Bully

This was one of my favorite poems of the entire semester, but I can't help but wonder how much you could get out of it without knowing the history of Teddy Rossevelt and his political influence in Central and South America. I loved the picture Espada paints of the army of Spainish singing children in the hallways pronouncing Roosevelt as Hernandez. I guess Espada's Puetro Rican parentage could also help in reading this poem. Another example of biography influencing the reading of a poem.