Analyzing Joy Harjo's Poem 'Remember'

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Joy Harjo’s poem “Remember” portrays a strong message of cherishing life, that nature takes part of our life as well, and it's important to remember where we came from. Joy Harjo does this through the use of imagery, similes, and metaphors. The poem contains anaphora she says “remember” throughout her whole poem, she wants us to remember and appreciate the little things in life.
Joy Harjo starts off by telling us to “remember the sky that you were born under know each of the stars stories,” she is trying to tell us that if we take our time to think about the little things in our life or “know each other stories” we would be able to cherish and understand our life. “Remember the Sun's birth at down, that is the strongest point on time” implies