Baca's Notes

"Immigrants in our own land"

Theme- people going to a foreign place on their homeland

Tone- serious, pessimistic, and formal

Mood- serious and explains real life hardships

Devices- similes (They used common sense like scholars use glasses and books to reach the world.), metaphors (We are born with dreams in our hearts.) , allegory because this poem tries to create a emotional response to the audience and reaches out to people who can relate to the experience. This poem would be pathos because its a appealing to the emotions of the audience. Logos because the author creates a central message about how life works that some people don't have a reason to live and other people just die.