Reaction/Response Paper The poem I chose is “My Life” written by Irian Ledezma. The author uses deep thoughts and past life experiences to put together one heart-touching poem. This poem says a lot about the author and what he has gone through and it is portrayed through the eyes of a growing child. I was drawn by this poem because it can be related to what I was going through in my younger years. It made me think that I’m not the only one that has gone through this and that. When I read this poem, I had the image of a young boy with a troubled past growing up successful. This poem “My Life” is a free verse poem. He combined metaphors, imagery,personification, and figurative language all in one poem to put together really good poem about