In the poem "White Lies" by Natasha Trethewey "Lies" is the most important word in the poem because it develops the setting of the characters. In the poem "White lies" the poem is about a kid growing up as the poem tells all the lies she was told as a kid. Also the author writes about the lies she was told about her race and other peoples race.
Lies is the most important word in the poem white lies because it develops the setting of the characters. In the poem the author is always referring to some sort of racism this meaning this poem most likely took place in the past. Furthermore, the first example of this is in line two the author writes “when I was growing up light-bright, near-white,high-yellow, red-bonedin a black place,were just
