You Bring Out The Mexican In Me Analysis

In the poem “You bring out the Mexican in me” by Sandra Cisneros, she begins to create a close relation with the reader by addressing the nameless lover as “you”. As Cisneros begins to utilize amplification by repeating “you” in every stanza; she makes an emphasis of the importance that the nameless lover has over her. To begin, by reading the title “You bring out the Mexican in me,” it can be interpreted that the deep emotions of passion that are perhaps hidden, are inevitably brought out to the light by the nameless lover. In the first stanza the word in italics “lagrimas” written in Spanish, translation in English for “tears,” makes the emphasis on the emotional aspect of crying for love. The Spanish language being intertwined with English

At the same time, by comparing herself to Dolores Del Rio, the author expresses that the nameless lover has the power to evoke the beautiful/elegant actress that is hidden inside of her. As well as being able to evoke “the Mexican spitfire,” this describes her as a temperamental woman. Cisneros speaks with such a proud tone of being Mexican, which places the expression of love in her culture in a pedestal. When stating “the eagle and serpent in me,” is the representation of the symbols in the Mexican flag, which speaks for Cisneros’s patriotism. In the same manner, “the mariachi trumpets” and the expression “berrinchuda, bien-cabrona,” as to say “being bad-tempered,” the author expresses the importance of the traditional music in her life, as well as accepting her flaws with her temper. In the last line of the second stanza the repetition of “Yes, you do. Yes, you do” the commas make an emphasis on the acceptance from the author’s part, and by finishing with “you do,” points directly to the reader and the nameless lover to whom she’s directing herself to. At the same time, Cisneros’s imposes the responsibility that the lover has, for bringing out every emotion of her character, susceptibility of her inner self, and the volcano that hid behind “the core of a heart

Perhaps, because she believes that in Spanish they have a deeper meaning than just the superficial dictionary definition. Although, Cisneros expresses her to be a “lust goddess without guilt,” a person with a “nasty obsession,” and even “evil,” she has torn down the walls that kept hidden all these bad aspects of her and without seeming to want to change these aspects, the author opens herself. When Cisneros states “I could kill in the name of you and think it worth it,” she utilizes hyperbole by exaggerating the acts that she thinks of herself doing, in name of the nameless lover.

In the sixth stanza, when Cisneros states “terrorize rivals, female and male, who loiter and look at you, languid in you light. Oh,” by finishing with the word “oh, “and a comma; it gives the thought that the author is contemplating the idea that she will execute an act of this sort, if a person of any gender even looks at the nameless lover. This kind of love can be interpreted as being possessive, also because Cisneros earlier expressed “I claim you all mine,” as demanding for the nameless lover to be only of her possession. In several instances, the harsh tone of words that she utilizes such as “murderess,” “holocaust of desire,” and “I want to defile you and raise hell,” these expression of outrageous violent