Jimmy Santiago Baca's Poem 'A Cloudy Day'

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Pages: 3

What makes certain places live on in a person’s memory In the poem, a cloudy day, Jimmy Santiago Baca he uses sensory details and his own stay in a prison from the beginning or just entering the prison to the end when he’s freed. A way to remember a place or event you need to have a familiarity of that place or event that has taken place such as in this case prison in first entering it to becoming a free man(or women). What makes a certain place rememberable it is due to emotions, familiarity, or even an experiences that has changed your perspectives in some way. We will be using the poem ¨cloudy day¨ by Jimmy Santiago Baca due to me understanding the emotion of the text and the situation. Due to Jimmy Baca entering and