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Lineage
Lineage by Margaret Walker, she talks a lot about what her grandmothers were like. She repeatedly says in the poem, "My grandmothers were strong." At the end of the poem she asks, "Why am I not as they?" She wonders why she is not like what her grandmothers were once like....
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Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. Raised in South Carolin...
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Girl
The text "Girl" is about a girl who is told to do things that a young woman should do herself. She is told to set up the table different ways for different meals, how to dress, and even how to clean."This is how you set a table for lunch; this is how you set a table for breakfast" She is told to do these things so she is aware of the responsibilities that she will have as she gets older
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