Jasmine Roper



https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gabriela-mistral

(They called me "little four-years"       Gabriela Mistral was the first Spanish American author to receive the Nobel Prize in literature.
                                                             Gabriela Mistral was born April 6, 1889
                                                             Her parents were schoolteachers
                                                         Nationality: Chilean
and I was already twelve.                 Died: January 10, 1957, Town of Hempstead, NY

They called me thus, because

I did not act my age:                       Analyzing: I was 12 years old.I didnt look my age. I didn’t do all the normal
                                                         things kids my age did. I wanted to learn more about  literature. Speaker: more mature than
I did not sew, I did not darn,            12 years old. There’s no figurative language in this poem. Tone: layed back and settle
     
I had a vague gaze,                           Theme: don’t grow up too fast. Maturity is not always a good thing.

I asked for stories, narrative poems,               

and I did not wash the dishes . . .

Alas! And, above all, because

I spoke thus, in rhyme).
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