1. Yellowtail
By Mary Morris
Emily Bose

2. The war was over. We sutured the wounded, buried the dead, sat at the bar with the enemy, near the blue throat of the sea. A sushi chef slivered salmon into orchids, etched clouds from oysters, as they rose snowing pearls. From shrimp and seaweed he shaped hummingbirds, which hovered above our heads. With the world’s smallest blade he carved from yellowfin, miniature flanks of horses. They cantered around our hands.
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3. Biographical information
Mary Morris now lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Mary was born on May 14, 1947 in Chicago, IL. She is now 70 years old. She went to college at Columbia university for 5 years. Has published lots of short stories/poems. For example “The Jazz Palace,” “The Bus of Dreams” so on and so forth. She has also written poems. Like “Yellowtail.”

4. Text Structure Explain 16 lines 8 stanzas Free verse Ballad
The war was over. We sutured the wounded, buried the dead, sat at the bar with the enemy, near the blue throat of the sea. A sushi chef slivered salmon into orchids, etched clouds from oysters, as they rose snowing pearls. From shrimp and seaweed he shaped hummingbirds, which hovered above our heads. With the world’s smallest blade he carved from yellowfin, miniature flanks of horses. They cantered around our hands.
16 lines
8 stanzas
Free verse
Ballad
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5. Imagery
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throat of the sea. A sushi chef slivered salmon into orchids,
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6. Poetic/Literary Terms
My poem is a free verse ballad poem.
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7. Speaker
I think the speaker is talking about world war 2 because in the beginning the poem said, “The war was over.”
Mary Morris

8. The meaning of this line is that when the fisherman caught the fish then they put it in a sushi bar. Then a sushi chef cut it in to the shape of flowers.
Literal Meaning
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throat of the sea. A sushi chef slivered salmon into orchids,

9. Figurative Meaning
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10. Author’s Purpose
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11. Theme
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