2. “I'm talking the corporate pop of Whitney, and Richard Pryor turning into the toy. Was like Parliament had never happened like James Brown had never hit. All our champions were
disconnected and dishonored, handing out Image Awards, while we bled in the street" (Coates
108)
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What does it mean?

try to do soaps tone.

s-subject

o-occasion (the reason the author wrote the poem)

a-audience (who is this poem mostly for)

p-purpose (was it to convince, inspire, etc. the audience)

s-speaker (can be the author or another character, like is a child, adult, woman, elderly, animal narrating the poem)

tone- the mood the reader gets from this poem

mood- the mood the author had with their own poem

meaning- what do you think the meaning is?

message- what is the author trying to explain to the audience? like what is the theme?

if you still don't get it try showing everyone the poem so they could unravel it

every four years the american people choose a new president, and 1988 is one of those years."

im not 100 percent sure but i think its a