In the poem, “On Not Shoplifting Louise Bogan’s The Blue Estuaries” Julia Alvarez writes about her experience while reading The Blue Estuaries and of what she discovers as she is more aware of what she is reading and of the feelings of determination and inspiration the poem brought out in her because In the poem “On Not Shoplifting Louise Bogan’s The Blue Estuaries”, Julia Alvarez uses imagery, selection of detail, and tone to convey the speaker's discoveries of wanting become a poet even with the barriers she faced of not knowing English fluently and being a girl who wants to become a successful poet.
Alvarez uses selection of detail to convey how the poems in the book by Louise Bogan had further stirred up her appreciation and liking of …show more content…
This can be seen when Alvarez says, “I had begun to haunt the poetry shelf at the college store...” (lines 14-15). Moreover, the speaker reveals that the book she picked up by Louise Bogan had truly impacted her. She says, “Page after page, your poems were stirring my own poems…” (lines 23-24). This showed that as the speaker was reading the poem she started to like what she was reading and how it was able to help inspire her find her voice and be able to write. Moreover, the speaker says, “For a moment I lost my doubts, my girl’s voice, my coming late into this foreign alphabet...” (lines 34-36). As the speaker continued to read the poem and seeing the swans and lake from the poem come to life she forgot about the barriers she faced. For example, she forgot that she did not know English as well and that she was a young adult and a girl who wanted to become a poet and succeed in a field full of adults who are well known. Furthermore, the author began to realize how great poetry was. In addition, after reading the book the speaker states, “I had no money, no one was looking. The swans posed on the cover their question-mark necks arced over the dark waters. I was …show more content…
Alvarez says, “Your book surprised me on the bookstore shelf--swans gliding on a blueblack lake; no blurbs by big boys on back; no sassy, big-haired picture to complicate the achievement.”(lines 1-5). This showed how the cover of the book was simple but it had all it needed to captivate the speaker's attention. Additionally, what had captivated the speaker's attention was that she did not recognize the author of the book and that the hook itself was not advertised by other famous writers. Furthermore, it says, “I leaned closer to the print until I could almost feel the blue waters drawn into the tip of my pen. I bore down the page, the lake flowed out again, the swans, the darkening sky” (lines 27-33). As the speaker read the poem she could see the swans and the water that the poem was depicting. Moreover, this showed how interested and captivated by the poem the speaker was. In addition, the speaker says, “The swans dipped their alphabet necks into the blueblack ink of the lake. I touched their blank, downy sides, musing, and I put the book back.”(lines 50-53). This showed how after wanting to shoplift the book the swans she imagined and the lake she saw turned back into the words written in the book and she realized she could not steal it. Furthermore, imagery helped convey the speaker’s discoveries
Alvarez uses selection of detail to convey how the poems in the book by Louise Bogan had further stirred up her appreciation and liking of …show more content…
This can be seen when Alvarez says, “I had begun to haunt the poetry shelf at the college store...” (lines 14-15). Moreover, the speaker reveals that the book she picked up by Louise Bogan had truly impacted her. She says, “Page after page, your poems were stirring my own poems…” (lines 23-24). This showed that as the speaker was reading the poem she started to like what she was reading and how it was able to help inspire her find her voice and be able to write. Moreover, the speaker says, “For a moment I lost my doubts, my girl’s voice, my coming late into this foreign alphabet...” (lines 34-36). As the speaker continued to read the poem and seeing the swans and lake from the poem come to life she forgot about the barriers she faced. For example, she forgot that she did not know English as well and that she was a young adult and a girl who wanted to become a poet and succeed in a field full of adults who are well known. Furthermore, the author began to realize how great poetry was. In addition, after reading the book the speaker states, “I had no money, no one was looking. The swans posed on the cover their question-mark necks arced over the dark waters. I was …show more content…
Alvarez says, “Your book surprised me on the bookstore shelf--swans gliding on a blueblack lake; no blurbs by big boys on back; no sassy, big-haired picture to complicate the achievement.”(lines 1-5). This showed how the cover of the book was simple but it had all it needed to captivate the speaker's attention. Additionally, what had captivated the speaker's attention was that she did not recognize the author of the book and that the hook itself was not advertised by other famous writers. Furthermore, it says, “I leaned closer to the print until I could almost feel the blue waters drawn into the tip of my pen. I bore down the page, the lake flowed out again, the swans, the darkening sky” (lines 27-33). As the speaker read the poem she could see the swans and the water that the poem was depicting. Moreover, this showed how interested and captivated by the poem the speaker was. In addition, the speaker says, “The swans dipped their alphabet necks into the blueblack ink of the lake. I touched their blank, downy sides, musing, and I put the book back.”(lines 50-53). This showed how after wanting to shoplift the book the swans she imagined and the lake she saw turned back into the words written in the book and she realized she could not steal it. Furthermore, imagery helped convey the speaker’s discoveries