the mother’s daughter

Your breath moves through the family like the wind moves through the trees.” This means that the more years that go by the more people are doing unimagineable things on there own.

The speaker’s mother was at a loss for words in the auditorium once. She got nervous when she saw that she was the only Mexican in a room filled with Americans.

Just like fiction has a narrator, poetry has a speaker–someone who is the voice of the poem. Often times, the speaker is the poet. Other times, the speaker can take on the voice of a persona–the voice of someone else including animals and inanimate objects.

how to identify who is the speaker in the poem & predicting possible ending

1. Read the poem all the way through once without stopping to ask questions.
2. Read the poem again, ask the question, “What is this poem about?” Pay attention to the title; it often hints at the situation or meanings of the poem.

Dr. Siddalingayya is the speaker in the poem and he is talking to the people of India.

Here are some words that are commonly used to describe mood:

• Cheerful.
• Reflective.
• Gloomy.
• Humorous.
• Melancholy.
• Idyllic.
• Whimsical.
• Romantic.

Third-Person Point of View The third-person pronouns include he, him, his, himself, she, her, hers, herself, it, its, itself, they, them, their, theirs, and themselves.

Write your thesis statement in third person voice. Rather than addressing “I,” “we,” “you,” “my,” or “our” in your thesis, look at the larger issues that affect a greater number of participants. Think in terms like “citizens,” “students,” “artists,” “teachers,” “researchers,” etc.

Third person is used when a degree of objectivity is intended, and it is often used in academic documents, such as research and argument papers. This perspective directs the reader’s attention to the subject being presented and discussed.

One of the main rules of writing formal, academic papers is to avoid using second person. Second person refers to the pronoun you. Formal papers should not address the reader directly. However, it can be difficult to write without second person because the word you is such a major part of our speech.

Most academic papers (Exposition, Persuasion, and Research Papers) should generally be written in third person, referring to other authors and researchers from credible and academic sources to support your argument rather than stating your own personal experiences.