¶ … Angels of Bread," Martin Espada champions the rights of immigrants, and especially the poor, downtrodden, and disenfranchised. The narrative style booms with conviction, as the poem reads almost like a preacher's sermon. The overall tone of "Imagine the Angels of Bread" remains pessimistic, in spite of the clear message of social justice. Literary devices such as rhythm, repetition, diction, and metaphor are critical for conveying the central theme of liberation from oppression.
The pacing and rhythm of "Imagine the Angels of Bread" pulsates with anger and emotional intensity, which helps to convey the central theme of liberation. The poem is divided into four stanzas, but these stanzas are not equal in size. Rather, the first two stanzas are long and intense. The third stanza is shorter by about half, signaling to the reader the culmination or climax of the poem. Finally, Espada concludes the poem with a three-line stanza that includes the title of the poem: "angels of bread." The structure of the poem is such that it builds up energy through two long stanzas and two shorter ones, just as the anger and resentment felt by the oppressed people of the world has also built up.
Using repetition allows Espada to make "Imagine the Angels of Bread" feel like a spiritually charged sermon or political address as much as a poem. Thus, Espada makes a strong statement of values related to social justice. The phrase "This is the year…" prefaces the...
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