Bread Inequality

In the poem “ Imagine the Angels of Bread” , the author shows the inequality and injustices in the world. Reflecting on what is happening now and in the past. Those who don’t have much is given everything and those who have inflicted pain will have pain themselves. The world Espanda made is in which everything bad is equaled out from the good. The role reversal are really sets the tone.
The author states , “ that squatters evict landlords, gazing like admirals from the rail of the roof deck “. The subjects are the squatters and the landlords. Espada’s tone towards the squatter is sympathetic. We know this from the words “the squatters gazing like admirals from the rail of the roof”. He is using juxtaposition to describe the squatters and compare them to an admiral. He is comparing a man with a high statured , an admiral , to a squatter who is a man with no statured who has nothing. Esapanda places them on the …show more content…
The subject is the injustice that is happening and the pain that is being inflicted back to the aggressors which are the cops. The author uses diction. He is phrasing the words in a way so the cops are looking like the bad guys. “And nightsticks splinter their palm” . Not only did the author use a gun , he also uses the nightsticks to further The author states “ this is the year that the food stamps of adolescent mothers are auctioned like gold doubloons, “. The subject in this line is food stamps. Espanda tone towards food stamps is that food stamps is something of importance not something you shouldn't look down upon. We know this from the words “ food stamps are auctioned like gold doubloons” . He is using the literary element simile to compare the food stamps to gold doubloons. Something that is though of shameful is now something as valuable as a gold doubloons. This shows us the tone of how the