<span>Mora includes the poem in her speech to encourage her audience to remember their family history.
Mora's speech is about immigrants who want to blend into the new society so much that they completely delete their own family history and background. She is obviously against this, saying that we should be proud of where we come from and not try to eradicate every trace of our family history just to become Americanized.
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Owning a pet is highly beneficial for children as it teaches them responsibility, reaps health benefits, and allows for them to have a constant companion.
It foreshadows the outcome of the play. This is because it mentiones that they are dead. It allows you to guess what is going to happen next as both the lovers die and the families end their fued only after their children's death.
