Rhina Espaillat

handles the particular relationship between the individuals’' locations and their ancestral homelands in a different way. Comparatively examining works of Diasporic literature such as Paule Marshall's short story "To Da Duh, In Memoriam", and Rhina Espaillat's poem "Cartography” certain parallels about disaporic identity and a sense of home surfaces. In Paul Marshall’s short story “To Da Duh” is a women reflecting back on her childhood experience of visiting, from New York, the island

practicing english in her father’s absence, she was able to fluently learn the language which her father struggled in. Through her success, Espaillat saw that her heart was “still” one, which is a metaphor for saying that the two language can coexist; contradicting her father’s view on the “cut” of her heart in two. Finalizing her poem with the last two stanzas, Espaillat describes her opinion about her father in a hopeful tone. “I like to think he knew that, even when, / proud (orgulloso) of his daughter’s

she loves learning English, her father fears that the language is going to cause her to forget about who she truly is. Rhina P. Espaillat wrote “Bilingual/Bilingue” using English and Spanish along with figurative language to describe a father’s fear of losing his daughter to a language he could not master. The first type of figurative language the poet uses is metaphor. Espaillat uses this metaphor to introduce the reader to the father’s fear of his daughter learning English: “That words might cut

Although English is technically the official language of the United States of America, there is a plethora of languages within the nation. From French to Cantonese, to Arabic to German, and from Italian to Hindi, the United States is home to many multilingual citizens. Not only are their experiences as individuals distinct from residents who only speak one language fluent, their experience are distinct from those of other polyglots because of the sheer number of languages spoken in the country.

to be ourselves. However, that is not the case for many people around the US, whose parents, family members, or peers pressure them into something they don’t want to do, or someone they’re not. Through Amy Tan’s use of metaphors and symbolism, and Rhina Espaillat’s use of personification and metaphors, they present the concept that forcing your ideals onto others can hurt their self-esteem, ordinarily with disastrous consequences, but ironically, can help them find themselves, and help them to realize

The uppercase ‘A,’ associated with the American flag, suggests that the flag is obviously really and truly American. On the contrary, the lowercase ‘a,’ connected to the immigrant’s “fine american” child, proposes questions of uncertainty: are they really American, will they fit in? In contrast, Espillat organizes “Bilingual/Bilingie” into couplets. The use of couplets suggests the couple-like relationship that the narrator has with her father. Her and her father are one pair; they are the same in

In the poem “Bilingual/Bilingue,” written by Rhina P. Espaillat, a young girl has different views with her father about language. The little girl knows both English and Spanish and her father doesn’t approve. Her father fears that the main character will stray from her Spanish culture, so he told her that she should speak, “English outside this door, Spanish inside” (340). Which means when she enters the doors of her home she is strictly a Spaniard, and outside the family doors she can speak English

I have learned nothing, in all my years of education, that is as unique as poetry. It does not need a rhyme or reason, something of a wonder in this fact-based present we live in. Poetry can be beautifully deceptive or it can be brutally honest, but one thing it can never be is fake. There is no such thing as ‘fake poetry’. No matter what the poem is about, there will always be at least one person that feels a connection to it that others may not be able to comprehend. I didn’t believe it until

One reason that caused the Dominican migration to the United States in the last century was the Trujillo’s regime, the opportunity for a better future and work opportunities. For example, poet and fiction writer Julia Alvarez, who wrote best-selling story How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, family fled from the Dominican Republic because “her father began to be eyed with suspicion by security agents of Trujillo dictatorship, due to his possible link with an anti-government plot” (Torres-Saillant

This paper will define imagery, metaphors, rhyme and structure and will also discuss the importance of figurative language in poetry and how it communicates to the reader. First I will define imagery, followed by metaphors, rhythm, structure and the importance of figurative language. Imagery is associated with mental pictures but it can be more complex than just a picture. “ The Things They Carried,” Tim O’Brien tells the story of each soldier by simply describing what he carries. Users of vivid