Dark Phrases Poetry Analisis

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El siguiente poema titulado “dark phrases” comienza la película For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf.  Lee el poema cuidadosamente y después contesta las preguntas de comprensión en una hoja de papel aparte.

"dark phrases"
by ntozake shange

dark phrases of womanhood
of never havin been a girl
half-notes scattered
without rhythm/ no tune
distraught laughter fallin
over a black girl's shoulder
it's funny/ it's hysterical
the melody-less-ness of her dance
don't tell nobody don't tell a soul
she's dancin on beer cans & shingles

this must be the spook house
another song with no singers
lyrics/no voices
& interrupted solos
unseen performances

are we ghouls?
children of horror?
the joke?

don't tell nobody don't tell a soul
are we animals? have we gone crazy?

i can't hear anythin
but maddening screams
& the soft strains of death
& you promised me
you promised me...
somebody/anybody
sing a black girl's song
bring her out
to know herself
to know you
but sing her rhythms
carin/struggle/hard times

sing her song of life
she's been dead so long
closed in silence so long
she doesn't know the sound
of her own voice
her infinite beauty
she's half-notes scattered
without rhythm/no tune
sing her sighs
sing the song of her possibilities
sing a righteous gospel
the makin of a melody
let her be born
let her be born
& handled warmly.

- "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf"

1.     ¿Por qué el poema es titulado “dark phrases”

2.     ¿Por qué la protagonista es sorda y no puede reconocer su voz?

3.     ¿Cómo se puede catalogar el tono del poema? Usa ejemplos concretos.

4.     ¿Cuáles son las razones o sea el objetivo del autor que le motivan decidir ejecutar el habla local para contar el poema?

5.     ¿Cuál es el propósito del poema? Usa ejemplos concretos.