Latina Poetry as an Expression of Cultural Heritage

Question 1

Read the passage from “The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica.”all wanting the comfortof spoken Spanish, to gaze upon the family portraitof her plain wide face, her ample bosomresting on her plump arms, her look of maternal interestas they speak to her and each otherof their dreams and their disillusions—The word choice in this passage describes

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the commonality of shared feelings and experiences.

Question 2

Which excerpt from “The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica” is an example of an allusion?

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Suspiros, Merengues, the stale candy of everyone’s childhood

Question 3

Read the passage from “Child of the Americas.”I am not african. Africa is in me, but I cannot return. I am not taína. Taíno is in me, but there is no way back. I am not european. Europe lives in me, but I have no home there. What does this passage reveal about the speaker of the poem?

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It shows that she embraces all parts of her heritage by refusing to be classified as one in particular.

Question 4

Read the passage from “Child of the Americas.”I am of Latinoamerica, rooted in the history of my continent: I speak from that body. In these two lines, the speaker is showing how

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culture is embedded in a person’s identity.

Question 5

Which of the following lines from “The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica” best develops a longing for the past?

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a “glorious return” to Havana—where no one / has been allowed to die and nothing to change until then

Question 6

Read the passage from “Child of the Americas.”An immigrant and the daughter and granddaughter of immigrants.I speak English with passion: it’s the tongue of my consciousness, a flashing knife blade of crystal, my tool, my craft.In this passage, what is the speaker’s relationship with the English language?

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She uses it naturally and with great skill because it is a part of her heritage.

Question 7

Read the passage from “Child of the Americas."I am a child of the Americas,a light-skinned mestiza of the Caribbean, a child of many diaspora, born into this continent at a crossroads. How does the word “crossroads” help to develop the author’s tone?

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It is imagery that describes the merging of different cultures.

Question 8

Read the passage from “The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica.”she is the Patroness of Exiles...who spends her days selling canned memorieswhile listening to the Puerto Ricans complainthat it would be cheaper to fly to San Juanthan to buy a pound of Bustelo coffee here,and to Cubans perfecting their speechof a “glorious return” to Havana...to Mexicans who pass through, talking lyricallyof dólares to be made in El Norte—The Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Mexicans in the passage help to create the image that

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Latin American culture is very diverse.

Question 9

Read the passage from the poem “Child of the Americas.”I am new. History made me. My first language was spanglish. I was born at the crossroadsand I am whole. The author’s word choice helps to reflect a tone of

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pride.

Question 10

In the poem “The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica,” which description suggests that the speaker is fond of the shopkeeper?

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the woman’s look of maternal interest as others talk

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