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  • Essay / Analysis of the poem Suicide Note - 607

    The poem Suicide Note by Janice Mirikitani is a lyric poem written in the form of a letter to the narrator's parents. In the poem, Mirikitani uses a variety of literacy tools, techniques, and devices to show how unhappy the character is with himself. The poem allows readers to look into the narrator's eyes and see how unhappy the character was. In the poem The Suicide Note, it was written in the form of a letter to the narrator's parents. The purpose of the poem was to allow readers to see what influences an individual to commit suicide. The character of the poem who is speaking in this poem is the daughter of the parents to whom she is writing the note. The poem is about the girl and how she doesn't feel good enough or strong enough. She feels like she has failed to fulfill her parents' desire to have a son. The girl decides to write her last words and feelings to her parents on the note she leaves for them. The setting of this poem makes it seem like everything is happening in a room or somewhere dark and silent. A place that allowed...