Answer: it emphasizes the displacement of the speaker's family.
Throughout the poem, the author maintains an extended metaphor about swimming. As she tells us the story of how her family escaped the island, she talks to us about swimming, drowning, the beach, the pool, etc. This is intended to emphasize the displacement of the family. Alvarez feels lost and adrift, much like we would feel if we were lost at sea.
Answer:the use of slang and colloquialisms
Explanation:
Are you asking about our confession or is this a passage ?
(not meaning to take points, i'm sorry, just not sure ?)
Answer:
Homer
Explanation:
Homer is now word-renowned as a poet and wrote famous epics. Zeus and Achilles are gods.