Facing It
I really enjoyed Yusef Komunyakaa’s poem, “Facing It”. It is about a black Vietnam Veteran who is at the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial in Washington D.C. He stands before the wall and his thoughts fade to the war and back again to the present. I really liked how the author’s word brought the image to life. I felt as though I could see the wall and the reflections in it. The line, “My black face fades, hiding inside the black granite”, makes me think of the wall as being connected to the man because of it’s black color. He reads the names on the wall “half-expecting to find my own in letters like smoke”, leads me to think that part of him died with
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Andrew Johnson, Washington DC, Veterans Memorial, Yusef Komunyakaas, lost arm, , Vietnam Veterans, vietnam veterans memorial, lost arm inside, vietnam veterans, granite makes, veterans memorial, arm inside, names wall,
Approximate Word count = 442
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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