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"In Mind"  by; Denise Levertov                               In “In Mind” by Denise Levertov, the speaker talks about two women being in his mind. One is right and ideal but she is not imaginative and the other one imaginative, thoughtful but she is mean and messy. So this shows us that our mind is very powerful and it isn’t always easy to make the right choices when presenting one’s self. We can’t have everything we want as sometimes we have to sacrifice one thing for another important one.                                      Levertov’s poems demonstrates a strong blend of the mystical with a firm commitment to social issues, or in her own words, that artists must believe in the power of imagination and live with the door of one’s life open to the transcendent, the numinous.” These lines tell us...

"Into Death Bravely"                   In “Into Death Bravely” Santiago talks about how winter is bad for farmers and poor people. It can destroy in many ways in a short period of time. Peoples dreams and lives get shuttered during that time and leave them empty handed. In “Into Death Bravely” Jimmy Santiago Baca also reports the winter like a knight with his strong imagery. The signal of the story is dark and fearful. In the poem he talks about self-discovering and shows us a side of it that isn’t very pretty. Life is always hard and never easy and we have to fight through whatever comes in our way.               “Santiago was born in 1952 in Mexico City, abandoned by parents, lived with grandparents, then became an orphan. At age 21 lived on the streets, convicted of drug possession and sent jail for 6 years, 4 was isolating taught himself how to read and write which got him into poetry.” Sa...