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Very fast: After skimming the text, we can tell it seems to be about coming of age. It talks of family as well.
Fast: The overall theme is indeed coming of age. The text is structured as a free-verse poem.
Moderate: The speaker discusses how her turning 15 means different things to different people. Everyone seems to feel entitled to demand something from her, to boss her around. Each stanza focuses on different demands and family members, as well as the speaker's feelings.
Slow: The speaker uses enjambment, which means the same sentence is spread over two or more lines. The text conveys frustration and sadness as the speaker realizes growing up means giving up on having fun and being free.
Read Aloud: Rhythm changes with punctuation. The longer the enjambment, the faster and more melodic the rhythm.
The text we are analyzing here is a passage from "Under the Mesquite," a book by Mexican-born author Guadalupe Garcia McCall. The experiences in the book are based on her life and memories as a young Mexican girl who moved to Texas.
As we can see from the passage, McCall discusses the theme of coming of age. We can conclude this was a bittersweet moment in the author's life as it meant less freedom and more responsibilities and expectations to bet met.
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