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Hello there!
"<em>Around the Family Drum</em>" is a short shorty written by Howard Rainer.
This story is focused on <em>people value family and family traditions</em>. It is told from the point of view of an adult recalling his childhood at his grandfather's home in the village of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico.
The narrator strengthens the power the family drum had, everytime his family gathered to spend some time together and heard the sound of that drum, they all become one voice. One family. One feeling.
Contrasting is to find how things are different.
It is false that a major characteristic of poetry is the compression of images into the fewest number of words. You can be as wordy as you want, there is no limit of words you can use.
