,
half-expecting to find
my own in letters like smoke.
I touch the name Andrew Johnson;
I see the booby trap's white flash.
Names shimmer on a woman's blouse
but when she walks away
the names stay on the wall.
Brushstrokes flash, a red bird's 
wings cutting across my stare.
The sky. A plane in the sky.
A white vet's image floats
closer to me, then his pale eyes
look through mine. I'm a window.
He's lost his right arm
inside the stone. In the black mirror
a woman's trying to erase names:
No, she's brushing a boy's hair."

Some imagery in this poem was: "My black face fades, hiding inside the black granite." This is imagery because the author gives away a lot of description so the reader can picture it in their head. A metaphor in this poem was, "No tears. I'm stone. I'm flesh." This is a metaphor because it is a figure of speech without using like or as. He is saying that he is stone to say that he is strong and he won't cry anymore. A simile in this poem is, "My clouded reflection eyes me like a bird of prey, the profile of night slanted against morning." This is a simile because it is comparing something using like or as. An allusion in this poem is: "I turn this way-the stone lets me go." This is an allusion because it is a reference everyone understands. The stone letting him go means that his emotions came back. The poem reflects important feelings about the time period when he talks about himself turning to stone. When the Vietnam war was happening, everyone was scared and emotional. In the beginning he tries not to cry: "No tears. I'm stone. I'm flesh."  Article: "Facing It By Yusef Komunyakaa - Poems | Academy Of American Poets". Poets.Org, 2019, https://poets.org/poem/facing-it. Accessed 30 May 2019. Video: "Poetry Everywhere: "Facing It" By Yusef Komunyakaa". Youtube, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90yxqlVrLP8&feature=youtu.be. Accessed 30 May 2019.