NOTE: If you want to learn more about the historical events the poem talks about, click on this link: https://blog.nativehope.org/the-untold-story-living-the-dakota-38-memorial
There's only ONE poem to read for next time, but a longer one. It tells a story (sort of), and is about history, but is also full of personal insights and metaphors. It's a fascinating poem about a little-known event in our nation's history that was understandably not included in many history textbooks until relatively recently.
Answer TWO of the questions below:
Q1: In this poem, Layli Long Soldier writes that "Here, the sentence will be respected," and "Everything is in the language we use." Why is she being so careful with her language and in defining so many words/terms? Why does she want us to understand the "how" and "why" of language?
Q2: If you could hear her read this poem, what do you think her TONE would be? In other words, how would she read this poem? What message is she trying to convey by the way she is writing? Is it sad? Bitter? Sarcastic? Ironic? How can you tell?
Q3: What do you think she means by the statement, "Real" poems do not "really" require words? Why is this sentence italicized and given quotations? Is her poem not a "real" poem? And if not, what would a "real" poem be?
Q4: She calls the Ride of the Dakota 38 a memorial that is more important than a plaque or an object because it is also an act. How could a poem also be an act, rather than an object? How does poems, like rides, act?
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