I chose to read the poem "Nikki-Rosa" by Nikki Giovanni because she was really cool and funny when she came to visit Episcopal. Since this section was named "Poems of Childhood" I predicted that the poem was about her experiences when she was little and that maybe people called her Nikki Rosa. She talks about her childhood and how it was being black. She also says that through all of the bad things, she was still happy.
Nikki Giovanni used a lot of literary elements in her poem, I noticed enjambments in every single sentence. She also used "and" a lot and almost the whole poem was in lower case letters except 5 words: Black, Woodlawn, Chicago, Hollydale, and Christmases. I'm not sure what was the reason for this! Her tone in the poem also changes as she goes on. I liked her writing and maybe I'll read more of her work in the future!
Isabella, you have some good observations here, but you need much more detail and depth in your discussion.
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