Assignment task:
Need help writing a series of thematically linked poems advocating for something that is important to you or highlights social change that needs to be made. Include at least three literary devices. Identify the literary or poetic devices you used and indicate where they are in your poem. Identify at least three devices per poem and a short introduction in which you state the theme or overall message that links your poems. Try to incorporate one or more of the following themes or worldviews, which are often aspects of First Peoples' oral tradition:
- Life lessons
- Individual and community responsibilities and obligations
- Land use documentation
- Community history
- Songs
- Creation stories
- Respect for and appreciation of the natural environment
- The importance of family and community relations
- Trust in the wisdom of Elders
- The power that comes from the spirit world
- The devastating impact of colonization