Weed vs Flower
The poem "Identity" by Julio Noboa Polanco is interesting. It can be defined as a metaphor about how the poet, would rather be an ugly, smelly weed living on the edge of a cliff than to be a pretty flower in a flower pot. It probably means that the poet wants to be free minded, be able to make their own choices and preferably not be like everyone else. Making your own identity means creating your voice/point of view, personality and attitude. Everyone has to formulate their own identity and assert it to others. Identity is something that makes yourself different from others and is your way of understanding the world. Throughout the poem, the author juxtaposes the two kinds of plants - the weeds and the flowers. The set of imagery the poet chose shows metaphors for two different perspectives on life. The poet refers that the people around him are flowers and himself as a weed "Let them be as flowers, always watered, fed, guarded, admired, but harnessed to a pot of d...