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Eagle Poem

In the aboriginal culture, there are many literature pieces that explain spirituality within one?s self. Harjo creates a theme within the poem that illustrates many connections to spirituality. The theme displays an environment for the reader to create uniformity with his/her self in ways they can grasp in reality. Within each stanza, he creates a mysterious outline within his own words. There are many symbols and metaphors used in Eagle Poem that aid in showing the theme. Harjo also gives you an idea about the connection between human beings and nature.
In the first paragraph he explains that you ?open your whole self? when you pray. He didn?t portray only one thing to pray about but everything that is living and holds that a spirit. I think that illustrates spirituality between everything that is this world and how everything should be respected in each its ow...

Posted by: Margaret Rowden

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