THERE IS NO WORD FOR GOODBYE
TITLE: There is no word for goodbye
AUTHOR: Mary Tallmountain
GENRE: Poem
SETTING: Alaska, near Yukon River
POINT OF VIEW: First Person
CHARACTER: The narrator and Sokoya
MOOD/TONE: Sad;
LITERARY ELEMENT: Imagery; Metaphor; Simile;
SUMMARY: The poem is about the narrator has no words to say goodbye to Sokoya, and the narrator doesn’t want to leave Sokoya.
PERSONAL RESPONSE: I think this poem is interesting because the author uses imagery to describes things and it funny that there is no words to say goodbye in the author’s culture. In addition, I think this poem is very special.