Romero Essay

Would you rather eat different parts of a pig or shrimp soufflé and sherry champagne? Well the poem that delayed me long enough to stop talking to my friends for almost 5 minutes surely would prefer shrimp, it goes by the name “High On The Hog”. Julia fields the author of this masterpiece used to recited her poetry at her families church. This poem has several characteristics such as rhyme and repetition. My favorite of the many available has to be meaning, historical and the wonderful vocabulary. In the poem the meaning though very obvious still left the mind lingering after the poem lose ran out of words. The historical context of this poem talks of slavery and segregated times. Vocabulary a key feature in this poem especially with the different vocabulary of the times used in the poem.

First the most important part in this poem, meaning of this poem even though obvious once you’ve read it. From the many times the poet Julia fields phrase “I want high on the hog”. Also the other many statements made giving reason that showed they deserved it in this work of art. Julia tells many hardships of her culture such as lynches and hardships she survived.

Historical context not something used in many poems. Julia uses it numerous times in her poetic masterpiece. Such as when she states fact relevant to the African American community back in the slavery and segregated times. One line she uses this in her poem states ‘…I’ve been…lynched enough slaved enough cried enough died enough”.

Vocabulary a key part of any piece of writing. Vocabulary used in this poem I see as sort of extravagant. Author Julia fields uses words from slave times such as hoe-cake and knock knee’d. She even uses word I actually never heard of before such as monyinhanned. The vocab is all over the place it gives off a sort of randomness.

So what? I chose a poem that was in a African American studies book. So what? I chose a poem I found interesting. Meaning was the first reason I talked about, and I told the reader it was obvious and still deep. Maybe other readers don’t like that in poems. Quality of the history in the poem was the second reason I chose this poem and I just love my history. Will all the readers of this poem like history in their poems or even at all? Vocabulary was the last reason I decided to pick this poem I thought it was random and I liked it for that. Will all other readers of the poem like their vocabulary random? I don’t kno these thing and truth be told I don’t care. I described to you reasons I love this poem and if you don’t to bad for you because I found the right poem for me!