After reading the poem, we can provide the following answers:
1. In lines 16-27, the imagery Alvarez uses to reference the history and heritage of those who live in "América" is the description of the whole continent as if it was a person.
2. The purpose of that imagery is to convey the idea of unity. All of the different people, their cultures, languages, customs, etc., combine to form one "América".
- This question refers to the poem "I, Too, Sing América" by Dominican-American author J∪lia Alvarez.
- The name of the poem refers to two other famous poems: "I, Too" by Langston Hughes and Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing."
- Alvarez includes words in Spanish throughout the poem.
- In lines 16-27, she uses imagery to convey the idea that the whole American Continent (South, Central, and North Americas) is one and the same. If Canada is the face, then the Plátano, in Argentina, is the soles of the feet.
- Therefore, with that, Alvarez conveys an idea of unity between the different countries and peoples. Just like different parts form one body, different cultures and peoples form one "América".
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