The poem “ode to pablo's tennis shoes” by Gary Soto is truly a great ode. For instance, Pablo Clearly adores his tennis shoes when comparing them to a lifeboat. The narrator says, “He loves his shoes,/ cloth like a sail,/ rubber like/ a lifeboat on a rough sea.”(35-38). This states that pablo loves that his shoes are different and warnen in but are perfect for him. Additionally, it is evident Pablo alway uses his sneakers when he compares them to being beaten by the weather. The narrator says “rain beaton, sun beaton,/ a scuff of grene/ on their tips”(2-4). This meaning that Pablo has had his shoes for a long time and truly works hard in them and no madder how destroyed they are, he will always use them. Finally, Pablo's tennis shoes are obviously
