Iam caribeña, island grown. spanish is in my flesh, ripples from my tongue, lodges in my hips: the language of garlic and mangoes, the singing in my poetry, the flying gestures of my hands. –“child of the americas,” aurora levins morales what point of view is used in this excerpt?

The point of view used in the excerpt is the following one:

First person.

Explanation:

All that can be read is done so from the point of view of a single person or character who shares his or her thoughts with the reader. The subject pronoun "I" and the possessive adjective "my" in the excerpt make it clear we are talking first person point of view:

"I am Caribeña, island grown. Spanish is in my flesh, ripples from my tongue, lodges in my hips: the language of garlic and mangoes, the singing in my poetry, the flying gestures of my hands."

1.the hosts on two opposing mountains stood,  

2.thick as the foliage of the waving wood;  

3.between them an extensive valley lay,  

4.o'er which the gleaming armour pour'd the day,  

5.when from the camp of the philistine foes,

6. dreadful to view, a mighty warrior rose; in the dire deeds of bleeding battle skill'd,