Problem
If we're not looking for symbols, metaphors, similes or subjectivities...what are we doing?
1) What kinds of words are we asked to read? What words are repeated?
2) What shape or format are they presented in?
3) What traditions does the text invoke or rely on?
4) What is the relationship between the source text and the new context?
5) What is the relationship of the authors of the source text and the new text?
6) What actions did the poet take to write the poem and how are we invited to confront them?
7) What is added to or taken away from the source text?
Text-
You mean Beasley?" *Shore. He's a half-breed. He was born in Magdal nd all that had occurred. "Wal, the half-breed son-of-a-greaser!" ejacu ster. You ought to be hanged--you half-breed greaser!" *T'll cut out you with my hands crossed while that half-breed thief-Oh, it's unbelieva fit were a fixture. "Heah's to thet-half-breed Beasley an' his outfit? C piercing eyes off Beasley. "Wal, my half-breed greaser guest, it shore ro enty-six empty shells. An' the little half-breed had one empty shell an it 1 do know there are bad Indians, half-breeds and outcasts, hiding in ered what Presbrey had said about half-breeds. A little shock, inexplic o's Shadd?" asked Shefford. "He's a half-breed Ute- bad Indian, outlav ceable, but there were bad Indians, half-breeds, and outlaws that made got news of Shadd-bad news. The half-breed's cutting up rough. His nd closer glance to distinguish the half-breed. Abel, p. 55.