Analysis Of Isla By Virgil Suarez

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In reviewing the poem Isla, written in 2000, by Virgil Suarez, I can say that this is the first poem I have reviewed for this class with which I can honestly relate. The fact that the poem was written during a time period when I was living is great. Additionally, the images that the author brings to light are from items that I have seen with my own two eyes. With that said, I do not need to use my imagination to see and, for me, that is a disappointment. What is more, before this course I hated poetry and never read it. Now I feel that I have a better understanding of what and how to read this literature. I have become a fan of poetry. (Not a big fan, but average.)

The first two images that stand out for me are in the first stanza. “In Los Angeles I grew up watching The Three Stooges,The Little Rascals, Speed Racer, and the Godzilla movies.” (Suarez,2007) Unfortunately, the image of all of this is not one of imagination. I grew up watching all four of the shows listed, The Three Stooges,The Little Rascals, Speed Racer, and the Godzilla movies. I also spent a lot of my childhood in Southern California (Pomona) which is not very far from Los Angeles. In all honesty, these were great times with great memories. However, as I said, this is real life reading. …show more content…

This takes me to my childhood of having only a black and white TV which only received about three channels. The remote control was my father yelling at me to leave my bedroom to come change the channel with the pliers because the knob only lasted about 3 days after the TV was bought. This also brings to mind that our family would gather in the living room every Saturday night which was spent watching a scary movie; this included several Godzilla

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