What is Imogene and alafair?
Imogene and Alafair. Imogene and Alafair were women in the neighborhood where I grew up in Harlan County, Kentucky. Alafair had a beauty shop in her garage, and Imogene gave out the best treats at Halloween–homemade popcorn balls, caramel apples, etc.
What does Artemus and Billie’s branch mean?
Imogene and Alafair are girl’s names. Artemus and Billie’s Branch are two forks of the family tree converging OR two places in Kentucky, a small town and a river respectively.
What is Clorox and carbon tetrachloride?
She speaks first of clothespins and “Clorox and carbon-tetrachloride”. These words, which are also an example of alliteration, allude to washing clothes and hanging them out to dry. Next, she uses juxtaposition to compare the clean clothes and bleach to the “first under the back porch”.
What is the purpose of the poem where I’m from?
“Where I’m From” is a poem where the readers look back at a childhood full of things but in the process of looking back, the speaker is clarifying her identity as of now… I am from… meaning that her identity is made up of all these things from her past.
What does leaf fall from the family tree mean?
In the last stanza, the lines “I am from those moments/snapped before I budded/leaf-fall from the family tree” are a metaphor. It could mean the branch (her) is being cut off from the family tree or she is growing up and starting out on her own.
What does snapped before I budded mean?
What does from the finger My grandfather lost to the auger mean?
From the finger my grandfather lost. to the auger. the eye my father shut to keep his sight. Poet says that she is from Artemus (goddess who is usually shown as a Hunter with a bow and arrows) and Billie’s. This is in reference to two sides of a family tree coming together as one in the poem.
What does I am from the dirt under the back porch?
from Clorox and carbon-tetrachloride. I am from the dirt under the back porch. Clorox is a company of commercial bleaching agent and Carbon-tetrachloride is a solvent widely used as cleaning fluid. Poet is using these objects as to express that she is part of all those small things of her house.
What is the tone of where I’m from poem?
The poem is about the poets life. The theme of this is that life is bittersweet, meaning that there are highs and lows.
What creates a sense of flow and rhythm in the poem where I’m from by George Ella Lyon?
If students have memories that do not fit into the categories listed on the graphic organizer, allow them to create their own categories. Display slide 8. Explain to students they will be listening to George Ella Lyon read her poem “Where I’m From.” Ask students to close their eyes and just listen to the words.