"Bilingual/Bilingüe" by Rhina P. Espaillat
Her voice was radiant and clear, she had a nice spanish accent and articulation and perfect english too which added to the poems mood. She didn't recite in a sing song manner. Her physical presence was excellent, she was confident throughout the performance and seemed perfectly at ease and un-tense. She had good eye contact, constantly scanning the crowd and looking away only to emphasize some words. She used dramatization appropriately and definitely didn't present in a monotone manner. It wasn't too easy. The level of difficulty was good, the content was great and the length wasn't too short or too long. Sophia showed an in depth understanding of the poem and was without hesitation.
"Bilingual/Bilingüe" is about growing up in a bilingual household, and how one language is abandoned in favor of the other. They are separated from the one another and alienated. The meaning is enhanced when she recites "english outside this door, spanish inside!". It shows how her father believed in keeping the languages separate attempts to alienate the latino heritage of the girl.
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