Question

How is the poem “Tattoo” related to a historical time period?

Answer 1

The poem "Tattoo" talks about the holocaust period and the survivors from that period after World War II.

Explanation:

There are few criticism that the main idea of Gregg Shapiro's "Tattoo" carries the irony of the importance of the human body. However, The poem "Tattoo" talks about the holocaust period and the survivors from that period after World War II.

The poem talks about the speaker's reaction to the tattoo of the father, the pain of the father is not expressed and he silenced himself to talk about his experience in the war by his tattoo.

The poem is a significance of all the survivors who had to let go of their past and renew themselves from such a traumatic experience and claims to attain their identity by carving themselves.