The sibilance creates a harsh S sound combined with the choice of diction set out ordered in rows, reflecting suffering and pain in war; ordered rows are ironic as photos are an oxymoron to the chaos created by warfare. The hidden cuts on Espadas own hands serve as a powerful image for how capitalism alienates us from labor, disguising the human coststhe very real sufferingof even our most mundane and disposable objects. Like its surrealist inspiration, Espadas poem is a praise song of placePuerto Rico, in this caseand to its multicultural heritage. Beginning with a general description of an uprising of sorts, when those who have experienced injustice in the past will rise up against their adversaries, Espada uses juxtaposition of the senses to help the reader visualize a scene in which squatters in buildings evict their landlords as they watch in satisfaction, refugees previously hiding in the shadows deport their judges as the judges stare at their feet with no control over the files being stamped with their ultimate destinations, angry and violent cops are punished by their own revolvers and nightsticks turning against them, and the descendants of the lynched dark-skinned men sip their coffee as the offspring of the executioners apologize for their ancestors actions. This video explains why taking the easy way out when it comes to language might not get an authors point across the way theyd intended. To venerate the marking of ten years since Kings death, Cesar Chavez-- a labor union organizer and civil rights leader-- continues to uphold/argue Kings ideals of peaceful protest in this newspaper article by incorporating distinctive diction, alongside contrast and then progresses to reason with the morality and beliefs of the general american populace. Electronic Inspiration LLC. About:Martn Espada (born 1957) is a Latino poet, and professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he teaches poetry. endobj