Poem Analysis: Identity By Julio Noboa Polanco

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How is being a tall ugly weed better than being a beautiful flower? Ever thought about that? Well in the poem “Identity” , who is written by Julio Noboa Polanco was a uses a lot of foreshadowing and tone to show how being a tall ugly weed is better than being a beautiful flower. Foreshadowing is shown by the quote “where they’re praised, handled, plucked, by greedy, human hands. The quote is saying the prettier or more beautiful you look, the higher chance of you getting picked. Foreshadowing shows the theme by telling how bad it is being a beautiful flower. Tone is shown by another quote which reads “i’d rather be a tall, ugly weed”. That quote talking about how he would rather be something that isn’t worth nothing and doesn’t matter, than

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