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steven0448
04.10.2020 • 
English

1. Read the poem “Fences” below. Mouths full of laughter,
the turistas come to the tall hotel
with suitcases full of dollars.

Every morning my brother makes
the cool beach new for them.
With a wooden board he smooths
away all footprints.

I peek through the cactus fence
and watch the women rub oil
sweeter than honey into their arms and legs
while their children jump waves
or sip drinks from long straws,
coconut white, mango yellow.

Once my little sister
ran barefoot across the hot sand
for a taste.

My mother roared like the ocean,
“No. No. It’s their beach.
It’s their beach.”

How does the third stanza differ from the other stanzas in terms of structure? What effect does this different structure create? How does it contribute to a feeling of separateness between the speaker and the tourists?

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