Kidnap Poem

Kidnap Poem
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Giovanni uses the allusions of herself as a poet and the word "kidnap" to capture the reader into her poem. Giovanni introduces the poem with,” if i were a poet, i'd kidnap you put you in my phrases and meter". As the reader, Giovanni conveys the sense that she is the speaker, but not a poet. Instead of using "as the poet, I'd kidnap you", she says, "if I were the poet, I'd kidnap you". The allusions she creates are using the poetry terms like phrases and meter, poet, lyric, ode and lyre to represent the different genres and concepts in a poem. Giovanni also uses the motif of kidnap, put you in and wrap to represent capturing the reader to read the poem. Giovanni says, "ever been kidnapped by a poet, if i were a poet, i'd kidnap you put you in my phrases and meter". Giovanni uses the terms and allusions of a poem to grasp the reader to read the poem line by line. Giovanni also uses nature and places to highlight the poet taking the reader to places that one would image and vision the beauty of nature. Giovanni also uses the colors of Red, Black and Green together to discuss her reasons and themes behind her poetry. The colors Red, Black and Green are the colors of Pan-Africanism. Red is for the blood that was shed fro each struggling in the wars, movements, etc. Black is for the color of the people. Green is for the land, which in this case is Africa. Giovanni, as the speaker, wants to, in a sense; wrap the reader in her racial poetry about freedom for African- Americans. The importance of this poem is in contrast, the speaker could have been talking to a significant other. The speak could have been announcing her love to a person who he/she wants to write the person into the poem, thus, the title and repetition of the word kidnap. The speaker in a sense wants the person he/she is kidnapping to become a part of the poem and themselves. This poem could either express love in capturing their love interest into a poem or express grasping the reader into the poem.