Analysis Of I Am Offering You This Poem By Jimmy Santiago Baca

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Love isn’t just giving or receiving material objects. Love is more about proving to the person, you don't have to give anyone anything to prove your love. Your honesty and heart should be enough. “I Am Offering You This Poem” by Jimmy Santiago Baca proves that there's a better way to show your love then being materialistic. In this poem Baca is writing to a loved one. He tells them that he doesn't have anything to give them except his love and this poem. He is giving this poem to them for when he's not there, they will always be reminded that he loves them. Just because someone doesn’t have a lot to give, doesn't mean they don't love you.
In the first stanza, the speaker describes the situation, “I am offering this poem to you, since I have

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