Reread lines 29-38 of "Who Understands Me but Me". Interpret The tone, and support your answer with textual evidence

The tone is of expectation, aspiring & optimism

'Who understands me but me' is a poem by Jimmy Santiago Baca.

This is a poem about self discovery after introspection through hard times. It starts with poet's feelings about his restricted freedom & confinement. But later, poet introspects within himself & understands the importance of individual thoughts. He finally discovers that he is the best person who can understand himself.

Lines 29 to 38 depict how poet used his challenges in the right way to strengthen his though process, and learn better & deeper about himself. This better learning about his problems & solutions give him a sense of self accomplishment.

As quoted, ' I followed these signs

like an old tracker and followed the tracks deep into myself,

followed the blood-spotted path,

deeper into dangerous regions, and found so many parts of myself,

who taught me water is not everything,

and gave me new eyes to see through walls'

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The tone is that of hopefulness and positivity.

Explanation:

The poem, "Who Understands Me but Me" by Jimmy Santiago Baca is that of self-realization. At first, he talked about the several ways he was deprived by the society he lived in. Despite the restrictions and deprivations, he was finally able to find purpose within himself. Lines 29-38 highlights how the poet was able to go through the rough path of discovering himself and he was happy when he achieved this. Evidence from the text is shown below;

"I followed these signs

like an old tracker and followed the tracks deep into myself,

followed the blood-spotted path,

deeper into dangerous regions, and found so many parts of myself,

who taught me water is not everything,

and gave me new eyes to see through walls"

He was happy as indicated by his laughter on accomplishing this.

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