Suicide Note Poem Analysis

The poem Suicide Note by Janice Mirikitani is a lyric poem that is written in the form of a letter to the narrator’s parents. In the poem Mirikitani uses a variety of literacy tools, techniques, and devices to show how unhappy the character is with their self. The poem allows the readers to look inside the eyes of the narrator and see how unhappy the character was.

In the poem the Suicide Note it was written in the form of a letter to the narrator’s parents. The poem purpose of the poem was to allow the readers to see what influences an individual to take his/her own life. The character in the poem who is talking in this poem is the daughter of the parents whom she is writing the note to. The poem is about the daughter and how she doesn’t feel good or strong enough. She feels as if she has failed to live up to her parent’s desire for a son. The daughter decides to write her parents her last words and feelings on the note that she leaves behind for them. The setting of this poem makes it seem like it’s all happening in a bedroom or a place that’s dark and silent. A place that allowed...