Summary Of Facing It By Yusef Komuyakaa
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"Facing it" by Yusef Komuyakaa Page 24
1. There is no organized form to this poem. There is simply 31 lines right after another.
2. The speaker in the poem seems to have their soul trapped inside a Vietnam memorial. The speaker writes about a person he saw while finding his name on the memorial. While analyzing people out side the memorial the speaker has flashbacks of fighting in the war. I do not believe the speaker is moved to write the poem, but the poet does. I believe the poet is moved to write this poem for the people who died in the war. Also, he is giving personification to the memorial making it seem as if the people who died are there watching people at the site.
3. Just like the last poem I wrote about this poem could as well be