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I Lost My Talk Annotation

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In the poems “History Lesson” by Kaylie Bowes and “I Lost My Talk” by Rita Joe explicitly states the struggles present in the First Nations community, talked about from the point of view of a First Nation. In both poems, there are evident similarities and differences. In the poem History lesson, there are different stylistic and literary devices used than in I Lost My Talk. There is use of personification in History Lesson but not in I Lost My Talk. However, in I Lost My Talk, there is use of allusion. Though the poems differ, they are also quite similar as both poems have an outstanding theme of hearing the native voice through the First Nations’ perspective To begin with, there is use of personification in History Lesson in the first stanza
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