An Analysis Of Identity By Julio Noboa Polanco - 873 Words

Living in a society today makes it hard for many teens and kids our age. We all struggle and stress about this one thing, being unique or different. This is such a huge thing now because they’re are so many people out there who are willing to go to every extent to try be unique, or there are people out there who would go to every extent to just satisfy people. We all struggle with this one problem but yet no one really cares talks about it. In this essay I will be analyzing the poet Julio Noboa Polanco with his poem â€Å"identity†, how different he is to other poets, and lastly how he used his poetic elements with his poem. Though, Julio only made one poem, but with that one poem, it shows so many about his writing and literature skills.†¦show more content†¦Even though he only wrote â€Å"Identity† this poem shows so much from just reading this. When reading this poem automatically could tell how much feeling was behind this, not knowing what he has go ne through. He used a situation that was all around and such a huge issue that is important to the society today. Also using an issue and putting it into a totally different story, but with the same meaning. For example, in his poem it states â€Å"Id rather smell of musty, green stench than of sweet, fragrant lilac. If I could stand alone, strong and free, Id rather be a tall, ugly weed.† but in other words, this means â€Å"I would rather be unattractive and ugly, than pretty. If I could be alone happy and free I’d rather be ugly and unattractive†. Instead of just telling a straight up poem he used other ways to say it, like using flowers and people. Overall Julio’s poems are very different compared to other poet’s work. It shows there was a deep feeling behind his poem, but still putting it in other words. Lastly, not only his poems are different and has feeling in it but it is very creative too. As it stated he uses his story in other words, but still have feelings towards it. To make his poem â€Å"Identity† he used so much poetic elements. Using poetic elements makes the poem more emotional and have for feeling towards it. For example, â€Å"Let them be as flowers, always watered, fed, guarded, admired, but harnessed to a pot of dirt. Id rather be a tall, ugly weed, clinging on