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song of becoming

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Song of Becoming

FADWA TUQAN
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Structure

  • length- long
  • verse- free verse, no rhythm
  • stanza- 4 stanza's, 35 lines
  • rhyme- no rhyme
  • meter- dactylic, narrative
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Enjambment
"When their torn limbs merged with the stuff of our earth, they became legends, they grew into vaulting bridges, they grew & grew, becoming larger than all poetry."

Repetitive
"They've grown,"

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Imagery
"They've grown to become trees plunging deep roots into earth plunging toward the sun."

Song of Becoming is about the Arab's winning in the Arab-Israeli war. It talks about how the soldiers use to be boys with dreams and they ended up being murders, just for land

IMAGINE

  • Composed by John Lennon
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Tuqan, Fudwa. "Song of Becoming". Trans. Naomi Shihab Nye.Reading the World: Contemporary Literature From Around the Globe.Trans.Ed. Carol Francis. Logan, IA: Perfection Learning, 2012. eBook.

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