Summary Of Identity By Julio Noboa Mlanco

Just be yourself
In his rendering of the poem “Identity,” Julio Noboa Polanco conveys his experience or background growing into the person he is. He describes how he sees himself and others l through imagery, figurative language and diction to depict how he rather be ugly and free then to be pretty and trapped.
The poem diction throughout the poem repetition of a “flower” is a symbol for beautiful humans. Polanca uses this to convey how there “harnesses” to everyone’s expectations like the flower relies on human to be watered, fed , and admired and not aware there trapped and people believe to be admired they have to wear the latest clothes and act the same like all flowers. On the other hand he sees himself as a “weed” to symbolize the unwanted , ugly and free like a “eagle” but with “clinging” not the edge representing risk.

In the first stanza “Let them be as flowers” conveys his tone through strong figurative language and comes off grumpy and stubborn because he doesn't care what others think of him and is disgusted with flowers.

As the poem continues, there is many repetition of the hyperbole “ I rather be a tall ugly weed,clinging on cliffs,like an eagle”this metaphorical language points to a deeper passion of freedom and desire that he can “feel exposed to the madness”. this movement shows a strong sense of freedom you can experience and risk as a weed, unpleasant,ugly person who can enjoy life and freedom. Which lets us understand and feel how he feels that show why he rather be ugly and free than to be beautiful and

trapped.
The speaker compares two kinds of people in the world . He uses imagery “harnessed to a pot of dirty” conveying how these flowers are trapped and “plucked by the greedy human hands” as a figurative language relating to humans surrounded by others but are unaware there trapped and are used by others for their own advantage.The visual of the weed description of a weed that “Smell[s] of musty, green stench than of sweet,fragrant” visualization is depicting that he rather be a disgusting old man than a “fragrant lilac” flower describing how wanted and desired flowers are. While weeds are green, ugly and gross. He also illiterates how he rather be “above,jagged rocks” where there is something fun to explore that contain risk and effort but are different experiences and many things to discover and learn . Polanco describes the flowers in fourth stanza as pleasant flowers “growing in clusters” as the people and flowers come in and are often surrounded by others ,but how he rather be forgotten and hated than to be like everyone else living in one boring place,cared for and loved while they are being destroyed by the evil of others.
In the poem identity Polanco illustrates his poem with diction, figurative language and imagery to convey what he feels about others. He uses phrases like flower to represent a person who is often surrounded by others who are loved and care usually trapped. While he rather be ugly and free than to be trapped or what others expect of you to look like or act. In today's society many teens are harnessed to the thought that you need to look a certain way and act a certain way but when they do try to please every they are never truly satisfied and often have a hard time getting out of that zone.
Many of these people or flowers are wearing the latest fashions and pleasing others for attention and affection they cant get out of because it comes to the point where it becomes an unhealthy addiction and are never truly happy with life.