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Analysis Of Prologue And Then She Owns You
In the poem, “Prologue-And Then She Owns You” by Patricia Smith and the opening prose of “Coming Through Slaughter” by Michael Ondaatje the image of Louisiana is very distinct and revealing. In both texts, the authors set up their narratives describing the landscape to help develop the characters and events that take place there. The different literary structures they use both reinforces the understanding that where something grows shapes our thoughts of it and proves that your surroundings influence your experiences. The frontier written in either prose or poetry is as important as the voices of the characters and in creative nonfiction, the setting can become a character within the text. In both texts, the author’s use figurative language

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