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Witness and Actor

We are one . Part of one continuous cycle of life , we are actors and witnesses to the cycle of life . Simon J . Ortiz 's poem Speaking ' is the voice of that eternal cycle , of life constantly being enacted and at the same time being witnessed . There are no boundaries to nature , to self , and to life itself . Even decay and death are parts of this cycle for it is in an ending does the beginning begin

The poem 's imagery , first

of which entails visual imagery , I take him outside /under the trees / have him stand on the ground (1-3 enforces this participation and of witnessing of life . The speaker is an active participation in this ritual of witnessing he has brought himself and his son to this circle . He has stood underneath the trees an image of being sheltered by natures , resting and comforted in the shades of nature 's own unmoving giants

An aural imagery of sounds , of night and after rains may have fallen We listen to the crickets /cicadas , million years old sound /Ants come by us (4-6 . It is the sound of the earth after it has refreshed itself or of late afternoons when the burdens of the day are almost done , and the hours of rest are soon to come . Moreover , the fifth line reinforces the image of timelessness , of a sound echoing in both the past and the present and further into the future . Cicadas...