___________________________ A poem is a chunk of writing that indorses the nature of both speech and song that is most of the time rhythmical and metaphorical. It is art converted to human language and read by people everyday. Martin Espada, author of “Why I Went to College, and “My Father as A Guitar” interprets imagery, tone, foreshadowing and figure of speech within his poems in alike and unalike ways. In his poem “My Father as A Guitar”, Martin Espada’s father has a heart disease; cardiovascular issues. He is comparing his father with a guitar. The same way the guitar has a hole in the middle, he pictures his father with a hole in his chest. Espada states in his poem, “Sometimes I dream my father is a guitar, with a hole in his chest
