Tone: The tone is
very intense and forboding
.
What could be the theme of facing it?
Major Themes in “Facing It”:
Life and death, survival, and loss
are the major themes underlined in this poem. Throughout the poem, the speaker is reminiscing the sacrifices of soldiers involved in the Vietnam War. Despite his resistance, he gets emotional while looking at the memorial.
What is the theme of camouflaging the chimera?
The theme is that
of the experience of war
, how a human adapts to nature and culture to pursue the military goal. What emerges from the poem is a sense of unreal psychological tension, of something being created that is really a creature of the imagination (the chimera) despite the harsh hardware of war.
What is the significance of the tiger suit in camouflaging the chimera?
In Yusef Komunyakaa’s “Camouflaging the Chimera”, the significance of the tiger suit is
the effort that American soldiers did to look like animals
, and they are depicted this way in the poem.
Which best describes a theme of both ambush and Facing It?
Which best describes a theme of both “Ambush” and “Facing It”?
War and violence leave a lasting impact on people, especially soldiers
. … flashback, because the narrator is recalling an event that occurred during the Vietnam war.
What kind of poem is Facing It?
‘Facing It’ by Yusef Komunyakaa is
a 31 line poem
that does not adhere to any particular rhyme scheme or strictly metered pattern. Komunyakaa has composed this poem by alternating between short choppy lines and longer, drawn out phrases. Both of these styles of writing utilize enjambment.
What is komunyakaa conveying in the line in the black mirror a woman’s trying to erase names :/ No she’s brushing a boy’s hair?
In the black mirror / a woman’s trying to erase names; / No, she’s brushing a boy’s hair. In the poem’s final image, the
speaker sees the reflection of a woman making a strange motion
. In his emotional and confused state, he initially thinks she is doing something upsetting: trying to erase history.
What is the significance of the tiger suit apex?
In Yusef Komunyakaa’s “Camouflaging the Chimera”, the significance of the tiger suit is
the effort that American soldiers did to look like animals
, and they are depicted this way in the poem.
Which best describes the central conflict in ambush?
Which best describes the central conflict in “Ambush”?
The narrator is haunted by the experience of killing another man.
Which best describes the sequencing of ambush?
Which best describes the sequencing of “Ambush”?
It relates events in the exact order in which they occurred
. It includes multiple flashbacks about a variety of events. It contains a narrative that is told within another narrative.
What emotional truth is conveyed in both ambush and facing it?
What emotional truth is conveyed in both “Ambush” and “Facing It”?
Those who experienced or fought in the Vietnam War are forever affected by it in some way.
What is the main idea of the poem Facing It?
“Facing It” is a poem that deals with
war-related trauma and the act of confronting painful emotions
. But it is also a poem that addresses racism and the ways in which American society fails to properly acknowledge the sacrifice Black soldiers made in the Vietnam War.
What does the metaphor in stone reveal about the speaker?
The speaker is being literal and metaphoric when he says that
he is both stone and flesh
, as he is referring to both his body and its double as reflected in the granite. Being stone also suggests that he is hardening himself against the powerful emotions he feels.
Was Yusef Komunyakaa in the army?
Komunyakaa
enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1969
. He served in Vietnam as a war correspondent (and later an editor) for The Southern Cross, a military newspaper (1969–70), earning a Bronze Star for his service.
What is the tone of the poem?
The
poet’s attitude toward the poem’s speaker, reader, and subject matter
, as interpreted by the reader. Often described as a “mood” that pervades the experience of reading the poem, it is created by the poem’s vocabulary, metrical regularity or irregularity, syntax, use of figurative language, and rhyme.
What does the title Facing It mean?
2/19/2015 11:47:09 pm. “Facing It” means that
hes literally facing the wall of vet names
. But also means that he has to face and accept the facts of what happened during that war, all the memories and flashbacks. This says that you have to face your fears at some point in life, you can’t runaway forever.
