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Immigrant Blues
by
Li-Young Lee
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Immigrant Blues
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Immigrant Blues Symbolism, Imagery & Wordplay
There’s more to a poem than meets the eye.
Telling Stories
On the one hand, the fact that all the conversations in this poem are part of an "old story" is a way of tying them together within one long (immigrant) tradition. But using the term "story" also d...
Who Am I (And Am I Inside You?)
Our speaker has a few questions about some pretty fundamental aspects of human experience. Like, what's the relationship between body and soul? What's the connection between two lovers? And, perhap...
