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The Birth Workplace Judith Ortiz Cofer Summary

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Judith Ortiz Cofer is the author of the poem “ The Birthplace”. Judith Ortiz Cofer explains how church is her safe place. Through the language and choice of words she uses she tries to let the reader know how her “ birthplace” is somewhere she feels safe and where she belongs, This being the church. As she goes on through the poem she isn't afraid, there seems to be a point where she may be lost but she is fearless because she knows church will hold her together. No matter the point, church is her home. She mentions on line 3-8 “ That church sitting on the highest one like a great hen is spreading her marble wings over the penitent houses does not beckon to me.” Choosing to compare the church to a hen because how a hen is protective
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