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Looking In-Depth at "Storytelling" by Silko Leslie Marmon Silko is a Laguna Pueblo Indian who has written many novels and poems in her lifetime. One of these poems, "Storytelling," is very interesting to me. This poem excites me because it tells of the impact that storytelling has on people in Laguna culture. I will analyze and explore many parts of this poem. One of these subjects is theme. The theme of "Storytelling" is actually the …

…the art of storytelling. Then I went over the tension between the two players in the poem. Next, I explained how imagery played a big part in Silko’s writing. Finally, I explored the form of the poem and compared it to the poem, "Blue Horses Rush In." Looking this closely at a poem helps to understand it more and it gives insight to other works of literature that one might read along the way.