Both use words in either Spanish or Native languages to amplify and show the influence in their writing because of their childhood and heritage. The poems touch on the dark and strong desire, the urge that is both scary and simulating, that humans have and can not contain when it comes to sexual or emotional relationships. They give insight and perspective from a woman's point of view, both depicting the ongoing fight between man and women. Even though different stories are used, they both show women being subdued by a man figure in their life. Fighting and coming out victorious. The poems have dark and sullen tones, using aggressive scenes or words to represent the anger and uncomfort the authors are trying to show. In addition the poems use different words throughout the poems to represent their culture. In “You Bring Out the Mexican in Me”, Sandra Cisneros uses Mariachis or Tlazolteotl to symbolize who she is and where she came from. This shows a piece of who the author is and how she shapes her work to mirror herself. A similar phrase in “A Love Medicine” is Wahpeton, a city inside the reservation where she herself grew up in. This poem also uses a lot of metaphors and personifications when she talks about the motif of appreciation for nature in the Native American
Both use words in either Spanish or Native languages to amplify and show the influence in their writing because of their childhood and heritage. The poems touch on the dark and strong desire, the urge that is both scary and simulating, that humans have and can not contain when it comes to sexual or emotional relationships. They give insight and perspective from a woman's point of view, both depicting the ongoing fight between man and women. Even though different stories are used, they both show women being subdued by a man figure in their life. Fighting and coming out victorious. The poems have dark and sullen tones, using aggressive scenes or words to represent the anger and uncomfort the authors are trying to show. In addition the poems use different words throughout the poems to represent their culture. In “You Bring Out the Mexican in Me”, Sandra Cisneros uses Mariachis or Tlazolteotl to symbolize who she is and where she came from. This shows a piece of who the author is and how she shapes her work to mirror herself. A similar phrase in “A Love Medicine” is Wahpeton, a city inside the reservation where she herself grew up in. This poem also uses a lot of metaphors and personifications when she talks about the motif of appreciation for nature in the Native American